PATELMS@duvm.ocs.drexel.edu (03/09/90)
We have two SUN machines and the configuration is as follows 1) SUN 4/260C 8 MB of RAM 480 MB storage * File Server 2) SUN 4/110 8 MB of Ram Diskless Client All these days, we were running OS 3.5. Now we have bought 4.0.3 and I am asked to upgrade and install the new OS on these machines. Before venturing in to this work which I have not done earlier, I thought of asking for some advise from gurus in this net land. Is there anything I am suppose to know apart from the installing instructions from SUN so that the installing process is painless and smooth. Thnks for any suggestions.
jdd@db.toronto.edu (John DiMarco) (03/13/90)
In list.sun-spots you write: > We have two SUN machines and the configuration is as follows > >1) SUN 4/260C >2) SUN 4/110 > >All these days, we were running OS 3.5. Now we have bought 4.0.3 and I am >asked to upgrade and install the new OS on these machines. You're running 3.5 on sun 4's? I thought the latest pre-4.0 OS running on Sparcs was 3.2. As for the upgrade: Read Sun's instructions carefully. Make sure you understand Sun's rearrangement of the filesystem. You'll find that 4.0's fsck will act strangely the first time it sees a 3.5 filesystem, giving lots of "... length is xx bytes; setting to 512" messages. Don't worry about this; nothing is wrong with your filesystem. Keep a copy of 3.5's suntools around, if you can. Suntools under 4.0 is bigger and slower, and a bit different. John DiMarco jdd@db.toronto.edu or jdd@db.utoronto.ca University of Toronto, CSRI BITNET: jdd%db.toronto.edu@relay.cs.net (416) 978-8609 UUCP: {uunet!utai,decvax!utcsri}!db!jdd