How to backup (create image) SunOS 5.10 sparc?

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u r absolutely right! it doesn't go to the next menu after selection. ok, only web server method left :frowning: will try it.

ok, i copied flar archive to the web server:

when I enter to the browser url:

http://172.28.193.100/test/icr002.flar

when i put the url to the solaris install, it says ERROR: Could not find archive

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something wrong with my flar archive.

will 'flarcreate' once again. dont know, mb problem in the archive. (T_T)

Dear hicksd8 and gull04 also could u check my command, im blind, missed some options, cant do simple backup archive of the system...

flarcreate -c -n "icr001"  -R / -x /mnt  /mnt/usb/icr001.flar

in the output of this command shoud be only 1 *.flar file? or some additional xml file?

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The flash create should give you a one file nice compact package, yes.

I don't see much wrong with the command that you used to create the flash but I don't normally use '-c' (compression). I just use a bit more disk space!!

However, the flash is made up of various internal components and perhaps a good test would be to see if the system can split it into component parts with the command:

# flar -s -d <target directory for components> <flash archive>

One of the components output will be the cpio of all the files in the image.

If the flar split works without error then that would indicate to me that the archive is readable.

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