Excerpts from mail: 18-Jun-92 Re: rs/6000 install problems Bob
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> Pat Wilson writes:
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: rs/6000 install problems
> > Date: Thu, 18 Jun 92 08:57:25 EDT
> > From: Pat Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> >
> > [This is only peripheral to AFS, but I thought that (a) someone
> > might have a work-around to the problem and (b) if not, all
> > should be warned...]
> >
> > Does anyone know how to convince the AIX 3.2 installp to just go
> > ahead and install things without trying to see if everything will
> > fit on the disk? I'm trying to put the info stuff in AFS without
> > putting it in some local /usr and copying it to the server. The
> > symlinks are there, the space is there, but since df doesn't
> > _see_ the space on /usr, installp won't install! Grrr.
> >
> > Any workarounds? I _used_ to be able to do this on 3.1, but I
> > guess they've made installp just a little _too_ smart for 3.2.
> >
> How about taking something else that's on /usr, moving it elsewhere,
> and setting up sym links so it's still available. Then you'll have
> enough space in /usr to fool installp. You can put things back after
> the install....
> Bob
Hmm...
Probably I'm missing something, but why insist on using "installp"
if it doesn't do the job? AIX's /usr/ucb/install seems to work under
AFS, without a hitch.
Bob
