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- From: rick@cougar.msc.cornell.edu (Rick Cochran)
- Subject: Experiences installing AIX 3.2.3
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.155849.11544@msc.cornell.edu>
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- Organization: Cornell Materials Science Center
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 15:58:49 GMT
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- o I used the "from scratch" 3.2.3 tape.
- o I did a complete replacement install.
- o I picked and chose what to install. I specifically did NOT install the
- info database.
- o There are over 500 PTF's on the 3.2.3 tape.
- o It took about 3 hours to do the initial installation on a 530 with 8mm tape.
- o I also installed U409579 because I heard that it fixes the problem where
- qdaemon eats CPU time.
- o The U409579 tape contained vast numbers of PTF's, some of which had already
- been installed with 3.2.3, many of which are totally unrelated to qdaemon
- (e.g. updates to X11!?).
- o It took about 4 hours to install the U409579 tape.
- o Hidden in a section of notes at the BACK of the sheaf of papers which came
- with the U409579 tape, among several notes which are simply incomprehensible,
- is a note which warns that a particular PTF on the tape absolutely must be
- installed first. Thanks.
- o When all the updates had been installed (over 800), I was left with the
- following problems:
- o xlc was at version 1.2.0.0, the version shipped with AIX 3.2.0 last Feb.
- This version has several unpleasant bugs.
- o graPHIGS did not install correctly.
- o I had 90MB of info database in my /usr filesystem although I had
- explicitly excluded its installation.
- o I had over 800 directories of the form "inst_<ptf number>" in my /usr
- filesystem although I had committed all of the updates.
- o Filesystem sizes were:
- / 8 MB
- /usr 330 MB
- /var 12 MB
- /tmp 12 MB
- o Other than those problems, AIX 3.2.3 plus U409579 appears to work fine.
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