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Installation variances

Once you've extracted Install from your tape, you can tell Install what software to install, what form of the programs you need, and what installation steps to do. Here are some examples covering common situations. For a full explanation of each possible Install argument, see section Invoking the Install script.

Install's default tape drive is the non-rewinding tape drive for your system (see section Device names), which is right for the most common cases. If your tape drive is different, you need to use the `-tape=/dev/tape' option; the examples show this option for completeness. Remember to specify a non--rewinding tape device.


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