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In article <1992Apr14.013141.19422@cs.yale.edu> eric@beastie.colby.edu (Eric) writes:
   When you boot the build disk (the only one which is bootable) it gives
   you the choice of installing venix or popping a shell... If you tell it
   you want to install, it goes through the whole password thing. However,
   if you choose the shell option it will give you a root shell from the
   floppy file system, which is a root filesystem containing what looks
   like everything you'd need to do the installation by hand... I.e., mkfs,

I think if you've already got your hard disk prepared for VENIX (i.e.
it's formatted and has a VENIX boot block on it) then you could get
away with doing this.  But, I'm *almost* positive that the hard disk
preparation is done by the "main" part of the install program, so you
would lose if you tried to install onto a disk that was previously
used for P/OS.

I don't think VENIX checks the ID-prom after the machine is booted, so
you may be able to get away with stuffing your hard disk into a
machine for which you've got the ID-codes and installing there, then
putting the hard disk back into your machine.  But, I've got no way of
testing that idea as I've only got one Pro.

Cheers,
entropy
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