GR.SLK@isumvs.iastate.edu (Steve Kunz) (10/20/89)
Phil: RE: Your query to comp.sys.dec > it is NOT installed as I expected so then I used > > setld /dev/rmt0h -a SUBSETNAME > > to try to load the software. The system obviously searches the entire I have used setld successfully to install software subsets on a MicroVAX 2000 running ULTRIX. Are you sure you are issuing the setld command properly? My docs say it should be as follows: setld -a /dev/rmt0h SUBSETNAME Steve Kunz GR.SLK@ISUMVS.IASTATE.EDU
alan@shodha.dec.com ( Alan's Home for Wayward Notes File.) (10/20/89)
In article <685@elf1.iastate.EDU>, GR.SLK@isumvs.iastate.edu (Steve Kunz) writes: > Phil: > > RE: Your query to comp.sys.dec > > > it is NOT installed as I expected so then I used > > > > setld /dev/rmt0h -a SUBSETNAME > > > > to try to load the software. The system obviously searches the entire > > My docs say it should be as follows: > > setld -a /dev/rmt0h SUBSETNAME That's the right order if you want to use -a. It's best to let setld(8) do most of work and use -l. This will see what's on the tape and give you a menu of everything not installed. If the subset you want is still missing you might have a bad tape. To check, get the subset list and look at it: foreach i ( SPACE.1 SPACE.2 SPACE.3 INSTCTRL ) dd if=/dev/nrmt0h of=$i bs=10k end Then use tar(1) to look for the XXX.image file in the INSTCTRL archive. It gives the sum(1) information and order of the files on the tape. The subsets start after the INSTCTRL file. If the tape has a ROOT file it, it is actually the 3rd file. +-------------------------+ | Bootable image or SPACE | +-------------------------+ | SPACE | +-------------------------+ | Root dump or SPACE | +-------------------------+ | INSTCTRL | +-------------------------+ | | ~ Subsets ~ | | +-------------------------+ The SPACE file is a 10k placeholder. The "Guide to Preparing Software for Distribution on ULTRIX Systems" will contain more information about how setld tapes are constructed. > > Steve Kunz > GR.SLK@ISUMVS.IASTATE.EDU -- Alan Rollow alan@nabeth.enet.dec.com
wright@mdcbbs.com (10/25/89)
In article <452@shodha.dec.com>, alan@shodha.dec.com ( Alan's Home for Wayward Notes File.) writes: > The SPACE file is a 10k placeholder. The "Guide to Preparing > Software for Distribution on ULTRIX Systems" will contain > more information about how setld tapes are constructed. >> I would like to try distributing software for Ultrix systems using the setld format... Where do I find the "Guide to Preparing Software for Distribution on ULTRIX Systems"? Is it a DEC manual? It isn't included in the documentation I have. +----------------------------+-----------------------------------------+ | Dave Wright | Phone: (714) 952-6320 | | McDonnell Douglas M&E | Internet: wright@mdcbbs.com | | Software Engineering | UUCP: uunet!mdcbbs.com!wright | | P.O.Box 6011 | PSI: PSI%31060099980019::WRIGHT | | Cypress, Ca. 90630 | | +----------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
alan@shodha.dec.com ( Alan's Home for Wayward Notes File.) (10/27/89)
In article <557.2545d571@mdcbbs.com>, wright@mdcbbs.com writes: > In article <452@shodha.dec.com>, alan@shodha.dec.com ( Alan's Home for Wayward Notes File.) writes: > > I would like to try distributing software for Ultrix systems using the setld > format... Where do I find the "Guide to Preparing Software for Distribution on > ULTRIX Systems"? It's in Volume 2 of the Software Development documentation that is distributed with V3.0. Other pieces in the same binder are: POSIX Conformance Document Guide to Internationalization Guide to the Source Code Control System Guide to cuses Screen-Handling > Is it a DEC manual? It isn't included in the documentation I have. If you have the V3.0 documentation set it should have been. The part number is: AA-MG62A-TE > > > > +----------------------------+-----------------------------------------+ > | Dave Wright | Phone: (714) 952-6320 | > +----------------------------+-----------------------------------------+ -- Alan Rollow alan@nabeth.enet.dec.com