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I don't use AIX so I don't know what &quot;mksysb&quot; does, but it sounds like it makes a filesystem bootable. In that case, on Solaris 2.x there is &quot;installboot&quot; which you run after you create a copy of the root filesystem (partition) which installs the &quot;boot block&quot; onto it so you can boot from it.<br />

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I don't use AIX so I don't know what "mksysb" does, but it sounds like it makes a filesystem bootable. In that case, on Solaris 2.x there is "installboot" which you run after you create a copy of the root filesystem (partition) which installs the "boot block" onto it so you can boot from it.


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Thanks for the help. &nbsp;They were very helpful. &nbsp;Sorry about the late reply.<br />
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Thanks for the help.  They were very helpful.  Sorry about the late reply.



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I want to know the equivalent to the AIX's mksysb on SunOS, Solaris, IRIX 6.xx, HP-UX 9.XX, HP-UX 10.20. &nbsp;This is to back up the system such that I can boot/restore from it in case of emergencies.
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I want to know the equivalent to the AIX's mksysb on SunOS, Solaris, IRIX 6.xx, HP-UX 9.XX, HP-UX 10.20.  This is to back up the system such that I can boot/restore from it in case of emergencies.

backup for emergencies

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