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1.1     ! root        1:                        I N G R E S / 8
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        !             3: This version of INGRES runs on VAX hardware under VM/UNIX, fourth
        !             4: release.  It has, at various times, also been running under VM/UNIX,
        !             5: third release, and version six on a PDP-11/70.  Quite probably it
        !             6: would adapt quite easily to a version seven system on a PDP-11 also.
        !             7: The chance of ever getting it running on a non-I/D PDP-11 machine
        !             8: is very small, although theoretically possible.
        !             9: 
        !            10: INSTALLATION
        !            11: 
        !            12: There exist binaries that are runnable, so no recompilation should
        !            13: be necessary.  To prepare the system for running, perform the
        !            14: following steps:
        !            15: 
        !            16: 1.  Create a user ``ingres'' in /etc/passwd.  This user must have
        !            17:     the root of the INGRES subtree as its home directory.
        !            18: 
        !            19: 2.  Log in as ingres.
        !            20: 
        !            21: 3.  Set up the list of valid INGRES users by typing:
        !            22:        ~ingres/bin/usersetup
        !            23:     This sets up everyone on your system as an INGRES user.
        !            24: 
        !            25: For more details, read the ``setup instructions'':
        !            26: 
        !            27:        chdir ~ingres/doc/other
        !            28:        nroff howto_setup.nr
        !            29: 
        !            30: CONSULTING & INFORMATION.
        !            31: 
        !            32: This software is unsupported, public domain software.  Although we
        !            33: are interested in feedback, it is impossible for us to make any
        !            34: commitment to support in a research environment.  However, several
        !            35: companies have already expressed interest in selling and supporting
        !            36: this code -- I'm sure one of them would be more than happy to help
        !            37: you out.
        !            38: 
        !            39: If you do want to talk to us, electronic mail is strongly prefered.
        !            40: We can be reached via Arpanet as "ingres@Berkeley" and via UUCP net as
        !            41: "ucbvax!ingres".  Please DO NOT contact us for availability information,
        !            42: as the INGRES distribution has been merged into the VM/UNIX distri-
        !            43: bution; we will be able to do nothing except refer you to them.  The
        !            44: contact for VM/UNIX is the CSRG office, (415) 642-7780.
        !            45: 
        !            46: THE SYSTEM ROAD MAP
        !            47: 
        !            48: Following is a brief description of the directory structure.  In
        !            49: this description, and in all other READ_ME files, "..." represents
        !            50: the root of the INGRES subtree.
        !            51: 
        !            52: bin
        !            53:        Holds system binaries.  This is actually an internal
        !            54:        directory (perhaps we should use lib?) (but lib is
        !            55:        already used) and should in general not be included
        !            56:        in search paths.  The only things that will live here
        !            57:        that are intended to be executed directory are various
        !            58:        system support routines, "for madmen only".
        !            59: data
        !            60:        This is the root of the database subtree.  It has a
        !            61:        single entry, a directory called "base".  That directory
        !            62:        in turn has a directory for each database.  The two
        !            63:        layer scheme is required to insure protection -- data
        !            64:        is mode 700 and base is mode 777.  Since the database
        !            65:        directories themselves are mode 777, it is critical to
        !            66:        have data unreadable by mortals, lest your sensitive
        !            67:        data disappear in the night.
        !            68: demo
        !            69:        The source for the demo database exists in this directory.
        !            70:        Basically, it is just a bunch of files that copy uses.
        !            71: doc
        !            72:        System documentation exists here.  See the READ_ME file
        !            73:        in this directory for a more detailed road map.
        !            74: files
        !            75:        This is an approximate equivalent to /etc.  It includes
        !            76:        a bunch of files that are CRITICAL for the system to run.
        !            77:        See the READ_ME file in this directory for more info.
        !            78: lib
        !            79:        This contains libraries used for recompilation, and can
        !            80:        be removed if you are not interested in recompiling the
        !            81:        system.
        !            82: source
        !            83:        The source code of the system, of course.
        !            84: version
        !            85:        A version code.  Not critical, but you should probably
        !            86:        leave it laying around on general principles.
        !            87: 
        !            88: bin7
        !            89:        Copies of the version 7 binaries, they are there so
        !            90:        the "ingconv" program can convert binaries. It should
        !            91:        probably be removed once all the databases have been
        !            92:        converted.
        !            93: 
        !            94: All of this can live anywhere in your filesystem, but there MUST
        !            95: be a user called "ingres" whose home directory points to it.  All
        !            96: of this code MUST be owned by ingres.
        !            97: 
        !            98: RECOMPILATION
        !            99: 
        !           100: Recompilation is described in source/READ_ME.
        !           101: 
        !           102: CONVERSION
        !           103: 
        !           104: If you have been running ingres version 7, and want to use your
        !           105: databases under version 8, you will need to run the program
        !           106: ingconv on each database that you want to convert. The useage
        !           107: is just "ingconv database".

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