gchunt@hellgate.utah.edu (Galen Hunt) (02/27/91)
I have two questions for those of you that are in the know: 1) Is there any potential danger in mounting a slab on its side? My desk here has a book shelf above it that is not movable and the only way I can fit my megapixel display on my desk is to take the slab out from underneath it. Currently my slab is on its side between the display and the wall. The floppy side is up and the bottom of the slab faces towards the display. Is my system going to die in the near future or is this a "healthy" position? 2) I've noticed that in the root directory on a 200MB slab there is a file called "odmach". There is also a file called "sdmach". I assume that "sdmach" is the Mach image used when booting off of the 200MB SCSI drive and that "odmach" is the Mach image used when booting off of the optical, but considering that you can't connect an optical to a slab, is there any reason why I shouldn't drop "odmach" in the recycler and recycle the 700K that it uses? Thanks for any answers that anyone can give me! Galen -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Galen C. Hunt gchunt@sunset.utah.edu Disclaimer: I don't even take credit for what I say so why should anyone else??
petrilli@geech.ai.mit.edu (Chris Petrilli) (02/27/91)
Galen Hunt writes: >1) Is there any potential danger in mounting a slab on its side? > My desk here has a book shelf above it that is not movable and > the only way I can fit my megapixel display on my desk is to take > the slab out from underneath it. Currently my slab is on its side > between the display and the wall. The floppy side is up and the > bottom of the slab faces towards the display. Is my system > going to die in the near future or is this a "healthy" position? There should be no problem in mounting the slab on it's side, and I have seen several SparcStations that are in holders on the side of a desk. The only part of the machine that is position sensative is the hard drive, and it is OK as long as it isn't either on its face, or upside down. The floppy is pretty much immune, though the eject mechanism may not work as well. >2) I've noticed that in the root directory on a 200MB slab there is a file > called "odmach". There is also a file called "sdmach". I assume that > "sdmach" is the Mach image used when booting off of the 200MB SCSI drive > and that "odmach" is the Mach image used when booting off of the > optical, but considering that you can't connect an optical to a slab, is > there any reason why I shouldn't drop "odmach" in the recycler and > recycle the 700K that it uses? There is no reason to delete 'odmach' since it is simply a link, and not a seperate file unto itself. By dragging it into the recycler, you will gain only a few bytes. -- + Chris Petrilli | Internet: petrilli@fsf.ai.mit.edu + Insert silly disclaimer drivel here.
lacsap@plethora.media.mit.edu (Pascal Chesnais) (02/28/91)
In article <1991Feb27.024837.4103@albion.utah.edu> gchunt@hellgate.utah.edu (Galen Hunt) writes: > I have two questions for those of you that are in the know: > > 2) I've noticed that in the root directory on a 200MB slab there is a file > called "odmach". There is also a file called "sdmach". I assume that > "sdmach" is the Mach image used when booting off of the 200MB SCSI drive > and that "odmach" is the Mach image used when booting off of the > optical, but considering that you can't connect an optical to a slab, is > there any reason why I shouldn't drop "odmach" in the recycler and > recycle the 700K that it uses? > This will be the subject of a FAQ entry: odmach and sdmach are links to the same file, so apart from aesthetics removing it will not free up significant space. If you are looking for space hogs in 2.0, Icon.app in /NextDeveloper/Demos has the bad habit of dumping HUGE core files in it's directory. You need to go into the directory in a Terminal window (browser will not allow you to do this) and examine the Icon.app directory for core files, remove it, it is of little use to you, and certainly I don't think NeXT would be happy if you sent them the file saying "what went wrong?" Pascal Chesnais, Research Specialist, Electronic Publishing Group Media Laboratory, E15-351, 20 Ames Street, Cambridge, Ma, 02139 (617) 253-0311 email: lacsap@plethora.media.mit.edu (NeXT)
glenn@heaven.woodside.ca.us (Glenn Reid) (02/28/91)
Pascal Chesnais writes > If you are looking for space hogs in 2.0, Icon.app in /NextDeveloper/Demos > has the bad habit of dumping HUGE core files in it's directory. You > need to go into the directory in a Terminal window (browser will not > allow you to do this)... Actually, the browser will let you do this. Select "Icon.app" in the browser and then select "Open as Folder" (command-O) from the File menu. It will open the directory and give you a new browser with which to peruse the contents of the folder. This works with all file packages, like "Helvetica.font" or "Document.wn" or whatever. -- Glenn Reid RightBrain Software glenn@heaven.woodside.ca.us NeXT/PostScript developers ..{adobe,next}!heaven!glenn 415-851-1785 (fax 851-1470)