Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!virgin!ubbs-nh!noel From: noel@ubbs-nh.MV.COM (N. Del More) Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix Subject: Re: XENIX hard disks, partitions and divisions (long) Keywords: partitions divisions upgrade Message-ID: <393@ubbs-nh.MV.COM> Date: 17 Aug 89 06:16:24 GMT References: <2363@wyse.wyse.com> Reply-To: noel@ubbs-nh.MV.COM (N. Del More) Organization: uBBS-NH (New England Unix Archive) - Nashua, NH Lines: 13 In article <2363@wyse.wyse.com> bob@wyse.wyse.com () writes: > >Just before exiting, the script brands the kernel so it will run >properly and uses dd twice, to install the files /etc/hdboot0 and >/etc/hdboot1 on the XENIX partition boot track. Interesting article. I have a question concerning SCO's serialization and branding of the OS or any other application for that matter. Just how does it work. I know from past experiance that while the files may be present they will not function without the "branding". Noel