grant@cft.philips.nl (Joe Grant) (08/31/90)
Hello netters, I have a question concerning installing A/UX 2.0. I just received a call from our local Apple center to say our copy of 2.0 is on its way. The system that we have is a Mac II with A/UX 1.0 installed on the internal 80MB drive (it was preinstalled when we got the machine) and the MacOS related files on an external 80MB drive. What I am hoping to do is reverse the situation. I'd like to have A/UX on the external, that way I can take it to any other Mac in the area that's capable of running A/UX. What I had planned to do is reformat the internal as a standard MacOS drive. Copy the external to the internal by selecting all the top level folders on the external and dragging them to the internal. Change the name of the external to some interim name, change the name of the internal to the old name of the external - so that the likes of HyperCard can find their stacks. Then follow the A/UX installation procedure with the external as the target. Does this sound like the correct way to tackle the problem or am I missing something vital? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Joe Grant -- Joe Grant, Telex : 35000 phtc nl/nlmtfarr Philips B.V., Building HKJ-p833, Telefax : (31.40.7)37222 P.O. Box 218, 5600 MD Eindhoven, E-mail : grant@nlccl.cft.philips.nl The Netherlands. Telephone : (31.40.7)34382
russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto) (09/01/90)
In article <1461@philtis.cft.philips.nl> grant@cft.philips.nl (Joe Grant) writes: > > Does this sound like the correct way to tackle the problem or am I missing > something vital? Your procedure sounded correct-- you need to back up important files on your 1.0 aux disk first, but fortunately, Apple's update software doesn't require any of the old software (first step is to reformat the old hard disk, after backing up your files). But wouldn't it be simpler to just swap the physical drive mechanisms? -- Matthew T. Russotto russotto@eng.umd.edu russotto@wam.umd.edu .sig under construction, like the rest of this campus.
herbw@midas.WR.TEK.COM (Herb Weiner) (09/01/90)
In article <1461@philtis.cft.philips.nl> grant@cft.philips.nl (Joe Grant) writes > Copy the external to the internal by selecting all the top level folders > on the external and dragging them to the internal. This will ALMOST work. If there are any references on your external drive to other folders by Directory ID (DirID) rather than by path name (the Apple recommended approach), these references will become scrambled, since the Finder will assign new Directory ID's when copying the files. I got (mildly) burned by this when I backed up my disk, formatted with Silver Lining, then restored (so that I could mount the HFS volume on A/UX). The two things that I've found (so far) that reference folders by DirID are SuitCase II and AppleLink. I will probably be finding others over the next several months. (Note: I used DiskFit's Disk Duplicate function rather than a Finder Copy, but I suspect a Finder Copy would have the same problem.) If you DO use a Finder Copy, make sure you have plenty of memory. (Don't do this under MultiFinder, or you may run out of memory halfway through.) Herb Weiner (herbw@midas.WR.TEK.COM)