[Coco] unsilly Q about the os9 startup file

[Aaron Wolfe]

On Oct 11, 2012 12:30 AM, "Bob Devries" <devries.bob at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Gene,
>
> should the inetd command be ended with & ?Will that fix the problem of it
locking the drive? Dunno, just my $0.02
>

This is almost certainly what needs to be done.  Inetd likes to play with
lots of io paths and fork around.  Probably makes anything trying to be
stdin/out to it upset or confused.  I usually send inetd to w7 and let it
do its thing there.

>
> Regards, Bob Devries
> Dalby, QLD, Australia
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> ----- 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
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>> 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.
>>
>> Cheers, Gene
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