kevin@msa3b.UUCP (Kevin P. Kleinfelter) (10/22/90)
Recent post(s) have commented on the difficulty of finding space on an
AIX PS/2 system to apply the updates. I thought I'd never have this problem
with 300M, but...
My approach was to
rm -rf /usr/lpp/X11
rm -rf /usr/lpp/x11smpls
After all, using X on a PS/2 as a terminal to our 6000 was abysmal anyhow!
(Can you say 30 seconds to display a screen from Info? Sure, I new you
could!)
It appears that you only need the 38,000 blocks free to APPLY the updates.
You can probably reinstall X, and update it afterward (but I'm not going
to bother).
--
Kevin Kleinfelter @ Dun and Bradstreet Software, Inc (404) 239-2347
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"Don't hold your finger on the button if the motor ain't goin' roundy-roundy."gregfife@aix.aix.kingston.ibm.com (Greg Fife) (10/23/90)
In article <1419@msa3b.UUCP> kevin@msa3b.UUCP (Kevin P. Kleinfelter) writes: >My approach was to > rm -rf /usr/lpp/X11 > rm -rf /usr/lpp/x11smpls > Another thing you can do is tar up and remove /usr/man. cd /usr/man tar cdf - . | compress > /tmp/man.tar.Z if you are paranoid, ftp man.Z to some place with enough disk cd / rm -rf /usr/man The BOS update may create a new /usr/man/cat1/dbx.1. /usr/man and /usr/man/cat1 will be recreated if they are not present. This should free up about 7,500 blocks. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Greg Fife gregfife@plkse.iinus1.ibm.com Eastern Region AIX Support uunet!ibmps2!aix!gregfife IBM Kingston (914) 385-6655
bengsig@oracle.nl (Bjorn Engsig) (10/24/90)
[This thread started by somebody asking how to free space on a PS/2] This is great. Two IBM'ers commenting each others articles, it gets amusing, as also noted by in article <1990Oct24.040918.14410@panews> by jsalter@slo.UUCP (Jim Salter): | |This is great! I don't think I've ever seen this many IBMer's on the |net before... and from AIX Support, too! (no sarcasm intended) Sure, no sarcasm, no criticism - we actually like to see you around. In article <4242@aix.aix.kingston.ibm.com> gregfife@plkse.iinus1.ibm.com writes: | |Another thing you can do is tar up and remove /usr/man. I though of that as a nice idea, provided that you did install the man pages in the first place of course, but read on: Article <1990Oct24.040918.14410@panews> by jsalter@slo.UUCP (Jim Salter) commented on this: | |Uhmm, this can lose you information. The stuff found in /usr/man is |generally information that either wasn't deemed important enough to go |in the InfoExplorer pages, or (more likely) stuff that got thought of |too late in the process to make it into Info. Wow - this means that info is now available for the PS/2 AIX 1.2 as well - or is it that Jim Salter (whos answers are normally quite helpful) didn't note that this was for the PS/2. Jim continues | |And, no, the ODM does not contain apar-fixes information as well :-). Since when did the PS/2 have an ODM? (I wish it had) As a closing remark (completely out of context), it would be so, _so_, _SO_ nice if IBM had an internet nameserver located @ibm.com, using MX records or whatever, so that we could simply mail you person@somewhere.ibm.com. Since you are so much into the Unix business with the RISC System/6000 you should really get this set up as well. It would also make my signature shorter :-) Thanks for reading this far, -- Bjorn Engsig, E-mail: bengsig@oracle.com, bengsig@oracle.nl ORACLE Corporation From IBM: auschs!ibmaus!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!oracle!bengsig "Stepping in others footsteps, doesn't bring you ahead"
jsalter@slo (10/25/90)
In article <1032@nlsun1.oracle.nl> bengsig@oracle.nl (Bjorn Engsig) writes: >|And, no, the ODM does not contain apar-fixes information as well :-). >Since when did the PS/2 have an ODM? (I wish it had) Well, there are a lot of people who are glad it doesn't, but that's another matter for another time. As for the other information, you are, of course, correct. My brain was completely on the 6000 when I made those comments. It's correct for the 6000, too. It just doesn't work for the PS/2, which is what was originally commented on... Thanks for keeping me honest. >As a closing remark (completely out of context), it would be so, _so_, _SO_ >nice if IBM had an internet nameserver located @ibm.com, using MX records or >whatever, so that we could simply mail you person@somewhere.ibm.com. Since >you are so much into the Unix business with the RISC System/6000 you should >really get this set up as well. It would also make my signature shorter :-) You are not the only one. Keep trying. After all, it worked with the "Open Letter on USENET" for HP/Apollo customers. Speaking of which, I think HP/Apollo brought up some good points about using the internet for bug fixes and bug reporting. I'm sure companies will start using e-mail for bug-reporting and maybe even bug-fix distribution. The question, though, is when. And what does legal have to say about it. >Bjorn Engsig, E-mail: bengsig@oracle.com, bengsig@oracle.nl > "Stepping in others footsteps, doesn't bring you ahead" jim/jsalter IBM AWD, Palo Alto T465/(415)855-4427 VNET: JSALTER at AUSVMQ Internet: jsalter@slo.awdpa.ibm.com UUCP: ..!uunet!ibmsupt!jsalter PS/2 it, or DIE! :-) The ramblings above have nothing to do with Big Blue.
rlm@jdyx.UUCP (Richard Mayson) (10/27/90)
Another suggestion to free space on the PS/2. If you have applied updates, look at the directory /etc/lpp.save. This can become very large, the subdirectories (which are numbers) can be removed if your updates are complete. Richard Mayson bengsig@oracle.nl (Bjorn Engsig) writes: >[This thread started by somebody asking how to free space on a PS/2] >This is great. Two IBM'ers commenting each others articles, it gets amusing, >as also noted by in article <1990Oct24.040918.14410@panews> by jsalter@slo.UUCP >(Jim Salter): >| >|This is great! I don't think I've ever seen this many IBMer's on the >|net before... and from AIX Support, too! (no sarcasm intended) >Sure, no sarcasm, no criticism - we actually like to see you around. >In article <4242@aix.aix.kingston.ibm.com> gregfife@plkse.iinus1.ibm.com writes: >| >|Another thing you can do is tar up and remove /usr/man. >I though of that as a nice idea, provided that you did install the man pages >in the first place of course, but read on: >Article <1990Oct24.040918.14410@panews> by jsalter@slo.UUCP (Jim Salter) >commented on this: >| >|Uhmm, this can lose you information. The stuff found in /usr/man is >|generally information that either wasn't deemed important enough to go >|in the InfoExplorer pages, or (more likely) stuff that got thought of >|too late in the process to make it into Info. >Wow - this means that info is now available for the PS/2 AIX 1.2 as well - >or is it that Jim Salter (whos answers are normally quite helpful) didn't note >that this was for the PS/2. Jim continues >| >|And, no, the ODM does not contain apar-fixes information as well :-). >Since when did the PS/2 have an ODM? (I wish it had) >As a closing remark (completely out of context), it would be so, _so_, _SO_ >nice if IBM had an internet nameserver located @ibm.com, using MX records or >whatever, so that we could simply mail you person@somewhere.ibm.com. Since >you are so much into the Unix business with the RISC System/6000 you should >really get this set up as well. It would also make my signature shorter :-) >Thanks for reading this far, >-- >Bjorn Engsig, E-mail: bengsig@oracle.com, bengsig@oracle.nl >ORACLE Corporation From IBM: auschs!ibmaus!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!oracle!bengsig > "Stepping in others footsteps, doesn't bring you ahead"