LUBKT@vax1.cc.lehigh.edu (12/05/89)
hello folks! I have two questions. The first one, I have been trying to get help from the A/UX vendor, but I still do not have the answer. So I am posting it to the network, hoping some one would know. I have a MAC IIcx running 1.1 version of A/UX. It has a 80 Meg drive, most of it - as some of you will know - is taken by the A/UX partition. I have only 2 meg of MAC/OS partition - making it almost impractical to use any MAC application under MAC/OS. Then I had a brainstorm !! I found out that the /usr directory uses about 30 Meg of disk space, and most of it contents (except files in /usr/admin and few others directories) are not used at the boot time. Except for the above noted directories, I moved the rest of the files in /usr directory to an NFS server (in my case a CYBER 850 mainframe), which I remotely mount at boot time. Things seem to work fine and I have been using this for over a month without any trouble. Even though, system throughput is decreased, the overall performance is quite good. By moving /usr directory to a remote server, I have an extra 30 Meg in my A/UX partition and I would like to repartition my hard disk to allow more disk space under MAC/OS partition. My MAC IIcx came with A/UX installed on its hard drive. I have backed up A/UX on to a tape, but I do not know how to install A/UX back if I repartition my drive. Is there any way to load entire A/UX from the SASH (stand alone shell window) ? I have not been able to convince myself that it can be done from the SASH window. Can it be done? Is there any extra software I need for this? I would appreciate if any netters can enlighten me with their suggestions. As for my second question, does any one know the price for X-window software under A/UX 1.1? Thanks in advance. Binod Taterway, User Consultant, Lehigh University Computing Center Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA 18015. Tel: (215) 758-3984 E-mail: LUBKT@vax1.cc.lehigh.EDU (Internet), BT00@lehigh.BITNET