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- Subject: Welcome to comp.unix.xenix.sco [changes from previous version]
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix.sco,news.answers
- From: chip@chinacat.unicom.com (Chip Rosenthal)
- Date: Mon, 18 Apr 1994 00:51:42 GMT
-
- Archive-name: sco-xenix-diff
- News-answers-archive-name: sco/xenix-diff
- Posting-frequency: monthly
- Version: 1.51
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- ! @(#) sco-xenix 1.48 94/01/19 20:12:54
-
- Welcome to comp.unix.xenix.sco. This newsgroup is about the Xenix
- operating system from the Santa Cruz Operation (SCO). If you have an
- --- 1,4 ----
- ! @(#) sco-xenix 1.51 94/04/17 19:49:08
-
- Welcome to comp.unix.xenix.sco. This newsgroup is about the Xenix
- operating system from the Santa Cruz Operation (SCO). If you have an
- ***************
- *** 46,56 ****
- "mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu" that says "send usenet/news/answers/sco/xenix".
-
-
- ! ******************************************************************************
- ! **************************** Questions Answered ****************************
- ! ******************************************************************************
-
-
- ===> Product Questions:
-
- QA1. What is the difference between Unix and Xenix?
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- "mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu" that says "send usenet/news/answers/sco/xenix".
-
-
- ! ------------------------------
-
- + Subject: ***** Table of Contents
-
- +
- ===> Product Questions:
-
- QA1. What is the difference between Unix and Xenix?
- ***************
- *** 137,145 ****
- QZ1. What the $%*&! is happening?
-
-
- ! ******************************************************************************
- ! **************************** Product Questions *****************************
- ! ******************************************************************************
-
-
- QA1. What is the difference between Unix and Xenix?
- --- 137,145 ----
- QZ1. What the $%*&! is happening?
-
-
- ! ------------------------------
- !
- ! Subject: ***** SECTION A - Product Questions
-
-
- QA1. What is the difference between Unix and Xenix?
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- answered by the support database. SCO currently doesn't provide
- SOS access to most overseas users.
-
- ! You might also consider joining the `SCO Developer Alliance Associates
- ! Program.' This costs $100/year, and also provides access to the BBS.
- ! Contact devrel@sco.com for additional information.
-
-
- ! ******************************************************************************
- ! ************************* General Xenix Questions **************************
- ! ******************************************************************************
-
-
- QB1. Can't boot. My system used to work.
-
- Check the A: drive. If there is a floppy in there your system
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- answered by the support database. SCO currently doesn't provide
- SOS access to most overseas users.
-
- ! Previous versions of this FAQ suggested joining the `SCO Developer
- ! Alliance'. For $100/year, it gave you BBS access along with other
- ! benefits. Somebody within SCO must have finally come to their
- ! senses and realized they were providing a worthwhile and valuable
- ! service to their customers. Can't have that! So, effective Jan
- ! 94, they jacked up the price almost 500%, thus ensuring no product
- ! offered by SCO could ever be remotely confused with a bargain.
- ! If you are a member of a Fortune 500 company, you might want to
- ! contact <devrel@sco.com> for info. If you are a small-time
- ! developer, then kiss off, loser.
-
-
- ! ------------------------------
-
- + Subject: ***** SECTION B - General Xenix Questions
-
- +
- QB1. Can't boot. My system used to work.
-
- Check the A: drive. If there is a floppy in there your system
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- *** 614,622 ****
- the `terminfo' database, while prior versions use `termcap'.
-
-
- ! ******************************************************************************
- ! ********************** Disk and Filesystem Questions ***********************
- ! ******************************************************************************
-
-
- QC1. Can I use a disk bigger than 1024 cylinders?
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- the `terminfo' database, while prior versions use `termcap'.
-
-
- ! ------------------------------
- !
- ! Subject: ***** SECTION C - Disk and Filesystem Questions
-
-
- QC1. Can I use a disk bigger than 1024 cylinders?
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- *** 704,715 ****
- almost always means `fsck' found a `sparse file', not a true
- filesystem error. A sparse file has holes in it. They are created
- when a program skips over sections of a file it is writing. The
- ! Xenix filesystem fills in those sections with zeros. The Xenix
- ! filesystem doesn't even both allocating disk blocks for the sections
- ! full of zeros, thus creating a sparse file. The complaint occurs
- ! because `fsck' calculates the number of disk blocks needed to
- ! store the file, counts up the number of disk blocks actually used
- ! by the file, and complains that the two don't match.
-
- When you get a file size error from `fsck' you should note both
- the `I=nnnn' inode number logged in the message and the filesystem
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- almost always means `fsck' found a `sparse file', not a true
- filesystem error. A sparse file has holes in it. They are created
- when a program skips over sections of a file it is writing. The
- ! Xenix filesystem doesn't even bother allocating disk blocks for
- ! those holes, it just says the gaps are full of zeros. The complaint
- ! occurs because `fsck' calculates the number of disk blocks needed
- ! to store the file, counts up the number of disk blocks actually
- ! used by the file, and complains that the two don't match.
-
- When you get a file size error from `fsck' you should note both
- the `I=nnnn' inode number logged in the message and the filesystem
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- *** 801,809 ****
- FAQ on NFS for additional info.
-
-
- ! ******************************************************************************
- ! ************************* Communications Questions *************************
- ! ******************************************************************************
-
- QD1. How do I add more than 2 COM ports?
-
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- FAQ on NFS for additional info.
-
-
- !
- ! ------------------------------
- !
- ! Subject: ***** SECTION D - Communications Questions
- !
-
- QD1. How do I add more than 2 COM ports?
-
- ***************
- *** 1204,1214 ****
- out of clists.
-
-
- ! ******************************************************************************
- ! ********************** Display and Graphics Questions **********************
- ! ******************************************************************************
-
-
- QE1. How come Xenix won't recognize my VGA display?
-
- Probably because you are running a very old version of Xenix.
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- out of clists.
-
-
- ! ------------------------------
-
- + Subject: ***** SECTION E - Display and Graphics Questions
-
- +
- QE1. How come Xenix won't recognize my VGA display?
-
- Probably because you are running a very old version of Xenix.
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- from the output.
-
-
- ! ******************************************************************************
- ! *************************** Networking Questions ***************************
- ! ******************************************************************************
-
-
- QF1. What do I need to run TCP/IP?
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- from the output.
-
-
- ! ------------------------------
- !
- ! Subject: ***** SECTION F - Networking Questions
-
-
- QF1. What do I need to run TCP/IP?
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- *** 1379,1389 ****
- * $q
-
-
- ! ******************************************************************************
- ! *************** Xenix and MS-DOS Interoperability Questions ****************
- ! ******************************************************************************
-
-
- QX1. Can Xenix share a hard disk with MS-DOS?
-
- Yes. SCO directly supports an MS-DOS 3.2 partition on the same disk as
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- * $q
-
-
- ! ------------------------------
-
- + Subject: ***** SECTION X - Xenix and MS-DOS Interoperability Questions
-
- +
- QX1. Can Xenix share a hard disk with MS-DOS?
-
- Yes. SCO directly supports an MS-DOS 3.2 partition on the same disk as
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- to execute under MS-DOS with the `-dos' command line switch.
-
-
- ! ******************************************************************************
- ! ********************* The (in)Famous Xenix Cheat-Sheet *********************
- ! ******************************************************************************
-
-
- QZ1. What the $%*&! is happening?
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- to execute under MS-DOS with the `-dos' command line switch.
-
-
- ! ------------------------------
- !
- ! Subject: ***** SECTION Z - The (in)Famous Xenix Cheat-Sheet
-
-
- QZ1. What the $%*&! is happening?
- ***************
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-
- [Thanks to Jeff Liebermann.]
-
- +
- + ------------------------------
- +
- + Subject: ***** The Fine Print
- +
- This collection is Copyright 1992-1994, Unicom Systems Development, Inc.
- All rights reserved. Permission granted to reproduce and distribute this
- document provided this notice remains intact and any changes to the document
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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 1.48 ]
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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 1.51 ]
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