72 EFS Systems on a Linux Base: Additional Topics
5.3.1 Raw devices
To create a CD suitable for distribution we used the following general procedure. We prefer to
place all the files intended for burning a CD in one directory and we created /tmp/burn for this
purpose:
$ mkdir /tmp/burn (Arbitrary name and location)
We wanted to create a CD copy of our S4RES1 volume, which is on logical volume S4RES1
and is associated with /dev/raw/A80. (See “Raw devices” on page 61 for more information
about this assignment.) We used ckdbackup and gzip to create a suitable CD copy in the burn
directory:
# sh shLV (You must have your raw node linked
to the appropriate Logical Volume before
starting. Use whatever shell script
or raw commands are appropriate.)
$ ckdb ...