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- From: thompson@PAN.SSEC.HONEYWELL.COM ((jt) John Thompson)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
- Subject: re: Is the /install dir necessary?
- Message-ID: <9208181359.AA04499@pan.ssec.honeywell.com>
- Date: 18 Aug 92 13:59:41 GMT
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- > This directory takes up alot of disk space and we were wondering
- > If it is necessary
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- Ummmm. I guess that depends on whether you want to have software or not.
- The /install directory contains (by my count) three main sections --
-
- /install/baseline A dir for info on what's been installed
-
- /install/doc A dir with release notes for s/w
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- /install/ri.?* A whole bunch of directories related to
- /install/toc the installation of software. The biggest
- /install/templates chunk here is the ri.?* dirs, which are
- /install/tools the packages that you have for your network.
- /install/minst
- /install/help
- <etc>
-
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- The baseline directory is essential for s/w loading. You can remove all but
- the last baseline.xxx file (they're numerically ascending, constantly growing
- log files).
-
- The doc directory can be removed, or better yet, linked off to an <AA> node
- (where you install software tapes to). Every time you load a tape into the
- authorized-area, it'll put release notes and other such stuff there. When
- you install software from the <AA>, it tries to copy any notes over to the
- destination system. If it's linked, it warns you and doesn't copy anything.
-
- The <other-stuff> directories are absotively, posilutely essential. If
- you've been loading O/S after O/S after O/S, you might have multiple
- versions of some packages, and that can get big and wasteful, but as a general
- rule, don't delete any package that you have installed somewhere, or want to
- install somewhere. If you haven't already, read the manual on installing
- software w/ RAI tools. Read up on hard-linking the installation.
-
- -- jt --
- John Thompson
- Design Services Engineer / Sys-Admin
- Honeywell, SSEC
- Plymouth, MN 55441
- thompson@pan.ssec.honeywell.com
-
- What do I know? I'm just a Token Administrator.
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