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Re: LGX (Fall) CDROM review.

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From: Grant Edwards
Date: Mon, 01 Nov 1993 16:53
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Rick (pclink@qus102.qld.tne.oz.au) wrote:

: I've been working with the LGX CDROM for a for a fortnight now, and I'd
: thought I'd share my experiences.

[...]

: The install script allows you a choice of installations - cd_dependant
: (1Mb), runtime (27Mb), complete (235Mb) and everything (700Mb).  I
: installed the runtime system, with a view to customizing my system with
: the control panel, an application that allows you to selectively install
: packages.  Some of the problems I encountered may have been due to this
: partial install - it's possible that users doing the complete install
: would have less trouble.

I think you're right.  Comparing my experience with ta complete
install with another's experience with a runtime-then-selectively-install
setup, I had fewer problems.  Of course you've got to have 235MB to spare
if you're going to do a complete install then delete what you don't use.

The main problems I had were in trying to rebuild the kernel.  I finally
grabbed the real pl13 soruces from sunsite.

--
Grant Edwards                                 |Yow!  Isn't this my STOP?!
Rosemount Inc.                                |
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grante@rosemount.com                          |
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Subject: Re: LGX (Fall) CDROM review.
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