A/UX: CD-ROM Installation Issue


Article Change History
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08/31/92 - REVIEWED
* For technical accuracy.


The README file on the A/UX CD-ROM installation floppy disc explains how to
create space in the root file system. It says to remove the hard disk
images of the manual pages and use the usr/catman files on the CD-ROM-based
root&usr file system.

The last step is supposed to create a symbolic link, but the command
contains an error that links the two catman directories together rather
than symbolically providing the a_man and u_man files to the root file
system.

The command as stated in README file:

ln -s /mnt/usr/catman /usr/catman

should be:

ln -s /mnt/usr/catman/* /usr/catman

Because of the permanent nature of the recommended changes, I strongly
believe that the instructions should have the user create a dedicated mount
point rather than using the /mnt mount point.

I believe that all Macintosh CD-ROMs should be mastered with the desktop
icon closed as they are mounted. The A/UX 1.1 CD-ROM violates that common
courtesy, and I hope the next version fixes that issue.

Yes, you're right. It must use "ln -s /mnt/usr/catman/* /usr/catman"
or the "man" will fail.

According to the previous remove commands in the README instruction,
after finishing the 'rm -r /usr/catman/a_man' and the 'rm -r
/usr/catman/u_man', the /usr/catman still remains a directory. Anything
symbolically linked to the EXISTING directory will be created under that
directory. Under this circumstance, the command:

ln -s /mnt/usr/catman /usr/catman

creates a symbolic link named "catman" under the /usr/catman directory.

Another comment on the 'ln -s' command: if the 'usr/catman' does not
exist before using 'ln -s ...', the "/usr/catman" is created as a
symbolic link to the /mnt/usr/catman directory.


Published Date: Feb 18, 2012