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From: aozer@next.com (Ali Ozer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin
Subject: Re: NeXTColor Printer -- MAJOR DISSAPOINTMENT !!!
Date: 13 Nov 92 01:23:55 GMT
Organization: Next Computer, Inc.

In article <Nov10.223547.53630@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> kelley@kiwi.atmos.colostate.edu writes:
>bill thorson and i tested the pantone against 'NeXT' colors
>using AppsoftDraw.  we made a bunch of color boxes of rgb and
>cmy and printed the document.  the pantone colors were very close.
>the 'NeXT' colors were not close at all.  we printed on coated
>paper.

Appsoft Draw does not do the right thing with Pantone colors; they probably
have their own color storage mechanisms. However there are other 2.x apps
that do work fine with Pantone under 3.0. I believe Create and Diagram are 
two such apps.

Ali, Ali_Ozer@NeXT.com

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From: adeptsln!roy (Roy_Lovejoy)
Subject: Re: AppleTalk support under 3.0 (Was: Does AppleTalk DO anything?)
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 18:50:32 GMT

In article <1992Nov5.140735.17780@bmw.mayo.edu> brunkhorst@mayo.edu (Geoff  
Brunkhorst) writes:
> 
> The November NeXTworld Extra notes that 3.0's AppleTalk does not work on
> "Large Networks".  I can vouch for this.  It is very flaky on our very large  
> AppleTalk network.  I am also quite sure the flakiness has something to do  
with  
> the minimal AppleTalk network management at our site.

Actually it is VERY flaky on SMALL networks. (Read: one Mac, one NeXT).
The NeXT can mount the Mac fine, and read from it, but it HANGS TIGHTLY the  
NeXT if I try to copy a 120K text file from the NeXT to the Mac.  Not only  
that, but when I restart the NeXT it ALWAYS does a Check Disk at restart.  
(Which always turns my stomach.)

I just saw the latest propaganda video from NeXT yesterday.. In it Jobs says  
that they worked directly with Novell to integrate that networking sw into  
NS3.0, but they implemented AppleShare AFP protocols BY THEMSELVES... It shows.
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Pixel PooBah         | AppleLink: adept
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From: miron@extropia.wimsey.bc.ca (Miron Cuperman)
Subject: Re: ppp from home NeXT to office Sun
Organization: Immortal Freedom's Deck
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 09:39:21 GMT

dan@foghorn.pass.wayne.edu (Daniel Cwiertniewicz) writes:

>I would find this helpful as well.  My situation is similiar, but I need
>to access Merit's network.  I'm sure if I understood the docs on the
>PD PPP stuff better I wouldn't have a problem, but they seem to assume
>a whole lot.

Well, I'm the one responsible for the ppp port to the NeXT.  I don't
really have time to support it or write docs for it.  If you want,
I'm willing to help you with any setup problems you have, for a small
fee.
-- 
	Miron Cuperman <miron@extropia.wimsey.bc.ca> | NeXTmail/mime ok
		       <miron@cs.sfu.ca>	     | Public key avail
	AMIX: MCuperman				     |
immortalcybercomputinglaissezfaire		     |
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Subject: bash+3.0
From: d_mc@mccube.tucson.az.us (Don McCollam)
Date: 6 Nov 92 17:12:53 MST
Distribution: na,local

Hi, folks.

My copy of bash1.12 does not "make" straight out of the box.  Before I try  
to "reason why", I'd like to know if anyone else has successfully  
installed bash1.12 since installing 3.0.  Please e-mail your response.
Thanks.

Don

d_mc@mccube.tucson.az.us
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From: ganz@resumix.portal.com (Jonathan Ganz)
Subject: halp! HPIIIP won't regurgitate
Keywords: HpIIIp non-NeXT printer urp
Organization: Resumix Inc.
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 92 22:23:35 GMT

Hi there most intelligent ones! :) 
 
Ok, this is probably a stupid question or a FAQ, but I'm stymied!
 
I have an HpIIIp and I'm trying to hook it up to my NeXT color slab,
but nothing seems to work.  I tried using the PrintManager.  I identified
the printer as one of the several HPs listed (V2.0, BTW) and used
the serial cable I have for connecting my DeskJet to my PC (gulp). I also
tried using my modem cable supplied by Nextconnection, but nothing
spits out.  In fact, the printer just sits there, no blinking, nothing,
as if to say "Get Real, ask a programmer or something, I'm not 
cooperating with a mere mortal." I press the "test" button and nothing
happens except the file gets put in the queue.  I also tried lpr with 
the appropriate printer name, but again, nothing happens except that 
the queue is now the length of the Tigres. 
 
So, what do I do?  I even looked in my printcap file, but I wouldn't
know what to put there since the example is for a Laserwriter or 
some such.  I suspect the printcap is the answer, but I thought the
PrintManager is supposed to *deal* with this.  Or, do I need another
"special" non-NeXT printer serial cable for $149.95 plus tax?
 
So, what do I do and how do I do it?
 
Please feel free to email me directly.  I do read this newsgroup, but
obviously I could miss the answer. I mean I'm missing half my brain
right?

Thanks in Advance (aka formfeed)!

Jonathan

PS - Please excuse the cross-post to this and comp.sys.next.software,
     but I'm supercilious.  :)


-- 
Oh my, I really need a better sig....
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From: eps@futon.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott)
Subject: Re: Empty recycler whenever user login/logout ....
Reply-To: eps@cs.sfsu.edu
Organization: San Francisco State University
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 22:06:07 GMT

By popular demand, a "full source" LoginHook example has been
submitted to sonata.cc.purdue.edu and cs.orst.edu as
DiskPig1.0.tar.Z (it's also available in sutro.sfsu.edu's pub
directory if you don't trust things in submissions).  Note
that this program DOES NOT delete any files--it merely tells
users what they need to do.

This version has only been tested on 2.1 (it should work on any
2.x system).  It has NOT been tested on 3.0, and is not
guaranteed to work on 3.0!

					-=EPS=-
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From: ns111310@LANCE.ColoState.Edu (Nathaniel Sammons)
Subject: NeXTstep 3.0 and SLIP... problem, please help!!
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1992 00:08:20 GMT
Organization: Colorado State U. Engineering College

I am trying to run SLIP under 3.0 and am experiebcing problems:

when I put a reference in the /etc/rc.local file to:
sh usr/dialupip/config/rc.slip

at bootup, when viewing the process in the monitor,
just after it says "updating cron" (or something close to that)
it calls in to the SLIP server, and then sits there...
untill I tell it to power down.

If I don't have that reference in the /etc/rc.local file,
and then (from root) execute 'sh /usr/dialupip/config/rc.slip'
it configures fine, but then when I run 'slipup' (in 
/usr/dialupip/bin/) it calls just fine, and apparently connects,
but then when I attempt to telnet or ftp to a host, it just sits
there.... 

BTW>> when I run rc.slip from rc.local, along the way somewhere
it says something to the effect of "cannot modify kernal,
wrong version"  What is this all about?  I got the SLIP from 
sonata.cc.purdue.edu in /pub/next/2.0-release/bin (well, at least
somewhere in the 2.0-release directory)

Is SLIP not compatible with 3.0 (at least this version?!?!)
if so, where can I get a "good" version???


please respond via email, and I'll post a summary soon.


thanks,

nate sammons
ns111310@longs.lance.colostate.edu
Organization: The American University - University Computing Center
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 00:44:17 EST
From: <KCRUZ@auvm.american.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin
Subject: Problems after 3.0 upgrade (WindowServer port)

There were some postings last month concerning problems after 3.0 upgrade,
namely, the problem w/a missing WindowServer Port. The msg I got was:

   loginwindow : could not find WindowServer port!

The machine was able to reboot properly and I am able to rlogin to it
from another machine.  The only problem is, I get nothing at the terminal.

This was a common problem, as I saw several postings on it, but I was
unable to take notes on the solutions.  If anyone with answers/solutions
could re-post or email me, it would be greatlyappreciated.
appreciated.

Thanks,
Kevin

kevin@chopin.UUCP
kcruz@american.edu

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From: rpruess@yoyo.weeg.uiowa.edu (Rex Pruess)
Subject: Re: /etc/mtab mode change with dismount
Organization: U of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 12:35:54 GMT

jeffo@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
   > What is the correct way to keep the mode of /etc/mtab from changing to
   > root-only read and write when a volume is unmounted?
   > ... is the fix for this to make df(1) setuid root?

You could stuff something like the following in '/etc/crontab.local':

          1,31 * * * *  root  /bin/chmod 644 /etc/mtab

Not elegant, but probably adequate.
--
--
  Rex Pruess, Weeg Computing Center, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
     NeXTmail: Rex-Pruess@uiowa.edu ......... Phone: (319) 335-5452
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From: patrick@lisboa.ks.uiuc.edu (Patrick van der Smagt)
Subject: ANNOUNCEMENT: correct pronunciation of  `NeXT'
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 20:04:23 GMT

Previously, the name of Steve Jobs' computer had been erroneously pronounced very much like  
the word `next', much confusion arising from that.  Obviously, this was a mistake.  I will  
gladly remind all listeners of the following:

"Insiders pronouce the X of NeXT as a Greek chi, not as an `x', so that NeXT rhymes with the  
word blecchhht.  It's the `ch' sound in Scottish words like {\sl loch\/} or German words like  
{\sl ach\/}; it's a Spanish `j' and a Russian `kh'; it's a Dutch `g' or `ch'.  When you say  
it correctly to your computer, the terminal may become slightly moist.

"On the other hand, it's important to notice another thing about NeXT's name: the `e' is out  
of the kilter.  This displaced `e' is a reminder that NeXT is about displaying TeXT, and it  
distinguishes NeXT from other system names.   In fact, `next' (pronounced {\sl next\/}) is  
the admirable pre-12th century English word meaning `immediately preceding or following (as  
in place, rank, or time)' or `any other considered hypothetically <new it as well as the next  
man>'."

Let us mend our ways.
								Super Patrick
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From: jypai@ccnext.csie.nctu.edu.tw
Subject: Re: Non-NeXT Printer
Reply-To: jypai@ccnext.csie.nctu.edu.tw
Organization: Computer Science & Information Engin., Chiao-Tung U, Taiwan, ROC
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 07:16:38 GMT

In article <1992Nov1.052626.27814@venice.sedd.trw.com>  
verket@venice.sedd.trw.com (Paul Verket) writes:
> In article <Bwww4s.2A3@knot.ccs.queensu.ca> dale@hecate.phy.queensu.ca (Dale  
> Swanston) writes:
> > In article <2AF06F77.23850@news.service.uci.edu> zhonglin@next1.ss.uci.edu  
> > (Zhong-Lin Lu) writes:
> > > 
> > > Could someone tell me how to print articles with a lot of fancy fonts
> > > on a Non-NeXT postscript printer without being able to load all the
> > > fonts to the printer ? The articles are prepared on a NeXT station and
> > > can be displayed on the console of that machine. But I can not print
> > > it out on a non-NeXT printer that I have access through network.
> > 
> > What was the solution to this?  I am in the same position and would like  
> > to know if there is an easier way to include non standard than using the  
> > command fontloader.
> 
> 3.0 automatically downloads fonts that the printer needs. I just printed a  
> document with Tekton to an HP IIP with a postscript cartridge and it  
invisibly  
> downloaded Tekton with the document.
> 
> Paul Verket (NeXTmail ok)
And how about those tiff icons(graphics) grab with /NextDeveloper/Demo/Grab  
and 
pasted into WriteNow document? Can u print them out?
I tried with a Apple LaserWriter II NT (which is connected to a Sun Sparc).
But I got a gray box instead of an icon.
--

Yuan
+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Internet Address         : jypai@csie.nctu.edu.tw        |
| NeXT mail GLADLY accepted: jypai@ccnext.csie.nctu.edu.tw |
+----------------------------------------------------------+
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin
From: ns111310@LANCE.ColoState.Edu (Nathaniel Sammons)
Subject: looking for simple app or script to get mail from remote machine
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 02:19:06 GMT
Organization: Colorado State U. Engineering College

I need a program or script that will either UUCP or (preferably)
ftp mail from a remote machine, and then incorporate it into my
Active.mbox mailbox.  this should be easy, but it is eluding me.
I would rather usee ftp simply because it is easier.

The script should also let me spool outgoing mail and then send
it at specified intervals...

thanks,

-nate sammons
ns111310@longs.lance.colostate.edu

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From: jiro@shaman.com (Jiro Nakamura)
Subject: Re: Stained Glass Calendoscope - calendar app
Organization: The Shaman Group
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 15:28:12 GMT

In article <69092@cup.portal.com> midiapolis@cup.portal.com (Gerard Thomas Schwarz) writes:
>ivo welch (November 4 - comp.sys.next.sysadmin) asks...
>>>>  Does anyone know if Stained Glass Software still exits? They
>>>>  actually marketed a rather nice program called "calendoscope,"
>>>>  which has a few bugs and 1-2 lacking features, but overall
>>>>  Calendoscope is a VERY NICE calendar program.
>
>Stained Glass Software Inc. is still in business and is doing
>mostly contract work. MIDIapolis Systems purchased the
>rights to Calendoscope in October and we are currently
>adding enhancements and improving the interface and

My apologies for posting that Stained Glass went Chap. 11. Most
probably what happened was that my brain went Chap. 11 instead.
I'm glad to hear that Calendoscope is getting revived as
Day Tripper -- except for the fact that it took up 80% of your
screen space :-), Calendoscope was a fine application. Hope
to see more competition in this arena so people won't keep
bugging me to update Cassandra.

 - Jiro Nakamura
   Tech Editor / NeXTwatch



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NeXTwatch / Technical Editor		76711,542 (CIS)
The Shaman Group			+1 607 277-1440 (Voice/Fax)
From: danno@css.itd.umich.edu (Daniel T. Pritts)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin
Subject: Micropolis 1598 disktab entry
Date: 5 Nov 1992 17:11:13 GMT
Organization: University of Michigan
NNTP-Posting-Host: stimpy.css.itd.umich.edu
Originator: news@stimpy.css.itd.umich.edu

Hi, I've got a Micropolis 1598-15MD 1.2 (or so) gigabyte drive.  

Does anyone out there have a disktab entry for this disk?  i'd really  
like to partition it into three partitions.  

And while you're at it, if anyone knows what the hell the "front  
porch" and "back porch" in the disktab file are i'd love to know. 

thanks, danno
--
dan pritts                consultant/system administrator
dan.pritts@umich.edu      um itd/css unix support group 
313/998-6265              Flapsticks Arise!
From: jiro@shaman.com (Jiro Nakamura)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin
Subject: Re: Stained Glass Software: Calendoscope
Date: 6 Nov 92 06:22:47 GMT
Organization: The Shaman Group; A Division of Focal Point Computer, Inc.

In article <1992Nov4.171320.768@mic.ucla.edu> iwelch@agsm.ucla.edu (Ivo Welch) writes:
>
>Does   anyone  know if Stained  Glass  Software  still  exists?  They actually
>marketed a rather nice program called "calendoscope," which has a few bugs and
>1-2 lacking features, but overall Calendoscope is a VERY NICE calendar program.
>
>Perhaps  the  authors still   read  news, and want  to  remarket a version. Or
>perhaps they can put the code out as shareware so that it can be improved, and
>they can receive some contributions.

I've heard that they went out of business, which is unfortunate. Have you
looked into What's Happening? It appears to be quite nice. NeXTwatch
might do a survey of scheduling apps sometime soon, we covered contact
management stuff in issue #7, which included a brief description of
What's Happneing (in the context of What's Happening).

 - Jiro
   Tech Editor / NeXTwatch

ps. For a sample copy of NeXTwatch or subscription info, please send
    e-mail to nextwatch-info@skylee.com.

pps. As the author of Cassandra, a time management and kitchen sink
app, take my comments with a grain of salt and with huge disclaimers.

-- 
Jiro Nakamura				jiro@shaman.com (NeXTmail)
NeXTwatch / Technical Editor		76711,542 (CIS)
The Shaman Group			+1 607 277-1440 (Voice/Fax)
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From: shviid@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Steen H Hviid)
Subject: problem using 'dump' from cron
Organization: The Ohio State University
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 16:18:36 GMT

Hi Everybody,

I have a problem, my script works absolutely fine when run interactively, and
even in the background using nohup, but it fails when run by cron (as root).  

It tells me that 'dump' terminated with error code 1.

Also, I wanted to redirect the output from the dump command into a file, 
which I would have the script mail to me if anything went wrong, but it doesn't
like that either. If I redirect standard output, nothing appears there, if I 
redirect error output, it complains about ambiguos redirection.
I have tried in the crontab entry to redirect the output of the script to both a
file and null with to no avail. 

I am new to the NeXT's so I may overlook something obvious.
Any suggestions?

Thanks

Steen
Computer Speclialist
The Ohio State University


# NeXT network server backup
# Daily unattended backup
# Steen Hansen, November 1992

LASTLOG="/tmp/backup.last"
ERRLOG="/tmp/backup.err"
MAILTO="steen"

date > $LASTLOG
dump 0fsd /dev/rst0 2750 640000
code=$?

unload tape
mt -t /dev/rst0 off

if [ $code != 0 ]
then
   echo "dump returned error code $code" >> $LASTLOG
   mail -s "NeXT network backup failure"  $MAILTO < "$LASTLOG"
else
  echo 'backup completed' | mail -s 'NeXT backup completed' $MAILTO
fi


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From: bkr@drdhh.hanse.de (Bjoern Kriews)
Subject: Re: Non-NeXT Printer
Organization: Digital Island
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 14:13:11 GMT

jypai@ccnext.csie.nctu.edu.tw writes:
>And how about those tiff icons(graphics) grab with /NextDeveloper/Demo/Grab  
>and 
>pasted into WriteNow document? Can u print them out?
>I tried with a Apple LaserWriter II NT (which is connected to a Sun Sparc).
>But I got a gray box instead of an icon.

This is not a printer problem. It also appears in Preview.
It once happened to me and next time it was gone.
Don't know what it was and where it came from.

Bjoern
-- 
bkr@drdhh.hanse.de - Bjoern Kriews - Stormsweg 6 - D-2000 Hamburg 76 - FRG
 /tmp # cd /dev  
 /dev # ls -l exrom           (me, Oct 22)
exrom not found
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From: gordie@yamanote.dolphin.com (Gordie Freedman)
Subject: Why does my .sig show up twice in posting?
Reply-To: gordie@yamanote.dolphin.com
Organization: Dolphin Software
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 08:28:54 GMT

I posted to a newsgroup via NewsGrazer, and my .sig showed up twice in  
succession at the bottom of the posting. I than checked "ignore .sig" in  
NewsGrazer preferences and it still shows up once (which is actually what  
I want, but seems incorrect). Anybody know what is going on?
-- 
Gordie Freedman gordie@yamanote.dolphin.com   ->   NextMail encouraged

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From: patrick@lisboa.ks.uiuc.edu (Patrick van der Smagt)
Subject: Re: cursor keys in csh (editmode=emacs)
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Distribution: comp
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 21:09:36 GMT

In article <1992Nov10.122831.564@sel.sub.org> stez@sel.sub.org (Johannes Stezenbach) writes:
>
>I ve set editmode=emacs in a csh running in Terminal.app (NS3.0)
>and I want to use the cursor keys for parsing through the history and
>command line editing.
>
>I tried to use  bind-to-key PreviousHistEntry ... , but I don t know
>what what to enter in the  key  field of the bind-to-key function.
>
>Please help !

Tcsh is precisely what you need.  Available at various sites, easy to
customise (or make) for NeXT.  It does much more, too...
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin
From: bpja@codex.com.au (Brett Adam)
Subject: Non-NeXT Printers and font downloading
Keywords: printing, fonts
Reply-To: bpja@codex.com.au
Organization: Codex Software Development Pty Ltd
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 92 02:50:57 GMT

This is probably a FAQ my now, but does anyone know how to get NS3.0 to  
correctly manage font downloading when printing documents?

Sure, it now downloads the fonts it needs, but it takes a darn long time to do  
so.

By manually downloading common fonts ahead of time, I should be able to remove  
the need to download the fonts over and over again with each document.

But it seems that NS3.0 doesn;t query the printer first to establish what fonts  
are already available, and hence, downloads redundantly.

This is a major pain, as it turns a 30 second print job into a 5 minute print  
job each and every time.

Any help appreciated.


Brett Adam
Xedoc
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From: cpf@broca.med.virginia.edu(Chris Fall)
Subject: NeXT CD on SUN?
Organization: University of Virginia
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 23:47:04 GMT

I seem to recall seeing a few posts about this... can I use my NeXT CD ROM  
player with a SUN?

cpf8k@virginia.edu

Chris Fall - UVa
From: dml@esl.com (Denis Lynch)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin
Subject: Re: 3.0 - preven screen burn-in!
Date: 13 Nov 92 19:05:57 GMT

In article <neuss.721577153@carioca> neuss@igd.fhg.de (Christian Neuss )  
writes:
> Hm.. didn't work for me.. I am using adim. Are you sure this doesn't
> interfere with the bouncing? How long does the machine have to be idle 
> before the window starts moving? (If I know that it is supposed to
> move after 30 seconds, I don't have to wait 5 minutes when I experiment
> with different settings ;-)
> 

Here's the settings I use (from dread -l). The default timeout is much  
longer, but I've forgotten what it is. These settings make the window move  
way too fast after a much too short delay. But they're *my* settings and I  
like them!

loginwindow MoveWhenIdle YES
loginwindow MovementRate 0.2
loginwindow MovementTimeout 5.0


--Denis Lynch
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin
From: bwild@fzi.de
Subject: Re: System panic while reading CDROM
Reply-To: bwild@fzi.de
Organization: FZI Forschungszentrum Informatik, Karlsruhe, Germany
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 08:23:51 GMT

In article <1dd5ajINNd7q@crcnis1.unl.edu> hickman@cse.unl.edu (Hubert B.  
Hickman) writes:
.. 
> Since that time I have upgraded to 3.0.  Since our local user
> group is holding a meeting on Saturday, I thought it would be 
> a good idea to show this CDROM at the meeting.  So, I take
> it out, pop it in the drive and try to navigate around in it.
> Well, at about the 4th or fifth directory - BLOOEY - system
> panic.  This happens consistently every time I try to read the
> demo CD.  I can read the 3.0 upgrade CD just fine, runs apps of
> it, copy things from it, etc.  No problems with it.      
> 
> The only difference that is noticeable from the console is that
> the 3rd party demo CD initialized the CDROM filesystem and the 
> 3.0CD does not :

We had the same effect. Additionally, it was impossible to mount Sun or PC CDs  
under Workspace Manager. The trick to recover was to copy the directory 
/usr/filesystems from a machine where we encountered no problems to the machine  
which crashed on CD access. After that everything works fine!
Bernd Wild

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Forschungszentrum Informatik FZI
Dept. Technical Expert Systems and Robotics
Haid-und-Neu-Strasse 10-14
D-7500 Karlsruhe GERMANY 
Tel:   +49-721-9654-310
Fax:   +49-721-9654-309
email: bwild@fzi.de
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