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Subject: Re: is there anyway to put all of IBM Xenix 2.0 into 1 partition?
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Date: Fri, 10-Apr-87 21:23:38 EST
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SCO SYS V Xenix can be put one one logical device or partition, and I
suspect IBM Xenix can also.  Site "omen" has all of Xenix on one
parition except for my /usr/caf directory which is on a sepaeate 20MB drive.
Except for netnews, I could get by with just the one partition.

I would suggest putting your files on a separate device, at least a separate
parition.  True, the Xenix FS is much more robust than MSDOS, but accidents
do happen.  A few newly rotted disk blocks can really ruin your day.
If you bought an AT with HD from IBM, you know or will know what I mean.

I haven't tried, but suspect there's a way of breaking out of the
Microport installation script and setting things up one one logical
drive.

If you're going to put all three systems on one modestly sized drive,
you won't have much room for mod.map et al.