[callahan]

Xfsdump/xfarestore are pretty easy to use, imo. I use them to create backups on a semi-regular basis.

Basic SGI disk imaging tutorial is here: http://www.cspry.co.uk/computing/Indy_ad...ackup.html

Note that many 'recent' SGIs have diagnostics in ROM, so there is no IDE to copy using DVHtool. Xfsdump can be run on live disks. A better mount folder name for your new disk is 1, as the dump runs in alphabetical order. This all but eliminates the dump that is redumped into the /disk2 folder.