Compaq T1500 manual GUI-Mode Installation

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Directories are made as required, so a /T1500/root directory extraction will also create /T1500. If the directory and/or file exist at the time the second section of the installation is reached (querying for where to install), and if the user chooses to overwrite the data (applies to install only, not to update), the files and/or directories are removed prior to installing. This removes inappropriate files and directories (such as from an aborted installation). Upgrades will remove inappropriate (obsolete) files and directories as needed.

Yes/No/Quit-type questions have a [ynq] at the end of the message; there is no default response.

File/directory-type questions list the default in square brackets []; there may be some with no default response. A leading slash is required for all files and directories.

If you desire to abort the installation, the INTERRUPT key will abort it before files are copied. Interrupting after the file copy operation has started will result in an incomplete installation. There is also a prompt after all the other prompts asking if you want to extract the data. A yes response will initiate the copy operation, and a ‘no’ response will exit from the operation without updating your system.

GUI-Mode Installation

Upon execution of the install program, a background window is displayed which should cover the entire display. Window manager decorations (such as the title bar and buttons at the top of the window) will be displayed, but the program will ignore minimize, maximize, resize, and delete events. Under certain circumstances, some window managers will not always allow a child window to come up above the parent window (such as the default window manager on UnixWare). Where this flaw has been detected, the full-screen background window is not brought up.

If the child window (the one with the text, check boxes, and buttons) is obscured, the key combination Alt + Tab can be used (multiple times if required) to bring it forward.

Note

If the child window (the one with the text, check boxes, and buttons) is obscured, the key combination Alt + Tab can be used (multiple times if required) to bring it forward.