[5969] in Athena Bugs
Re: 7.1 vax install tape
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ezra Peisach)
Fri Sep 7 09:36:11 1990
To: tom@MIT.EDU
Cc: bugs@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of Thu, 06 Sep 90 18:55:27 -0400.
Date: Fri, 07 Sep 90 09:35:55 EDT
From: Ezra Peisach <epeisach@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>
>When installing a vax from tk50: The workstation version in
>/etc/version is set to "0.0", instead of "7.1H". This results in
>updating again from the epoch thru 7.1H when the machine boots for the
>first time.
This is not a bug. It makes installs easier to maintain. Instead of having to
specially configure the install script phase2.sh, we install a base (0.0) and
let the update fix any problems that were discovered.
The changes are minimal and should not take too long.
Ezra
