[Coco] unsilly Q about the os9 startup file

Bob Devries devries.bob at gmail.com
Thu Oct 11 00:30:16 EDT 2012


Hi Gene,

should the inetd command be ended with & ?Will that fix the problem of it 
locking the drive? Dunno, just my $0.02

Regards, Bob Devries
Dalby, QLD, Australia

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gene Heskett" <gheskett at wdtv.com>
To: <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2012 2:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] unsilly Q about the os9 startup file


> On Thursday 11 October 2012 00:21:27 Bob Devries did opine:
>
>> Hi Gene,
>>
>> I've come across that problem, too some time ago.
>> Are you able to rename the startup file?
>> The output of proc that you provided, would seem to indicate that inetd
>> has a lock on /DD. Could that be a clue? Is inetd started from your
>> startup file?
>>
> Yes, is that not how it is supposed to be done?
>
>> Regards, Bob Devries
>> Dalby, QLD, Australia
>
> Thanks Bob.
>
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