Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!ohstpy!miavx1!pemurray From: pemurray@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu (Peter Murray) Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix Subject: AIX3.1 InfoExplorer/man pages gone and 1/4" tape drive problem Message-ID: <2667.2721ed38@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu> Date: 21 Oct 90 23:47:20 GMT Lines: 41 I've had a really bad weekend. Can anyone help with these problems? Problem #1 The Background: We have a CD-ROM drive and a CD-ROM that is labeled "RISC System/6000 Hypertext Information Base Library (for use with InfoExplorer)". I assumed that this disk contained the same information that was on the hard disk for InfoExplorer. So I followed the directions in the release notes and instructions to mount the CD, which included erasing all of the files in /usr/lpp/info/En_US and mounted the CD. As it turns out, the CD does not have the same files as the hard disk had. So I tried to restore all of the stuff from the release tapes, which I think I was successful in doing. Now I'm missing a link or a command somewhere, because the 'man' command says it cannot access the database and InfoExplorer from a terminal hangs and from a Xstation it says "MSGSYS 0575-0535 Cannot find system switch file for database /usr/lpp/info/C/nav/nav.key" The Question: How do I get the man pages and the InfoExporer stuff back on the system? Problem #2 The Background: We have a 7207-001 1/4" tape drive hooked up to the server for backups. We also have 1/4" tapes for an NCR Tower. Every time we try to write to a tape, though, we get a media error. The tape drive checks out though, and works if we use the "Test Tape" that comes with the system. I was under the impression that all 1/4" tape is the same. The Question: Does the IBM tape drive require a special kind of 1/4" tape? Any help would be greatly appreciated. E-mail or post, whichever is most convienent. E-mailed messages will be summarized and posted. Peter -- Peter Murray Neat UNIX Stunts #7: pemurray@miavx1.bitnet 176 Thompson Hall csh> %blow pmurray@apsvax.aps.muohio.edu Oxford, OH 45056 NeXT Mail: pmurray@next4.acs.muohio.edu