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From: liam@cs.qmw.ac.uk (William Roberts)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
Subject: Re: Ethernet card/driver for Mac IIfx & AUX 2.0
Keywords: ethernet, aux, install
Message-ID: <2878@sequent.cs.qmw.ac.uk>
Date: 25 Sep 90 14:30:40 GMT
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In <45070@apple.Apple.COM> justin@Apple.COM (Justin Walker) writes:

>	For A/UX 2.0, the startup scripts shouldn't try to chat with the
>	user; this should be done at "newconfig" time instead.  The 2.0 startup
>	regimen assumes NO user interactions.

Perhaps you should change the /etc/startup.d/ae6 script in that case, 
since it prompts the user for information if it is unable to read the
stored information in /etc/NETADDRS.  In my experience, the usual reason
for being asked these questions is that the root file system is so full
that pipes no longer work, so the lines

          set ''`/bin/sed -n "/^[       ]*$unit/p" /etc/NETADDRS`
          n=$#
          inetaddr=$2; broadcast=$3; netmask=$4

don't work and the script prompts for things to replace the null values.
This condition is self-fulfilling, because the answers don't get used,
and the file system is actually likely to be full of half-made kernel fragment.

Request: could autoconfig please immediately remove the file /unix, before
attempting to build a new one - that way we only need 2.5 kernels worth of
free space, rather than 3.5 kernels.


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