How to Specify Alternate Drive Name During Installation

 Last reviewed: August 28, 1995
Article ID: Q120702
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft FoxPro for UNIX, version 2.6

SUMMARY

FoxPro for UNIX installs through a UNIX installation script. This article explains how you can specify an alternate device name to be used during installation.

MORE INFORMATION

By default, FoxPro for UNIX uses /dev/install for the primary floppy disk drive. If a secondary floppy disk drive is used, /dev/install1 will probably be used during installation. If the system does not recognize one of these names during installation, see your operating system documentation so that you can provide a device name such as /dev/fd0135ds18 (for a 3.5- inch high-density primary floppy disk drive) or a UNIX raw device name (such as /dev/rfd0135ds18). For example, if the primary (boot) floppy disk drive is a high-density 3.5-inch floppy disk drive, the UNIX raw device name would be /dev/rfd0135ds18. To install FoxPro for UNIX and explicitly specify the raw device name, you would use the following command: 

   custom -m /dev/rfd0135ds18
NOTE: custom is an SCO UNIX/XENIX installation utility.

REFERENCES

SCO UNIX and SCO XENIX operating system "System Administrator's Reference"

Additional reference words: FoxUnix 2.60 diskette
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Last reviewed: August 28, 1995
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