zimmer@calvin.stanford.edu (Andrew Zimmerman) (03/30/91)
I've heard that the upgrade to 2.1 is free, and that NeXT is only charging for the media. If this is so, would about 10 other people like to each chip in $5 and I'll but a copy, and make it available via ftp for those 10 people. If you are interested, send me email. Before I do this, I will give NeXT a call. If they have a problem, or if I would be violating net ethics, I won't do it. Andrew zimmer@calvin.stanford.edu
zimmer@calvin.stanford.edu (Andrew Zimmerman) (04/06/91)
A while ago, I asked if any people would be interested in chipping in to
purchase a 2.1 upgrade which I would make accessible via anon ftp for that
group. Since then, about 9 people have said that they would chip in. In
addition, a person at NeXT said it would be okay to share it with other
people. So, I have ordered a copy of the upgrade.
Fortunately, the group of people that are helping to cover the cost
seem willing to have it made available via anon ftp even to people that
don't contribute. So, after all of the people who contribute have a change
to get the 2.1 upgrade, I will make it avialable via anon ftp.
(The upgrade is still in the mail.)
Andrew
zimmer@calvin.stanford.edufletcher@socrates.umd.edu (Charles Fletcher) (05/23/91)
Just when you thought all the upgrade questions were done---comes--- Another upgrade question--I have the 2.1 upgrade on OD and would like to put it on floppies for a friend with a Station. How can I do this? I know how to split files but I don't know how the Installer handles this or what it excepts (since the packages are larger than a single disk.) Any info? Thanks, Charlie fletcher@socrates.umd.edu
izumi@mindseye.berkeley.edu (Izumi Ohzawa) (05/24/91)
In article <1991May23.141333.22849@socrates.umd.edu> fletcher@socrates.umd.edu (Charles Fletcher) writes: >Just when you thought all the upgrade questions were done---comes--- > >Another upgrade question--I have the 2.1 upgrade on OD and would like >to put it on floppies for a friend with a Station. How can I do this? >I know how to split files but I don't know how the Installer handles >this or what it excepts (since the packages are larger than a single >disk.) > >Any info? From the NeXT on-line documentation (search with "chunkPackage") --- excerpt --- The chunkPackage utility can be used to break up an Installeri package (generated with the package script) when the package is too large to fit on a single volume (for example, a single floppy disk). The chunkPackage utility is located in the Installer file package: /NextApps/Installer.app/chunkPackage The chunkPackage utility has the following command line syntax (the bracketed argument is optional): chunkPackage package volume-size [ -d destination-dir ] Arguments: package is the Installer package folder generated by the package script. volume-size is the capacity in kilobytes of the volumes on which the smaller packages will be stored. destination-dir specifies where to create the smaller packages. If no destination is specified, the chunks directory is created in the current directory. Given a package Foo.pkg, the chunkPackage utility createrectory Foo.chunks with the subdirectories Foo.1, Foo.2, ..., Foo.n and stores a smaller sub-package isn each of these subdirectories. For example, the following command breaks up the Foo.pkg into a number of smaller packages that will fit on 1400-kilobyte (1.4Mbyte) floppies and places them in ./Foo.chunks: package Foo.pkg 1400 -d ./Foo.chunks The ./Foo.chunks directory has the following structure after running this script: ./Foo.chunks /Foo.1/Foo.pkg /Foo.2/Foo.pkg ... /Foo.n/Foo.pkg Finally, you'll need to copy the Foo.pkg folder in Foo.1 onto floppy #1, the Foo.pkg folder in Foo.2 onto floppy #2, and so on. --- end excerpt ---- Izumi Ohzawa [ $@Bg_78^=;(J ] USMail: University of California, 360 Minor Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720 Telephone: (415) 642-6440 Fax: (415) 642-3323 Internet: izumi@violet.berkeley.edu NeXTmail: izumi@pinoko.berkeley.edu