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From: lat@snoopy.cs.vt.edu (Laurie Zirkle)
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Subject: Re: 2.0.1 update error
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In article <-2.++F-@smurf.sub.org> urlichs@smurf.sub.org (Matthias Urlichs) writes:
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>As for installing on top of a running system: Not everybody has enough free
>space (remember sash doesn't have compress, and I don't think pipes work).
>Myself, I had to pull the upgrade from another machine via NFS for exactly
>this reason. Sash can't do that either.

I do not have the space to keep the 2.0.1 upgrade physically on the machine
that I am upgrading - I have to mount it via NFS to access it.  If you
start with the machine in multi-user, shut it down to single user, and then
follow the instructions, there is no problem with doing it from and NFS-
mounted file system.  Once in single-user mode (as opposed to the sash),
you can mount and unmount NFS file systems (along with other network
things).

Laurie Zirkle
COmputer Systems Engineer
VPI&SU Computer Science Dept
Blacksburg, VA  24061

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In article <-2.++F-@smurf.sub.org> urlichs@smurf.sub.org (Matthias Urlichs) writes:
>
>As for installing on top of a running system: Not everybody has enough free
>space (remember sash doesn't have compress, and I don't think pipes work).
>Myself, I had to pull the upgrade from another machine via NFS for exactly
>this reason. Sash can't do that either.

I do not have the space to keep the 2.0.1 upgrade physically on the machine
that I am upgrading - I have to mount it via NFS to access it.  If you
start with the machine in multi-user, shut it down to single user, and then
follow the instructions, there is no problem with doing it from and NFS-
mounted file system.  Once in single-user mode (as opposed to the sash),
you can mount and unmount NFS file systems (along with other network
things).

Laurie Zirkle
COmputer Systems Engineer
VPI&SU Computer Science Dept
Blacksburg, VA  24061