Using Disaster Recovery
Floppies
Insert the disaster recovery floppy disk when the machine is booting up. Follow the
instructions on screen.
If there are problems, what are the symptoms?
The installation process begins but crashes.
The computer doesn't have a floppy drive.
The appliance doesn't have a floppy drive.
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Creating Disaster Recovery CD-ROMs
The data on the CD-ROM(s) is not
complete.
This could be due to two reasons.
The restore may be in two stages. The disaster recovery disk contains enough
data to get the system back on its feet. The rest of the restore then proceeds
across the network.
The multi-disk backup may have failed whilst it was writing the media. This
could happen because of an error on the appliance, or more likely, because
the process timed out. If the disks are not swapped over within a 1 hour
window, the task is canceled. This is to prevent the appliance from neglecting
its backup obligations.
The current CD is taking a very long time
to write.
The standard time to write a CD to full capacity, at x2 speed, is 60 minutes. If it has
taken 20 minutes longer than this, check the drive. If there is still activity, wait 10
more minutes. Then check the Status page of the disaster recovery CD-ROM wizard.
If this shows an issue then cancel the operation. There may have been a problem with
the disk. Try to write the data onto a new set of disks. If there are continual problem,
then
contact HP
Troubleshooting,Disaster Recovery CDs
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