[2220] in testers
Re: problems taking 7.6A on a DEC3100
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ezra Peisach)
Fri Jul 16 16:01:28 1993
To: cfields@Athena.MIT.EDU
Cc: jweiss@Athena.MIT.EDU, release@Athena.MIT.EDU, testers@Athena.MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of Sat, 10 Jul 93 13:09:28 -0400.
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 93 15:59:48 EDT
From: Ezra Peisach <epeisach@Athena.MIT.EDU>
I appologize if this has been explained already....
> I still want to know what /.deleted is.
When binaries that are still executing are to be replaced, they are
moved to the .deleted directory first. This prevents file system
corruption of removing a running binary and then rebooting. This is
particularly true with things like /bin/sh or /etc/init.
Speculation why TLA root filed up during the update.... Were you logged
in on the X display when running update_ws.... Instructions should have
been posted to indicate a console login.... The old X server was
probably running, and even though it is removed, still takes up disk
space, hence filling up the root.... (The old update instructions were
explicit on console login required).
Ezra
