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From: peter@cassandra.uucp (Peter Blemel)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: pre-install distributions.
Keywords: brain damage, bitch, moan, gripe
Message-ID: <1990Dec03.222359.9513@cassandra.uucp>
Date: 3 Dec 90 22:23:59 GMT
Reply-To: cassandra!peter@yenta.alb.nm.us (Peter Blemel)
Organization: Management Sciences, Inc.
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I recently recieved a model 530 with about 80mb of pre-installed software
in /usr/sys/preload. After installing all of the stuff, I am ready to remove 
the preload sources. Lo and behold this isn't a partition, it's a directory!

So, all of the installation stuff automatically extended /usr because it wasn't
big enough, but now it's got 80mb of allocated space that's basically wasted.
ARRGGH. I had already extended the partition to put my /usr/local stuff on it so
I don't have any use for this space (but I really could use it in the page
file :-( or /u anyway).

All of documentation on my loaner machine said "create /usr/lpp.install as a
partition so you can remove it and reclaim the space later". Why can't IBM
even follow their own advice when they ship the real ones?!?.

Oh well, maybe I'll spool news on it. I ceartainly don't have time to reinstall.

Peter