avolio@decuac.DEC.COM (Frederick M. Avolio) (06/13/91)
After careful investigation I am told that it has been determined that the bad Mandatory Upgrade tapes (VAX on RISC, RISC on VAX) were isolated cases (only a few cases reported). It is suspected that one group (4) of tapes got mislabeled. Fred
rogers@decatl.alf.dec.com (Joe Rogers) (06/13/91)
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Ultrix V4.2 Distribution Kits May Not Install Properly
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ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. No distribution except as provided under contract.
PRODUCT: Ultrix V4.2
SOURCE: Customer Support Center/Atlanta USA
INFORMATION:
Problems have been found with some of the early releases of the
Ultrix V4.2 distribution kits. We are currently aware of the
following problems:
1) On RISC CDROMs, the CDROM may not be bootable. There have been some
CDROMs that are mountable and readable, but not bootable. If an
error is encountered, verify that the boot command is correct and if
you still have problems, you may have a CDROM that is not bootable.
It is possible that some boot problems may occur because the CDROM
reader itself is broken.
If you believe your boot problems are the result of a bad CDROM,
then notify your local sales representative that you need another
copy. You may call the Customer Support Center for help at
1-800-332-8000 for additional information.
2) On some RISC TK50 tapes, the subsets included on the mandatory update
are VAX subsets. An error message will occur stating that the
subsets cannot be installed because the system is expecting other
subsets to already be installed (e.g. ULTBASE420).
Before actually installing the upgrade to V4.2, load the mandatory
upgrade tape into the drive on an existing system (V4.1) and use the
commands below as superuser:
mkdir /usr/test
/etc/setld -D /usr/test -l /dev/rmt0h
After getting the menu, abort it by typing <control>c ( ^C ).
Do not proceed further. Do not select any option from the menu.
Enter the command "setld -D /usr/test -i". If this shows any
subset names with ULT at the beginning of the name, instead of UDT,
do not upgrade!
After checking the validity of the MUP tape, you may delete the
/usr/test directory.
Please contact your local sales representative for a correct copy
of the Mandatory Update, or call the Customer Support Center at
1-800-332-8000 for additional help.
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Joe Rogers rogers@alf.dec.com | From there to here,
Digital Equipment Corporation | From here to there,
Alpharetta, GA | Funny things are everywhere - Dr Seussrogers@decatl.alf.dec.com (Joe Rogers) (06/17/91)
-- The latest information that the Atlanta CSC has on the ULTRIX/UWS V4.2 MUP distribution tapes point to 2 bad TK50 lot numbers. They are MBO 115, a blank MUP tape and MBO 118, a MUP tape labeled RISC MUP that actually contains VAX MUP bits. The CSC has no reports of this problem on 9 track tape distributions. We do not have a lot number of the CD-ROM distribution that did not contain bootblocks. If you experience this problem with MUP tapes of different lot numbers, please call your local support group (1-800-332-8000 for the Atlanta CSC in the US). Mail sent directly to me will not be ack'ed, but the information will get to the right folks. This issue does appear to be very limited in scope. Thanks /* Joe Rogers, rogers@decatl.alf.dec.com | From there to here, * Digital Equipment Corporation | From here to there, */ Alpharetta, GA. USA | Funny things are everywhere. #include </std/disclaimer.h> | Dr. Seuss