installation of 4.0.1 on 386i?

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From: Chris Schmandt
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 1989 02:24

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We currently have some 386i's running 4.0.0 and just got an upgrade to
4.0.1.  I also have a brand new 386i with 4.0.1 on the disk alreay (all
machines have the 300 odd Mbyte drives).

The installation instructions for 4.0.1 call for a complete file system
dump, rebuild the disk, and then restore the rest of the file system.
Pretty boring, since the options are dumping to floppy (NO!) or over the
net to a cartridge tape (slow....).

I was wondering if anyone has dealt with this and whether there may in
fact be some subset of files (vmunix, what else??) that I'd need to
install and leave the rest intact.  As I have a running 4.0.1, that might
give some flexibility.  If no one has done it but has some tips, I'll post
a method if I figure it out.  Since 4.0.0 is so flawed, I suspect there's
a lot of us upgrading our roadrunners this week...

chris

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Subject: installation of 4.0.1 on 386i?
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