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- From: rvenable@helix.nih.gov (Richard M. Venable)
- Subject: Re: Installing SR10.3 on a small disk
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.054403.14195@alw.nih.gov>
- Sender: postman@alw.nih.gov (AMDS Postmaster)
- Organization: National Institutes of Health, Bethesda
- References: <schoo.721933448@cs.rulimburg.nl>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 05:44:03 GMT
- Lines: 59
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- In article <schoo.721933448@cs.rulimburg.nl> schoo@cs.rulimburg.nl (Patrick Schoo) writes:
- >Q: Is it possible to install SR10.3 on a small disk (80Mb)?
- >
- >At our department we had one Apollo DN-4000 and one DN-3000. A few weeks
- >ago the DN-4000 crashed. The remaining DN-3000, which relied on the DN-4000
- >for its OS, could not be used either. Still I want to use the DN-3000 in
- >our network as a print server. The problem is now that I have to put the
- >complete OS on (what Apollo used to call) a small disk (80 Mb).
- >
- >Since the disk is too small to contain even the smallest distribution
- >(Aegis small), during the installation I removed some directories using
- >a second window. I removed the following directories:
- > /sau[2..12] (except sau8)
- > /sys/debug
- > /sys/dm/fonts
-
- WAIT! Here's a potential problem-- no fonts for the display manager.
- Fix this first. If you need space, delete /sys/help and use printed
- manuals instead. You could also forego X11; that will save space.
- If your sticking to Unix, you can get rid of /com as well.
-
- > /sys/hardcopy
-
- The above is needed for Aegis print services (prf), but not Unix.
-
- > /usr/apollo/ada
- > /usr/lib.uucp
- >
- >After the installation the system will not reboot. It starts the phase
- >II shell, but from there the Display Manager doesn't start with the GO
- >command. After approximately half a minute the system returns to the
- >phase II shell with the status OK.
- >
- >Then I tried to start the SPM. From there it is possible to start a
- >shell by casting the SH command. Now I can login as user.none.none but
- >I have no root permission. To become root it is necessary to start the
- >llbd, glbd and rgyd. The last daemon causes the problem, because I need
- >root privileges to start it. In the normal startup this is solved by
- >creating an empty file /etc/daemons/rgyd. During the startup phase in
- >the /etc/rc* files there is a built-in check for existence of files in
- >/etc/daemons. The corresponding daemons are started with the right
- >privileges. However, the SPM does not run the rc files.
-
- Why not try to run 'init' from the phase II shell instead of SPM?
- That should run the /etc/rc* files as root; of course, DM will start...
-
- >I had a second go, reading an old registry from a DN-4000's backup
- >tape. With /install/tools/rbak_sr10 (which has the uid bit set) it is
- >possible to read a tape and restore /sys/registry/rgy_local.
- >Unfortunately, after I try to login as root with the password I used on
- >the DN-4000 the systems tells me this account is blocked for login.
-
- Local registries aren't so useful at times. The account data is in a
- subdirectory of /registry somewhere; see if you can restore that.
-
- Frankly, though, I'd re-format and re-install; the 'config' program,
- invoked by 'install++', should allow you to select system components
- via a prolonged interactive dialog about specific subdirectories.
- This should help you reduce disk usage in a more controlled way.
-