ARGH!!! 4.2 (RISC) update problem
George Robbins
grr at cbmvax.commodore.com
Sat Jun 8 15:49:26 AEST 1991
In article <1991Jun07.041938.29796 at decuac.dec.com> avolio at decuac.dec.com writes:
> Shoot. Shoot. Shoot.
>
> Yeah, the Customer Support Center just reported this as a problem. I'll
> pass on details as I get them (unless I get slapped down) but I believe
> that someone screwed up and the RISC tapes have VAX bits. George is
> right-on and I doubt if this is an isolated case... we'll see.
Based on E-mail comments I've received and a second distribution kit(*) that
came today, it looks like only some batches of tapes may have been confused
and not the whole thing.
The bad tape is labeled:
AQ-PCV6C-BE MB0118
Ultrix AND UWS V.42 (RISC)
Mandatory Upgrade
The good tape is labeled:
AQ-PCV6C-BE MB0545
Ultrix AND UWS V.42 (RISC)
Mandatory Upgrade
To verify that you have a usable tape before getting halfway though the
installation process, do something like:
mt fsf 3; tar tv
and make sure that the files listed have UDT and UDW prefixes and not
ULT and UWS prefixes.
I don't know what the most expeditious procedure is for replacing
incorrect/corrupt distribution media, perhaps Fred will be able to
comment.
(*) we seem to get two sets of media/doc because we had separate Ultrix and
UWS systems / software service contracts. Now it's all the same, but I
haven't gotten around to doing anything about it yet.
--
George Robbins - now working for, uucp: {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!grr
but no way officially representing: domain: grr at cbmvax.commodore.com
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