[daip] questions about instructions in AIPS Guide to the Install Wizard

[Eric Greisen]

michele rallis wrote:
> Reading the On-Line Wizard Guide for installing 31DEC12, I have the following
> stupid questions. I am no longer part of any institution, and this is the first time I shall be
> installing AIPS without help from a systems manager.
> 
> 1. Screen 5: Site Name 
> My AIPS site will consist of a single laptop computer to which no name is
>  assigned, and it is not accessed over a network from other machines.
> 
> For the Site Name on Screen 5, should I enter:  LOCALHOST
> 
> or should I enter some random name and then on Screen 5a (Site type)
> enter: Y.

Pick a site name (not LOCALHOST) that appeals to you such a MKLAPTOP
and say yes to the laptop question

> 
> 2.  Screen 9: Tape Drives
> 
> Currently I do not have a tape drive, only a USB Super Drive for DVDs.
> Does install.pl then create an empty TPDEVS.LIST, which I could edit
> later if I want to add a tape drive to read some old tapes?

It will create an empty TPDEVS file which all that most people have 
these days.  Add a tape drive if you want later.

Eric Greisen