.bd S B 3 .TL Installing and Operating 4.2BSD on the VAX .br July 21, 1983 .AU Samuel J. Leffler .AU William N. Joy .AI Computer Systems Research Group Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, California 94720 (415) 642-7780 .de IR \fI\\$1\fP\\$2 .. .de UX UNIX\\$1 .. .AB .PP .FS * DEC, VAX, IDC, UNIBUS and MASSBUS are trademarks of Digital Equipment Corporation. .FE .FS ** \s-2UNIX\s0 is a Trademark of Bell Laboratories. .FE This document contains instructions for the installation and operation of the 4.2BSD release of the VAX* .UX ** system, as distributed by U. C. Berkeley. .PP It discusses procedures for installing UNIX on a new VAX, and for upgrading an existing VAX UNIX system to the new release. An explanation of how to how to lay out file systems on available disks, how to set up terminal lines and user accounts, and how to perform system-specific tailoring is provided. A description of how to install and configure the networking facilities included with 4.2BSD is included. Finally, the document details system operation procedures\(em shutdown and startup, hardware error reporting and diagnosis, file system backup procedures, resource control, performance monitoring, and procedures for recompiling and reinstalling system software. .AE