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- From: voracek@macdfv.dfrf.nasa.gov (David Voracek)
- Subject: Re: IIfx hangs while installing A/UX 3.0
- Message-ID: <1992Jul27.074340@macdfv.dfrf.nasa.gov>
- Sender: news@news.dfrf.nasa.gov (Usenet news)
- Organization: NASA Dryden Flight Research Facility, Edwards CA
- References: <Bs0xnM.7qs@acsu.buffalo.edu>
- Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 14:43:40 GMT
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- In article <Bs0xnM.7qs@acsu.buffalo.edu>, yaosenko@acsu.buffalo.edu (Yaosen Ko) writes:
- |> Just got A/UX 3.0 upgrade kit and about to install it in no time!
- |>
- |> Perhaps I just find out a vulnerable point of installing A/UX 3.0
- |> on IIfx.
- |>
- |> There are three steps in installing A/UX 3.0: setting up disk with
- |> HD Setup, installing A/UX Startup on MacOS partition, and
- |> installing A/UX proper on the Root & Usr partition.
- |>
- |> The first two steps went smoothly. When it came to the last step, and
- |> while the installing program showed "Please wait... Calculating UNIX
- |> filesystem space requirement", the machine hang. It is highly
- |> reproducible. Adjusting the arrangement of SCSI devices helps a bit
- |> but it still happens in about 10% of the time.
- |>
- |> Does anybody care to comment on this? Yet another SCSI DMA "feature"
- |> of IIfx? Anybody from Apple would like to say anything so we can
- |> have an insight? (hint... hint...)
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- I also did a custom install(no update) on a IIfx and the system
- hung up. what I
- found is that the installation does not double check if you have enough
- disk space for the files that you decided to install.
-
- If for some reason, like me, did not really pay attention when
- seleting UNIX files to install you can attempt to install more
- files than you have room for. Although this may not be you exact
- problem, I had to redo the whole installation again. This time
- erasing my whole disk and starting over.
-
- Just thought I would put in a note of my oversite when installing.
- Maybe save someone else a problem in the future......
-
-
-
- DAVE
-
- MAC and AUX......best of both worlds!!!!?
-
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