NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #18/NN_1992_18.iso/spool/comp/sys/apollo/3305

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From: [e-mail] (System Admin (Mike Peterson))
Subject: Re: Is the /install dir necessary?
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Organization: University of Toronto Chemistry Department
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Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 23:54:51 GMT
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Since JT has explained what you have, once you have installed all your
systems you can certainly remove all the '/install/ri.*' directories,
which will recover most of your disk space. I back it up as it stands
onto 8mm tape so I can just restore the whole thing without reloading
from c-tape, which wastes a whole day on our system. I leave the tools,
etc., on disk so I can easily read new tapes if necessary, without
having to load the tools again. Baseline files are useful if you have
problems, since they record what you installed when. I also keep my
config files in another directory so I don't have to re-answer all those
config/install++ questions. If you don't have any 9.7 nodes,
you can also blow away the 9.7compatibility stuff, which will recover
some more space (permanently if you avoid reloading the tools).

You can also clean up /install/docs/apollo - there are lots of obsolete
and duplicated files in there. I keep one copy of the current release
notes online on the AA node (only) so I can search them easily.
You might want to run them through 'col -b' so that all the fancy
formatting codes are removed, which interfere with searching for
section headings.

All of this is a waste if you used hard links though -- all you will
get back is the "inode" space, since the AA is in fact your O/S
(for the most part anyways).
--
What are the chances that any computer system will ever "work" properly?
... and Slim just left town. -*- Mike Peterson, SysAdmin, U/Toronto Chemistry