For Unix distributions, your distribution tape includes two files:
Install
Install
shell script is a portable installation procedure
which automatically installs the software on your system
(see section Invoking the Install
script).
tar
file
tar
file.
In order forInstall
to read and install your distribution, you must use a non--rewinding tape device, so that the tape drive maintains the tape location at the beginning of the compressedtar
file after you extractInstall
.
These are examples of non--rewinding tape devices for each system; see your system administrator for the name of the non--rewinding tape device on your particular host. Also shown are MAN pages to which you can refer for more information about tape devices.
Standard QIC-24 tape drives:
platform device man page sparc-sun-solaris2 /dev/rmt/0n use man st sparc-sun-sunos4.1.3 /dev/nrst8 use man st mips-dec-ultrix /dev/nrtm0 use man mtio mips-sgi-irix4 /dev/mt/tps0d0nrns use man tps (Note: You must also use a non-byte-swapping device for the SGI Iris) rs6000-ibm-aix /dev/rmt0.1 use man rmt i386-sysv4.2 /dev/rmt/c0s0n use man tape
Standard DAT tape drives:
platform device man page m68k-hp-hpux /dev/rmt/0mn use man 7 mt hppa1.1-hp-hpux /dev/rmt/0mn use man 7 mt mips-sgi-irix5 /dev/mt/tps1d5nrns use man tps (Note: You must also use a non-byte-swapping device for the SGI Iris)