hh2@prism.gatech.EDU (HAAS) (10/22/90)
I have several questions regarding AIX 1.2 for the PS/2:
1. My X11 appears to be a plain vanilla window system. Is/will there
be an OSF/Motif gui ? Do I have it already, but don't know it?
Will it never appear? Anybody know?
2. Does anyone know of FTP sites which currently cater towards AIX?
3. I can't seem to 'attach' a DOS com port to tty0 when running a DOS
shell. When I type dos +acom1=/dev/tty0 - the machine hangs.
Any suggestions?
4. I just got the 20 disk corrective services disks for AIX 1.2. It says
that I need about 23 MB of free space to apply it to a 'full' system,
but I can't GET 23 MB, because I have a FULL SYSTEM :=) on a 120 MB
disk. I've cleaned it out - but still don't have 23 MB free. I'm afraid
to start the update, for fear I won't be able to update parts at a time.
Can I (only update SOME of the lpps each go-round)? Any suggestions?
5. Because of #4, I'm considering a larger hard disk. I'm looking at the
Maxtor XT8760S with an Adaptec SCSI controller. Any comments or
suggestions?
6. IBM claims to be adding support of the i860 Wizard adapter in a
"future release". Does this mean that a future release of AIX will
be able to 'talk' to the Wizard adapter - you write the programs,
OR, does this mean that a future release of AIX will RUN on the
i860 Wizard card? When might this "future release" happen?
Looking forward to any responses.
Thanks . . .
Harry
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Harry Haas GTRI/RIDL/DB "What makes it DO that!?" - Bones
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
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Internet: hh2@prism.gatech.edu hhaas@{gtri01|rmadsun}.gatech.edudwight@altair.la.locus.com (Dwight Tovey) (10/24/90)
In article <15594@hydra.gatech.EDU> hh2@prism.gatech.EDU (HAAS) writes: >I have several questions regarding AIX 1.2 for the PS/2: I can only respond about #4, so: >4. I just got the 20 disk corrective services disks for AIX 1.2. It says > that I need about 23 MB of free space to apply it to a 'full' system, > but I can't GET 23 MB, because I have a FULL SYSTEM :=) on a 120 MB > disk. I've cleaned it out - but still don't have 23 MB free. I'm afraid > to start the update, for fear I won't be able to update parts at a time. > Can I (only update SOME of the lpps each go-round)? Any suggestions? > You can always update individual LPPs, or selected sets. When you get the menu of updateable LPPs, just type in the numbers of the ones you want to update this go-round. Also, look in the manual for the 'cleanup' command. This command allows you to move service "save sets" off of your filesystem and onto long-term storage, like a floppy or tape. This should free up a lot of space for you. >Looking forward to any responses. >Thanks . . . > >Harry >-- /dwight Dwight Tovey dwight@locus.com The views I express are entirely my own and do not in any way represent those of Locus Computing.