On Fri, 25 Jun 1999, Colin Wood wrote:

> Fischer, Roger wrote:
> > > Fischer, Roger wrote:
> > Would it hurt to temporarily copy the "tar" and "gzip" to the /bin 
> > directory?
> 
> that wouldn't work b/c they're not statically linked.  you need /usr/lib
> around as well :-(
> 
> > Any other programs that I'd need? 
> 
> those are about it, but i don't know what else is in /usr/lib that you
> need (other than libc.so, i'd guess).

Checking the source indicates libgnumalloc.

Another option is to just copy /usr/lib to somewhere on /, then copy it
back(cp is staticly linked :-)

> > Do I need to mount
> > the tape drive or just copy to that device?  Is there a good readme
> > on tape drives?  I haven't used one with unix before
> 
> you got me on this one.  i know there is an 'mt' command to mount a tape,
> but that's about all i know about it.  perhaps someone else on the list
> will know a little more about backups.
> 
> like i said before tho, it's pretty easy to just create another partition,
> mount in on /a or something like that, and then make symbolic links
> wherever you need to do so.

That's what I usually do. :-)

Take care,

Bill