Software Installation
A sample of a completed worksheet follows. |
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a. Enter size in MB. | 68 |
(written down in the procedure |
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Verifying Hard Disk Size) |
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b. Enter number of cylinders. | 1024 |
(written down in the procedure Installation of the |
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UNIX Operating System) |
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c.Divide number of cylinders by number of MB (b / a)
and enter the result rounded up to the nearest integer. 16
d. Multiply the value in Step c above by 6. | 96 |
This is the number of cylinders for/swap. |
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e.Multiply the value in Step c above by 14. This is the number of cylinders for/root.
f.Mutliply the value in Step c above by 17. This is the number of cylinders for/usr.
224
272
g. The system calculates the value for /usr2 | 431 |
after you have entered the values for /swap, /root, and /usr.
18.Enter the cylinder allocation for swap/paging.
19.Enter the cylinder allocation for root.
20.Enter the cylinder allocation for /usr.
Your disk allocation displays and the following prompt appears:
I s this allocation acceptable to you (y/n) ?
21.If it is correct, type Y and press (Enter).
If it is incorrect, type n and press (Enter), then reallocate the cylinders.
After allocation, messages report that the UNIX operating system is being built on the hard disk. Disk 1 takes approximately 25 minutes to copy to the hard disk.
