Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!cs.utexas.edu!oakhill!abair From: abair@turbinia.oakhill.uucp (Alan Bair) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo Subject: Re: sr10.1 Install on Stand-Alone Nodes (an APR) Message-ID: Date: 27 Jul 89 20:42:27 GMT References: <12868@well.UUCP> <402@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov> Sender: news@oakhill.UUCP Distribution: comp Organization: SPS CAD, Motorola Inc., Austin, Texas. Lines: 19 In-reply-to: tom@fangorn.gsfc.nasa.gov's message of 27 Jul 89 14:37:59 GMT I also agree with many of Richard's problems. I would especially like to emphasize the problem of determing just how to install the OS to use the least amount of disk space; hard links or copy. If you use hard links it is not clear whether there is actually a space saving. Then if you do a copy, erasing the /install is the next step, but what can be erased. Just a little more information would be handy. Even large networks could make use of this information. If there is one thing I hate about installation software, its when facts about what is being done or how items are related are hidden from the user. I can understand not telling much as a default, but I should have a option to ask for it or read about it. Please consider all of these ideas and proposals in a positive light. Alan Bair SPS CAD Austin, Texas Motorola, Inc. UUCP cs.utexas.edu!oakhill!turbinia!abair