Pat Wilson writes:
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: rs/6000 install problems
> Date: Thu, 18 Jun 92 08:57:25 EDT
> From: Pat Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>
> [This is only peripheral to AFS, but I thought that (a) someone
> might have a work-around to the problem and (b) if not, all
> should be warned...]
>
> Does anyone know how to convince the AIX 3.2 installp to just go
> ahead and install things without trying to see if everything will
> fit on the disk? I'm trying to put the info stuff in AFS without
> putting it in some local /usr and copying it to the server. The
> symlinks are there, the space is there, but since df doesn't
> _see_ the space on /usr, installp won't install! Grrr.
>
> Any workarounds? I _used_ to be able to do this on 3.1, but I
> guess they've made installp just a little _too_ smart for 3.2.
>
How about taking something else that's on /usr, moving it elsewhere,
and setting up sym links so it's still available. Then you'll have
enough space in /usr to fool installp. You can put things back after
the install....
Bob
