jmm@skivs.UUCP (Joel M. Miller) (09/12/90)
Here's a pretty basic question: How do I install an A/UX floppy set on an
Apple 80 MB disk that currently contains A/UX 1.1? I would normally follow
installation instructions, but none were included with my "floppy disk product"
(did I need to purchase an "installation instructions product"??). I tried
running the "A/UX Install" program on the first floppy, but it seems to
go immediately to start up (rather than install) A/UX. People I can reach
at Apple recognize the name A/UX, but know nothing about it.
I am knowledgable about Unix at the System Manager level, and so really just
need help in getting off the ground. Has anyone out there done this
1.1 to 2.0 upgrade?
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jmm@skivs.UUCP (Joel M. Miller) writes: >Here's a pretty basic question: How do I install an A/UX floppy set on an >Apple 80 MB disk that currently contains A/UX 1.1? I would normally follow >installation instructions, but none were included with my "floppy disk product" >(did I need to purchase an "installation instructions product"??). I tried >running the "A/UX Install" program on the first floppy, but it seems to >go immediately to start up (rather than install) A/UX. People I can reach >at Apple recognize the name A/UX, but know nothing about it. No, you don't need to purchase the "installation instructions product". When you ordered the floppy disk update to A/UX 2.0, you should have gotten two big boxes. One, labeled "A/UX Floppy Disk Product", should be full of the 36 or so floppies that have the A/UX programs on them. The other big box, the "A/UX Accessory Kit", contains some more floppies (a complete set of MacOS System 6.0.5 disks, plus 4 others needed for the A/UX install& upgrade), plus three nice books, one of which tells you how to install A/UX. You should have gotten the A/UX Accessory Kit at the same time you got the box of floppies. Complain to your dealer. I gather you've been doing that, but now you know what exactly to complain about. >I am knowledgable about Unix at the System Manager level, and so really just >need help in getting off the ground. Has anyone out there done this >1.1 to 2.0 upgrade? Yeah, I have. It's not too difficult, but you really need the instructions and disks that are in the Accessory Kit. It's a big instruction book, so it'd be difficult to explain the details of how to install it over the net, and those disks in the A/UX accessory kit are rather vital to the process... -- Richard Todd rmtodd@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu rmtodd@chinet.chi.il.us rmtodd@servalan.uucp