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- From: tkevans@fallst (Tim Evans)
- Subject: Re: a couple of questions (INSTALLP)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov11.101824.6704@fallst>
- Organization: Tim Evans
- References: <1992Nov6.150923.6837@ms.uky.edu> <1992Nov9.144016.20199@awdprime.austin.ibm.com>
- Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 10:18:24 GMT
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- srao@beany.austin.ibm.com (Satish Rao) writes:
-
- >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:
- >
- > smit installp
- > Standard Installation & Maintenance
- > Software Installation & Maintenance
- > Copy Software to Hard Disk for Future Installation
-
- Just watch that bffcreate does *NOT* extend your target filesystem as
- the smit screen suggests. It does not extend filesystems.
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