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From: [e-mail] (Chip Rosenthal)
Subject: Welcome to comp.unix.xenix.sco [changes from previous version]
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Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1993 22:51:22 GMT
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! @(#) sco-xenix 1.42 93/03/20 18:04:27

  Welcome to comp.unix.xenix.sco.  This newsgroup is about the XENIX
  operating system from the Santa Cruz Operation (SCO).  If you have an
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! @(#) sco-xenix 1.45 93/06/05 22:03:21

  Welcome to comp.unix.xenix.sco.  This newsgroup is about the XENIX
  operating system from the Santa Cruz Operation (SCO).  If you have an
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  This is NOT the newsgroup for SCO UNIX or Open Desktop questions.  If
  you want to talk about other SCO operating systems, please show some
  courtesy and use an appropriate newsgroup, such as comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit.
! (Hey!  Don't blame me.  I voted against that silly name.) This is also
  NOT the right place for questions about XENIX implementations from
  other vendors.  Use comp.unix.xenix.misc.

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  This is NOT the newsgroup for SCO UNIX or Open Desktop questions.  If
  you want to talk about other SCO operating systems, please show some
  courtesy and use an appropriate newsgroup, such as comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit.
! (Hey!  Don't blame me.  I voted against that silly name.)  This is also
  NOT the right place for questions about XENIX implementations from
  other vendors.  Use comp.unix.xenix.misc.

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  This message is maintained and posted monthly by Chip Rosenthal.  Your
  corrections, additions, and comments are encouraged.  Please mail them
! to [e-mail].  These questions and answers were written
! by Chip Rosenthal, Jeff Liebermann, Ronald Florence, Chip Salzenberg,
! Ronald Khoo, Vic Michael, and Stephen Bleazard.  Helpful contributions
! and comments have been provided by Andrew Phillips, Peter Funk, and
! Paul Warren.

  Please examine the date near the top of this message.  This message
  is updated frequently, and any version older than 90 days is possibly
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      QC4.  `WARNING!! - mounting: <usr> as <news>' message when booting.
      QC5.  `POSSIBLE FILE SIZE ERROR' when running `fsck'.
      QC6.  Is disk fragmentation curable?
+     QC7.  Can I put a CD-ROM drive on my Xenix system?


  ===> Communications Questions:
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  QA2.  What is the minimum system required to run XENIX?

!     For a minimal single-user XENIX system, we recommend an 80386SX-16
!     processor, 2MB to 4MB RAM, and 40MB hard disk.  For the full XENIX
!     system (Run Time, Development, and Text Processing), consider an
!     80386DX-20 processor, 4MB RAM, and 80MB hard disk.  Additional
!     resources will be required to support additional users, large
!     applications, networking, or X windows.  XENIX/286 will run on a
!     PC/AT, but you will quickly become frustrated with its limitations,
!     especially if you are a programmer.


  QA3.  Should I buy UNIX or XENIX?
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  QA2.  What is the minimum system required to run XENIX?

!     You can build a minimal, single-user XENIX system with an 80386SX
!     computer with 2MB to 4MB RAM and 40MB hard disk.  For the XENIX
!     development system, you'll want at least an 80386DX computer with
!     4MB RAM and 80MB hard disk.  Additional resources (more speed,
!     more RAM, more disk) will be required to support additional users,
!     large applications, networking, or X windows.  XENIX/286 will run
!     on a PC/AT, but you will quickly become frustrated with its
!     limitations, especially if you are a programmer.


  QA3.  Should I buy UNIX or XENIX?
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      The filesystem you trash may be your own.


+ QC7.  Can I put a CD-ROM drive on my Xenix system?
+
+     No.  The difficulty is not making Xenix talk to a CD-ROM drive.
+     That's easy.  The problem is that a CD-ROM needs to be mounted so
+     you can access the files on it, so Xenix would have to be extended
+     with support for ISO-9660/High Sierra file systems.  Now, that's
+     the tough part.  Refer to the FAQ on why Xenix doesn't have NFS
+     for additional information on why that's so difficult.
+
+
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  representations, nor do we accept any liability for any damage resulting
  from the use or misuse of information or procedures in this document.

! [ end of sco-xenix 1.42 ]
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  representations, nor do we accept any liability for any damage resulting
  from the use or misuse of information or procedures in this document.

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