[comp.unix.internals] Help with installation

lerman@stpstn.UUCP (Ken Lerman) (12/24/90)

In article <1990Dec19.230244.1396@dayton.saic.com> fac7@dayton.saic.com (Steven Poling) writes:
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->	I have a small problem.... I purchased SCO UNIX/V on 3.5" disks
->because that was all they had available and I needed it ASAP....
->The story continues.....  I also need the Software Development Kit for
->SCO UNIX/V and the company I bought it frdid not have a copy in stock...
->I went to another company and they had the SDK but it was on 5.25" disk...
->I am trying to install the SDK and it asks for the N disks but they are
->on the other media.... Can I get this to work or do I have to get the
->SDK on 3.5" media from SCO..... Any help would be GREATLY appreciated...
->Steve
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->Steven Poling /___ /___/ / /   Science Applications International Corporation
->             ____//   / / /__                 Dayton, Ohio
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The easiest thing which is sure to work is to copy the 5.25 inch disks
onto 3.5 inch media.  They are just a tar of a bunch of files.  You
can do this with everything except for a boot disk.  Fortunately, a
3.5 inch disk holds more than a 5.25 inch disk.  Otherwise, the
problem would be harder (but still doable).

It you didn't have to worry about the N disks (I think that has
something to do with the link kit), you could use "custom -m ..."

Ken