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- From: peet@locus.com (J. David Peet)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
- Subject: Re: Deleting Merge from DELL SVR4 (Was: DELL SVR4 - separate /usr and /var filesystem?)
- Keywords: dell svr4 filesystem
- Message-ID: <1992Sep12.210327.0649391@locus.com>
- Date: 12 Sep 92 21:03:27 GMT
- References: <id.I13T.6_D@ferranti.com> <BuEvwy.2rt@gator.rn.com> <1992Sep12.144224.13970@tware.com>
- Organization: Locus Computing Corp, Los Angeles
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- In article <1992Sep12.144224.13970@tware.com> bash@tware.com (Paul Bash) writes:
- >In article <BuEvwy.2rt@gator.rn.com> larry@gator.rn.com (Larry Snyder) writes:
- >>peter@ferranti.com (peter da silva) writes:
- >>
- >>>> DELL includes the MERGE along with their product (i.e. it is a "nuts and
- >>>> bolts complete" release).
- >>
- >>>IF you want Merge. But why would I want Merge?
- >>
- >>If you want it, then just type dos. If you don't, you get to
- >>delete it or remove it.
- >>
- >Could you or someone else explain exactly what is involved in removing Merge
- >from Dell SVR4? The last time I tried disabling the Merge entries in
- >/etc/conf/sdevice.d, I got quite a few unresolved external references to
- >Merge things when rebuilding the kernel.
-
- This is because Merge has several drivers, all of which must be installed
- or removed at the same time.
-
- >This was only a halfhearted attempt, so I'm not surprised it failed. I'm just
- >curious if anyone else has carried it to completion and can detail the process.
-
- You just use the normal "pkgrm" to remove the "merge" and "xmerge" packages.
-
- The reason that Merge is bundled with DELL (and Merge/Vpix is available for
- other UNIX systems) is that a majority of buyers have a minimum requirement
- that their 386 UNIX system also be able to run DOS programs. If your UNIX
- can't run DOS, then many customers go elsewhere. This is also starting to
- be true with non-386 UNIX systems and MAC's which have Soft-PC to provide
- this function.
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