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From: feldman@umd5.umd.edu (Mark Feldman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Hints for upgrading from 0.8 to 0.9
Message-ID: <4905@umd5.umd.edu>
Date: 16 May 89 21:32:55 GMT
References: <2705@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> <2726@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>
Reply-To: feldman@umd5.umd.edu (Mark Feldman)
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In article <2726@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> gerrit@nova.cc.purdue.edu (Gerrit) writes:
>In article <2705@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> gerrit@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (me) wrote:
>
>>I have written a local document which may be of help in upgrading a 0.8
>>NeXT machine to 0.9.  The document is written for local people, but
>
>The document has been updated to reflect several comments that I have
>received.  I'd recommend picking up the latest version via public ftp to
>J.cc.purdue.edu in pub/next/0.9.wn.

Thanks, Gerrit!

While you were building your wheel, I was building mine.  There is a
document similar to yours available via anonymous ftp from umd5.umd.edu in
the file NeXT/User_Help/0.9_upgrade.wn.  It assumes less UNIX/NeXT knowledge
(it details how to format an optical and mount it) and it reflects the
experiences that we have had here.

I would appreciate it if others would look at it and send my criticism,
corrections, and money.  Well, ok, no money.  But I would like to hear from
you.  I think that we -- those who received 0.9 before the masses -- have
the opportunity to make it much easier for them (and, in turn, ourselves)
when they do get it.  

If anyone else is working on similar documents or has augmented Gerrit's or
mine, I (and probably Gerrit and the rest of the readership) would be
interested in knowing what you've done.  After a few more iterations,
perhaps the authorship will change from Gerrit and myself to
``comp.sys.next''.

For those of you who are reading these postings and wondering why you don't
have 0.9 yet, don't worry.  Initially, NeXT sent a single 0.9 update package
to each campus support center.  This occurred last week.  Update packages
for all systems purchased by each institution should be arriving any day now
( :-) ).  In the mean time, sit back and watch the reports from the 0.9
front fly.

	Mark