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From: krowitz%richter@UMIX.CC.UMICH.EDU (David Krowitz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Re:  Any experiences with installing OS 10.2?
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Date: 10 Apr 90 13:44:42 GMT
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You can never be too paranoid when it comes to software
installs. Backup *everything*! Twice!

There are very few gotchas going from 10.1 to 10.2. Our
installation went quite smoothly. You do need over 100MB
of disk space, as the 10.2 tapes must be read onto the
authorized area prior to being installed. If your current
10.2 AA is *not* installed with hard links, then you can
save space by deleting the current AA before starting to
load the 10.2 tapes. Be certain to back it up to tape
before you delete it! If the current 10.1 AA was installed
with hard links, then deleting it will not save you any
disk space. You'll either have to temporarily move your
user files off the disk while the 10.2 install occurs, or
you'll need to backup everything to tape, invol the disk
with the -f option to clean it off, and boot the machine
from cartridge tape. The 10.2 minst program is much
cleaner than the 10.1 version, so it will go easier than
last time -- but it still takes about 4 hours to read
through all the tapes.


 -- David Krowitz

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