Openstep 4.2 DeveloperDoc Package installation error

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Title: Openstep 4.2 DeveloperDoc Package installation error
Post by: Rob Blessin Black Hole on December 04, 2023, 01:22:48 AM
Hello NeXT Community: All these years later I never remember the is error installing the Openstep 4.2 Developer Documentation producing this error.  I tried an Openstep4.2 Developer ISO I had and then an Openstep 4.2 Developer ISO from the WEB fscktechnology and finally thinking it must be me, an original Openstep 4.2 Developer CD

As a result their is not a clean install of the Openstep 4.2 Developer Documentation . Pictured below

 I looked at the location where it installs I see the nibfile and then open it and it appears the file it seeks is there ,

however it must be a typo or something that was never caught by NeXT ? and perhaps it is supposed to be a file and not a directory. 

If someone can verify this error it would be much appreciated .
NeXTSTEP 3.3 Developerdocs package installs just fine. 
All other packages install with out issue :)

Obviously I'll try Openstep 4.2 and or Version 4.1 DeveloperDoc Package to see if it is a 4.2 error only.

 At any rate to install Openstep 4.2 in previous I first installed NeXTstep 3.3 User using builddisk made it so it installs 21 packages at once and it is fast,   set the root password for NeXTSTEP 3.3 then used the Openstep 4.2 User upgrader app to install Openstep 4.2 .

Why am I doing this I want a nice clean complete Openstep 4.2 User, developer and Y2k patches  with Openstep 4.2 Fax cover page patch  in Previous.

My hope is from there to create a super master NeXT ISO as Openstep handles 4Gb single partitions and there is a nice post about a custom Atlas Disktab Entry with etc/fstab file supporting  or 7 4Gb partitions. https://www.nextcomputers.org/forums/index.php?topic=5364 by Apple2guy !

So my thought is if we can get that disktab entry modified  to work in Previous  ,

how cool is that Previous with what in effect is a 28gb drive sliced into 7 4gb partitions ,

 then I also want to tinker with moving this monster master Openstep 4.2 image over to ZULU SCSI onto a 32Gb Extreme Pro and see if it works. as rather than have my current 6 * 2Gb disks ....
1 single disk image with 7 * 4Gb or 6 or less ought to push the envelop a bit on the ZULU SCSI and or Previous technology :)

 Any one doing this yet? I think even a singe 4gb partition with 1024 blocks would probably be faster than 2 ^ 2gb partitions with 512K blocks but I'm not sure if ZULU SCSI handles sectors like scsi2sd sectors / blocks 139 and 4 ..... my head hurts lol.
 
In laymen s terms I'm trying to drop a big block 496 hemi with nitro (ZULU SCSI) into a NeXT 68K Turbo Cube Dimension (A nice surprise I had in inventory in a Dark Corner of the Black Hole)
and or a 50 MHz modded Turbo Color Station in another Dark Corner I procured awhile back lol . Pictured below

NeXT Stuff is warping in here I dd not now even existed Mandela effect for sure.
Title: Re: Openstep 4.2 DeveloperDoc Package installation error
Post by: pTeK on December 04, 2023, 01:17:03 PM
I had no problems here Rob. Here is my bom from /NextLibrary/Receipts/DeveloperDoc.pkg

I installed from 4.2 User CD -> 4.2 Developer CD on VirtualBox

https%3A%2F%2Fi.ibb.co%2F5kbPnrS%2FRob-OS42-Developer-Doc-pkg.png
https://ibb.co/BG09ryQ (https://ibb.co/BG09ryQ)
Title: Re: Openstep 4.2 DeveloperDoc Package installation error
Post by: Rob Blessin Black Hole on December 04, 2023, 05:17:42 PM
Quote from: pTeK on December 04, 2023, 01:17:03 PMI had no problems here Rob. Here is my bom from /NextLibrary/Receipts/DeveloperDoc.pkg

I installed from 4.2 User CD -> 4.2 Developer CD on VirtualBox

https%3A%2F%2Fi.ibb.co%2F5kbPnrS%2FRob-OS42-Developer-Doc-pkg.png
https://ibb.co/BG09ryQ (https://ibb.co/BG09ryQ)
Thank you for confirming that as now I know it was something I did. I know have installed it before with no issues! It is baffling to me but may be by default is reverts back to the original installation package so I'll try from scratch with my new iso direct from an original cd.
Title: Re: Openstep 4.2 DeveloperDoc Package installation error
Post by: pTeK on December 06, 2023, 05:06:58 PM
Glad that helped Rob

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