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From: rpw3@rigden.wpd.sgi.com (Rob Warnock)
Subject: Re: 386bsd: {src,etc}dist won't extract
Message-ID: <p9ulmbo@sgi.sgi.com>
Sender: rpw3@rigden.wpd.sgi.com
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc. Mountain View, CA
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 08:50:52 GMT
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ccml@hippo.ru.ac.za (Mike Lawrie) writes:
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| The message "too many open files" occurs when I extract srcdist and
| bindist, but there is no problem with bindist.
| Can anyone advise how they managed to do the extractions?
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Do bindist first, then use the "cat" that you just extracted from bindist
(/mnt/bin/cat, if you booted off floppy), *not* the one on the "dist" floppy,
to extract from srcdist. It'll work.
-Rob
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Rob Warnock, MS-9U/510 rpw3@sgi.com
Silicon Graphics, Inc. (415)390-1673
2011 N. Shoreline Blvd.
Mountain View, CA 94043