Chapter 1 COMMAND-LINE OVERVIEW

• INTRODUCTION AND MINI-TUTORIAL
• Backing up Data to Create an Archive
• Comprehensive Archiving
• Master and Incremental Backups
• Non-Destructive Restore
• Proper Use of the Catalog Option
• COMMAND-LINE OPTION SUMMARY
• ADVANCED FUNCTIONS
• Talking with LONE-TAR Running in the Background
• Special Environment Variables
• SUFFIXES Environment Variable
• COMP_EXCL Environment Variable
• VIRTUAL_LIST Environment Variable

Chapter 2 LONE-TAR Menu System

• Main Menu
• Master Backup
• Incremental Backup
• Selective Backup
• Additional Features Menu - Selective Backup
• Verify Files
• Listing/Verify Related Function Letters
• Restore Menu
• Additional Features Menu - Restores
• Fast Seek Restore
• Utilities Menu
• Automate Nightly backups
• Catalogs & Docs
• Environment
• Floppy Menu
• Help/Short Cuts

Chapter 3 LONE-TAR MAN PAGES

• NAME
• SYNOPSIS
• DESCRIPTION
• OPTIONS
• Backup Related Function Letters
• Listing/Verify Related Function Letters
• Restore Related Function Letters
• Both Backup and Restore Function Modifiers
• Modifiers used for Backup Only
• Modifiers used for Restore Only
• DOUBLE BUFFERING
• DIAGNOSTICS
• ERROR RETURN CODES
• COMPRESSION PERFORMANCE
• ERROR RECOVERY
• Error Recovery During Backup
• Error Recovery During Restore
• SPECIAL FEATURES
• Backup Summary
• Restore Summary
• Volume Switching
• Background Operation
• Signal Processing
• Screen Input and Output
• Use of Wild-cards
• Excluding Files From Being Compressed
• Specifying Dates and Times
• ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
• VOL_SWITCH_CMD - Command to Switch Tape Volumes
• REMOTE_PUT - Network Command for Backing Up
• REMOTE_GET - Network Command for Restore or Verify
• FILES
• REMOTE TAPE SUPPORT
• VIRTUAL FILE SUPPORT
• BIT-LEVEL-VERIFICATION
• COMPATIBILITY
• Limitations
• Internal Implementation Notes

Chapter 4 LONE-TAR HINTS AND USEFUL TIPS

• BACKING UP AND RESTORING
• BACKING UP SELECT FILES
• DATA COMPRESSION
• MISCELLANEOUS TIPS
• Backing Up From the Root Directory
• Saving Screen Output in a File
• Converting Catalog Output to a File List
• Determining the True Capacity of a Tape
• Floppy Disk Block Size
• Using SCO Operating System
• Extra Volume Prompt
• Negatively Compressed Files
• UPGRADING OPERATING SYSTEM VERSIONS
• TESTING & INSTALLING SOFTWARE
• VIRTUAL FILES
• Anatomy of a Virtual File
• How LONE-TAR Deals with Virtual Files
• Compatibility
• RESTORING ENTIRE FILE SYSTEMS FROM SYSTEM CRASHES
• EXCHANGING TAPES WITH OTHER COMPUTER SYSTEMS
• QIC Format Tapes
• 4mm or 8mm Tapes
• Byte Swapped Data
• TROUBLE-SHOOTING COMMON PROBLEMS
• Unattended Backup Fails
• Tape Light Stays on, but there is No Tape Activity
• Cannot Kill LONE-TAR even with kill -9
• Tape Verified Fine, but when Restored, an I/O error 5 occurred
• Distinguishing Software Errors from Hardware Errors
• Directory not in Proper Format
• Ran out of Space during a Restore
• Same filesystem
• XENIX Operating System
• Backed up a file, but LONE-TAR cannot find it when I Restore
• There are Stp Error Messages on the Console in the Morning
• Trouble Restoring Floppy Disks Created with DOS-TAR
• DOS Files are Converted When They Should Not Be
• After a Full Restore the Master Backup Date is Incorrect
• Restore Prompts for more Tape Volumes than Exist
• Restore Prompts for another Tape Volume before it should
• After a Full Restore SCO fixperms Utility Finds Problems
• After a Full Restore some File Permissions Appear to have Changed
• After a Full Restore the Catalog File is Missing Files
• After a Full Restore Special Device Files have Different Major and Minor Numbers
• An Option in the Manual does not Appear on the Help Screen
• File Access Times are Changed even with the -a Option

Chapter 5 LONE-TAR ERROR REFERENCE

• INTRODUCTION TO ERROR MESSAGES
• ERROR RETURN CODES
• FATAL ERROR MESSAGES
• Fatal Errors While Backing Up
• Fatal Errors While Restoring or Verifying
• Fatal Errors Getting Started
• WARNING MESSAGES
• Warnings While Backing Up
• Warnings While Restoring or Verifying Data
• Warning on Starting
• BACKUP SUMMARY MESSAGES
• RESTORE SUMMARY MESSAGES
• MISCELLANEOUS ERROR MESSAGES
• DOUBLE BUFFERING ERROR MESSAGES
• NETWORK ERROR MESSAGES

Chapter 6 SYSTEM CRASH AIR-BAG™

• OVERVIEW AND CAPABILITIES
• INSTALLING THE SYSTEM CRASH AIR-BAG(TM)
• Creating Extra Space on the A2 Floppy
• Adding XENIX Filesystem Support to OS5
• CREATING THE AIR-BAG DISKETTES
• Creation Script
• Choice of Diskettes
• Customizing the Questions Asked
• CREATING THE A1 DISKETTE (BOOT DISK)
• Boot Time Loadable Drivers
• Trouble-Shooting BTLD Problems
• Selecting the Boot Kernel
• Customizing your Boot Kernel
• CREATING THE A2 DISKETTE (ROOT FILESYSTEM)
• Selecting Hard Disk Controller Type
• Floppy Controller Based Tape Drives
• NFS Mounted Filesystems
• Special Device Files
• Files Added Conditionally
• Adding Custom Files to the A2 Diskette
• Completion
• Adjusting Custom Environment Variables
• Booting from 2 Diskettes
• TESTING THE A1 AND A2 DISKETTES
• WHEN TO REGENERATE AIR-BAG DISKETTES
• JUMP-STARTING OPENSERVER 5
• THE AIR-BAG MAIN MENU SYSTEM
• Root Filesystem Only Restore
• Fully Automated Restore
• Restore to Same Hard Disk, Step by Step
• Same or Expanded Partition, Corrupted Filesystem
• Same Partition, Intact Filesystem
• Restoring to a New Partition or Hard Disk
• Modem Technical Assistance Service
• Additional Main Menu Features
• Airbag Utilities Menu Features
• Airbag UNIX Expert's Menu Features
• SPECIAL ACTION FOR FLOPPY CONTROLLER BASED TAPE DECKS
• MERGING TWO FILESYSTEMS INTO ONE
• SPLITTING ONE FILESYSTEM INTO TWO
• EXCLUDING A SECONDARY HARD DISK
• ADDING A HARD DISK
• TAPE PARAMETER QUESTIONS
• EXCLUDING DIRECTORIES
• SWITCHING HARD DISK CONTROLLER TYPES
• Adding SCSI Controller Support to your Kernel
• GENERATING CRASH DISKETTES FROM A BACKUP TAPE
• SCO OpenServer 5 UNIQUE FEATURES
• ALTOS SCO UNIX SUPPORT
• 1024 CYLINDER BARRIER PROBLEM
• LIMITATIONS
• TROUBLE-SHOOTING
• Trouble Creating AIR-BAG Diskettes
• What to do if your Kernel is too Large
• Trouble Booting from the AIR-BAG Diskettes
• Error Message: /etc/emulator not found
• Error Message: EEEEE
• Running out of space on boot floppy
• Kernel PANIC - out of SWAP space
• Menu doesn't appear to respond to keyboard input
• Kernel PANIC: main - swapadd
• PANIC - srmount failed
• Does not prompt for a second diskette
• Hangs after H6
• Hangs after kernel: i/o bufs = 600 k
• No space on floppy diskette unit 0, minor 64
• A2 Diskette keeps getting corrupted
• Sdsk: Unrecoverable error xxxx...
• Trouble while Using the AIR-BAG Menu System
• Hard Disk Not formatted Error Message
• cactus: cannot make pipe
• divvy: could not open temporary node
• divvy: could not make temporary character/block node
• divvy: could not get drive parameters
• Select Add-on HARD Disk and computer freezes up
• Totally Automated Restore Hangs in Phase 4
• Trouble Restoring a System
• Hard Disk Error Messages during a Restore
• Running Out of Space
• Trouble Booting once you have Restored Files
• HDD Controller Failure
• Error message: NO OS
• Error message: IO ERR
• Stage 1 boot failure: error loading /boot
• Kernel hangs at H6
• WARNING: No hd root controller
• Kernel Reports the Disk Drive has 65536 Heads
• ADVANCED TOPICS
• aw Partitions
• Virtual Disk Manger Support

Chapter 8 TAPE-TELL

• Overview
• Command Interface
• Variable Descriptions
• Errors And Warnings

Chapter 9 CRONY

• Managing 'cron' and 'crontab' with Cronytm
• General Information
• Using Crony
• Reviewing Crontab Command Lines
• Adding Crontab Command Lines
• Assigning or Editing When 'cron' Should Execute Commands
• Security Blanket
• The Utility Menu
• An Example of Using Crony