Xref: utzoo unix-pc.general:4883 comp.sys.att:8864 Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!cbnewsh!hoswjc!wjc From: wjc@ho5cad.ATT.COM (Bill Carpenter) Newsgroups: unix-pc.general,comp.sys.att Subject: Re: Installable disk(s) and files (UNIXPC) Message-ID: Date: 20 Feb 90 17:13:42 GMT References: <27128@cup.portal.com> Sender: bill@cbnewsh.ATT.COM Reply-To: william_j_carpenter@ATT.COM (Bill Carpenter) Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 27 In-reply-to: thad@cup.portal.com's message of 20 Feb 90 02:01:45 GMT On 20 Feb 90 02:01:45 GMT, thad@cup.portal.com (Thad P Floryan) said: thad> [explanation of installables and pointer to INSTALLDOC+IN] thad> In essence, the installable archive (either file or disk) thad> contains certain "key" files referenced and used by the install thad> script(s) on the UNIXPC; some of the files are Size, Install, thad> Files, Remove, etc. Suggest you look at several extant FILE+IN thad> archives to get an idea what's going on. In case you don't go to the trouble of reading INSTALLDOC+IN stuff, here's one common mistake you can avoid. Make "Size" the first file in your cpio archive when you write it to the floppy. That way, the install procedure doesn't bother to prompt you with the "number of floppies" screen. Notice that if you just do something like: ls | cpio -ocvB > /dev/rfp021 you will usually not get "Size" first because things will be list alphabetically, and there will be at least a couple things before "Size". This is really no big deal, but as long as we're all finding out how to do it, might as well do it right. -- Bill Carpenter att!ho5cad!wjc or attmail!bill