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- From: srao@beany.austin.ibm.com (Satish Rao)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
- Subject: Re: a couple of questions (INSTALLP)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov9.144016.20199@awdprime.austin.ibm.com>
- Date: 9 Nov 92 14:40:16 GMT
- References: <1992Nov6.150923.6837@ms.uky.edu>
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- In article <1992Nov6.150923.6837@ms.uky.edu> paul@acus1.cc.uky.edu (paul linton) writes:
- >First question:
- >back when 3.1 wasn't "GOLD" i was getting updates about every week or two
- >and i learned one could 'copy' the install tape to disk and do install/update
- >with the directory being the install device and it saved LOTS of time once
- >the installation began. I wanted to do this with the latest tape I received
- >but I havent done the above in a long time. I tried (restore -Tf/dev/rmt0.1)
- >but it said not in backup format. Any ideas?
- >
- You can use bffcreate to do this by taking the following path in SMIT:
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- smit installp
- Standard Installation & Maintenance
- Software Installation & Maintenance
- Copy Software to Hard Disk for Future Installation
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