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Sheldon Isaac wrote:
>
> > (1) installing BL2 to HD
> 
> I haven't yet found out how to do that.

Type the following (inside BL2) and press ENTER:
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install
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> But none of the alias commands seem to be done, because 
> when I say plain   alias   , none of the new things show up.

When you execute a script, it runs in a subshell (inside a
separate environment).  Any environmental changes (eg. alias) 
affect that sub-environment only.  When your script is finished, 
the subshell terminates and the environmental changes disappear.

> However, doing them one by one from the command prompt works.

Commands entered from the command line operate on the current
environment.  To get a script to operate on your current
environment, put a dot in front of the script when you execute 
it:
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. script-name
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Cheers,
Steven