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From: ali@polya.Stanford.EDU (Ali T. Ozer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: 0.9 installation problems
Keywords: 0.9, can't log in
Message-ID: <10059@polya.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 16 Jun 89 21:24:48 GMT
References: <11554@megaron.arizona.edu>
Sender: Ali T. Ozer <ali@polya.Stanford.EDU>
Reply-To: aozer@NeXT.com (Ali Ozer)
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In article <11554@megaron.arizona.edu> ric@arizona.edu (Ric Anderson) writes:
 >We had an entertaining problem with the first machine we received
 >(came in June 9), with a floptical disk that said "0.9" on it.  We
 >plugged the machine in, booted from the floptical, and got up to the
 >"login" window.  No way could you get in!
 >
 >A third machine that showed up a few days later had an identical
 >looking 0.9 disk, but the file dates/times on it were different,
 >as were the contents of the rc.local file.  In addition, this third
 >system booted up with no problems, and logged in as "me".
 >
 >I guess this proves not all 0.9 release optical disks are created
 >equal.

They're supposed to be. What you observed was a mixup as a result of which a
small number of 0.9 disks which contained no "me" accounts were sent out.
If you have such a disk, please make sure you get it replaced.

Ali Ozer, NeXT Developer Support
aozer@NeT.com