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- From: olson@anchor.esd.sgi.com (Dave Olson)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
- Subject: Re: How to build a System-Disk ??
- Message-ID: <path4d8@zuni.esd.sgi.com>
- Date: 2 Sep 92 02:24:08 GMT
- References: <32306@adm.brl.mil>
- Sender: news@zuni.esd.sgi.com (Net News)
- Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc. Mountain View, CA
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- In <32306@adm.brl.mil> blbates@aero36.larc.nasa.gov (Brent L. Bates ViGYAN AAD/TAB) writes:
- | I think the documentation has gotten worse in most respects as far as
- | `Upgrading' from 3.3.X to 4.0.1. There needs to be a COMPLETE index in
-
- What do you mean by 'complete'? Every single word that occurs anywhere
- in the entire manual? I doubt it. Some judgment has to be used.
-
- There was no installation guide in 3.3, so it definitely didn't get
- worse (there was just a chapter in the release notes)!
-
- | One positive item, using fx to repartition a disk is GREAT. I found
- | the easiest way to partition a disk was to use all the defaults for a
- | first pass, then go back and make adjustments as necessary. Being able
- | to specify partition sizes in Mb is soo much easier than fiddling with
- | sectors/tracks etc.
-
- I'm glad to hear that. The customer support folks requested this, saying
- that it was one of the most common requests/problems for fx users.
-
- | (After formatting and partitioning disks a half dozen times, it starts
- | to be come even easier, ;-))
-
- Don't let it get too easy, or bye bye disk (I've trashed more than
- one disk by typing the wrong command or disk number, because I know
- so well what I *think* I am doing)! Fortunately, they are *usually*
- lab disks.
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- Let no one tell me that silence gives consent, | Dave Olson
- because whoever is silent dissents. | Silicon Graphics, Inc.
- Maria Isabel Barreno | olson@sgi.com
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