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- From: veit@du9ds3.uni-duisburg.de (Holger Veit)
- Subject: Re: Help with installing srcdist in 386bsd
- References: <1992Aug27.181005.25135@news.columbia.edu>
- Date: 31 Aug 92 08:20:26 GMT
- Reply-To: veit@du9ds3.uni-duisburg.de
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- In <1992Aug27.181005.25135@news.columbia.edu> cl45@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Ching-Tse Liu) writes:
-
- >Hi,
-
- > I have problem installing the source distribution. Right after
- >I installed the binaries distribution, I typed "rm bin01.*" then "
- >loadfd". Now when it came to src01.37, the system stopped and refused
- >to copy anymore files and didn't respond to control-c. I had no choice
- >but to reboot. Of course it came up with the content of /tmp cleared.
- >What did I do wrong ? I tried this twice with the same problem.
- > Is it possible to install the source with the binaries installed?
- >Or do I have to start all over ? Any help will be greatly appreciated.
-
- > ***********************
- >--cliu@merlin.appmath.columbia.edu * CLifton T. Liu *
- >--cl45@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu ***********************
-
- There is an entry in the FAQ relating to a similiar problem with install.
- I was caught with the same problem when I reinstalled my disk for more
- swap space. If, after reboot, fsck does not complain about something odd
- in filesystem, there is good chance that the bin release is still intact.
- To install bin+src+etc I recommend the following procedure:
-
- Install the dist.fs to the disk, as usual. Save the 'extract' utility that
- is in /tmp to somewhere (e.g. to a new directory /usr/install)
- Copy the bin release to the disk, with mread, e.g. by
- $ for i in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
- > do
- > echo insert disk $i and hit return
- > read answer
- > mread "a:bin*" /tmp
- > done
- $ cd /tmp
- $ /usr/install/extract bin01
-
- and after it has completed, reboot. Get a /bin/csh afterwards, and
- change
- $ limit openfiles 128
- Get the src or etc release with the same procedure as above.
-
- Hope that helps
-
- Holger
-
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