CS_MCCAB%SWTEXAS.BITNET@icsa.rice.edu (06/15/89)
I'm making progress, s l o w l y but surely but I'm at the point where
I need to be sure that I do the right thing next.
I'm upgrading from 1.2 to 1.3 using the following:
a. PH version of 1.2
b. bitnet 1.2 to 1.3 upgrade files minix.1213a-w and diff files
minix.1213x-z
c. I got patch via ndsuvm1, uudecoded and uncompressed it. That's
a story in itself but I digress.
d. I unshared all the bitnet 1213a-w files while in working directory
/usr/minix3 to create /usr/minix3/minix/.... and all its subdirectories,
and files therin. I did all this in minix itself - a slow, painful
process that I don't want to go through AGAIN during this vacation.
The problem is that the shell doesn't unshar these without choking
90% of the time, so you have to use mined (splits and all), sed (get
it from a friend if you're on bitnet), and compress (its in the
update itself.) After the fact, it would
probably be better to get elle working before doing this so you
don't have to use mined and split.
My problem is that I unshared all the files before I read
the file rearrange which says to rearrange the "v1.2
system ...BEFORE... plopping the rest of the stuff onto
your minix source."
What does this mean?
Have I really messed up by not rearranging this stuff before
I unshared everything into /usr/minix3....?
The file has lines with relative paths like i=usr/minix and
mkdir $i/fs $i/minix $i/sys
What is the working directory I should be in when I
perform these commands?
I can guess the answer but I really want to be sure.
e. Finally, I can't tell from the rearrange file and the diff files
what my system shoudl look like before I run patch on the diffs.
Right now, I have my 1.2 minix all in /usr/minix and its
subdirectories AND I have the results of the unsharing
of the bitnet 1213a-w files in /usr/minix3... and its subdirectories.
That is, I have kept them separate. IS THAT CORRECT?
I presume that I now will run patch on the diff files somehow
getting the results posted to the minix3 area without affecting
my 1.2 minix. IS THAT CORRECT?
Sorry to be so long winded but vacation is over in 5 days and I want
to be through with this before I hit the road again.
Please respond personally to me.
tom mccabe
cs_mccab@swtexas.bitnet
PS Thanks to everybody on the net for reponses to my previous requests,
especially helmer in south dakota.