Subject: Welcome to comp.unix.xenix.sco [changes from previous version] Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix.sco,news.answers From: chip@chinacat.unicom.com (Chip Rosenthal) Date: Mon, 18 Apr 1994 00:51:42 GMT Archive-name: sco-xenix-diff News-answers-archive-name: sco/xenix-diff Posting-frequency: monthly Version: 1.51 *** /tmp/faq22183.prev-version Sun Apr 17 19:51:12 1994 --- /tmp/faq22183.curr-version Sun Apr 17 19:51:10 1994 *************** *** 1,4 **** ! @(#) sco-xenix 1.48 94/01/19 20:12:54 Welcome to comp.unix.xenix.sco. This newsgroup is about the Xenix operating system from the Santa Cruz Operation (SCO). If you have an --- 1,4 ---- ! @(#) sco-xenix 1.51 94/04/17 19:49:08 Welcome to comp.unix.xenix.sco. This newsgroup is about the Xenix operating system from the Santa Cruz Operation (SCO). If you have an *************** *** 46,56 **** "mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu" that says "send usenet/news/answers/sco/xenix". ! ****************************************************************************** ! **************************** Questions Answered **************************** ! ****************************************************************************** ===> Product Questions: QA1. What is the difference between Unix and Xenix? --- 46,56 ---- "mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu" that says "send usenet/news/answers/sco/xenix". ! ------------------------------ + Subject: ***** Table of Contents + ===> Product Questions: QA1. What is the difference between Unix and Xenix? *************** *** 137,145 **** QZ1. What the $%*&! is happening? ! ****************************************************************************** ! **************************** Product Questions ***************************** ! ****************************************************************************** QA1. What is the difference between Unix and Xenix? --- 137,145 ---- QZ1. What the $%*&! is happening? ! ------------------------------ ! ! Subject: ***** SECTION A - Product Questions QA1. What is the difference between Unix and Xenix? *************** *** 348,363 **** answered by the support database. SCO currently doesn't provide SOS access to most overseas users. ! You might also consider joining the `SCO Developer Alliance Associates ! Program.' This costs $100/year, and also provides access to the BBS. ! Contact devrel@sco.com for additional information. ! ****************************************************************************** ! ************************* General Xenix Questions ************************** ! ****************************************************************************** QB1. Can't boot. My system used to work. Check the A: drive. If there is a floppy in there your system --- 348,370 ---- answered by the support database. SCO currently doesn't provide SOS access to most overseas users. ! Previous versions of this FAQ suggested joining the `SCO Developer ! Alliance'. For $100/year, it gave you BBS access along with other ! benefits. Somebody within SCO must have finally come to their ! senses and realized they were providing a worthwhile and valuable ! service to their customers. Can't have that! So, effective Jan ! 94, they jacked up the price almost 500%, thus ensuring no product ! offered by SCO could ever be remotely confused with a bargain. ! If you are a member of a Fortune 500 company, you might want to ! contact for info. If you are a small-time ! developer, then kiss off, loser. ! ------------------------------ + Subject: ***** SECTION B - General Xenix Questions + QB1. Can't boot. My system used to work. Check the A: drive. If there is a floppy in there your system *************** *** 614,622 **** the `terminfo' database, while prior versions use `termcap'. ! ****************************************************************************** ! ********************** Disk and Filesystem Questions *********************** ! ****************************************************************************** QC1. Can I use a disk bigger than 1024 cylinders? --- 621,629 ---- the `terminfo' database, while prior versions use `termcap'. ! ------------------------------ ! ! Subject: ***** SECTION C - Disk and Filesystem Questions QC1. Can I use a disk bigger than 1024 cylinders? *************** *** 704,715 **** almost always means `fsck' found a `sparse file', not a true filesystem error. A sparse file has holes in it. They are created when a program skips over sections of a file it is writing. The ! Xenix filesystem fills in those sections with zeros. The Xenix ! filesystem doesn't even both allocating disk blocks for the sections ! full of zeros, thus creating a sparse file. The complaint occurs ! because `fsck' calculates the number of disk blocks needed to ! store the file, counts up the number of disk blocks actually used ! by the file, and complains that the two don't match. When you get a file size error from `fsck' you should note both the `I=nnnn' inode number logged in the message and the filesystem --- 711,721 ---- almost always means `fsck' found a `sparse file', not a true filesystem error. A sparse file has holes in it. They are created when a program skips over sections of a file it is writing. The ! Xenix filesystem doesn't even bother allocating disk blocks for ! those holes, it just says the gaps are full of zeros. The complaint ! occurs because `fsck' calculates the number of disk blocks needed ! to store the file, counts up the number of disk blocks actually ! used by the file, and complains that the two don't match. When you get a file size error from `fsck' you should note both the `I=nnnn' inode number logged in the message and the filesystem *************** *** 801,809 **** FAQ on NFS for additional info. ! ****************************************************************************** ! ************************* Communications Questions ************************* ! ****************************************************************************** QD1. How do I add more than 2 COM ports? --- 807,817 ---- FAQ on NFS for additional info. ! ! ------------------------------ ! ! Subject: ***** SECTION D - Communications Questions ! QD1. How do I add more than 2 COM ports? *************** *** 1204,1214 **** out of clists. ! ****************************************************************************** ! ********************** Display and Graphics Questions ********************** ! ****************************************************************************** QE1. How come Xenix won't recognize my VGA display? Probably because you are running a very old version of Xenix. --- 1212,1222 ---- out of clists. ! ------------------------------ + Subject: ***** SECTION E - Display and Graphics Questions + QE1. How come Xenix won't recognize my VGA display? Probably because you are running a very old version of Xenix. *************** *** 1305,1313 **** from the output. ! ****************************************************************************** ! *************************** Networking Questions *************************** ! ****************************************************************************** QF1. What do I need to run TCP/IP? --- 1313,1321 ---- from the output. ! ------------------------------ ! ! Subject: ***** SECTION F - Networking Questions QF1. What do I need to run TCP/IP? *************** *** 1379,1389 **** * $q ! ****************************************************************************** ! *************** Xenix and MS-DOS Interoperability Questions **************** ! ****************************************************************************** QX1. Can Xenix share a hard disk with MS-DOS? Yes. SCO directly supports an MS-DOS 3.2 partition on the same disk as --- 1387,1397 ---- * $q ! ------------------------------ + Subject: ***** SECTION X - Xenix and MS-DOS Interoperability Questions + QX1. Can Xenix share a hard disk with MS-DOS? Yes. SCO directly supports an MS-DOS 3.2 partition on the same disk as *************** *** 1481,1489 **** to execute under MS-DOS with the `-dos' command line switch. ! ****************************************************************************** ! ********************* The (in)Famous Xenix Cheat-Sheet ********************* ! ****************************************************************************** QZ1. What the $%*&! is happening? --- 1489,1497 ---- to execute under MS-DOS with the `-dos' command line switch. ! ------------------------------ ! ! Subject: ***** SECTION Z - The (in)Famous Xenix Cheat-Sheet QZ1. What the $%*&! is happening? *************** *** 1535,1540 **** --- 1543,1553 ---- [Thanks to Jeff Liebermann.] + + ------------------------------ + + Subject: ***** The Fine Print + This collection is Copyright 1992-1994, Unicom Systems Development, Inc. All rights reserved. Permission granted to reproduce and distribute this document provided this notice remains intact and any changes to the document *************** *** 1543,1546 **** representations, nor do we accept any liability for any damage resulting from the use or misuse of information or procedures in this document. ! [ end of sco-xenix 1.48 ] --- 1556,1559 ---- representations, nor do we accept any liability for any damage resulting from the use or misuse of information or procedures in this document. ! [ end of sco-xenix 1.51 ]