Installable disk(s) and files (UNIXPC)

[Bill Carpenter]

On 20 Feb 90 02:01:45 GMT, thad at 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.
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   Bill Carpenter         att!ho5cad!wjc  or  attmail!bill