In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 28 Jun 96 11:06:43 +0200."
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> this week i've got my copy of DU4.0.
> Yesterday i've tried to install DU4.0 on a client-system via RIS from
> our Server (DU3.2D-1), but this completely failed.
As you figured out, the format of the CD has changed between V3.2x and V4.0.
I haven't personally waded through all the fine manuals, but I got out my
V4.0 guide to sharing software and read section 3.1 and it tells me what
you needed to know: there is a special set of software on the V4.0 kit
that you need to load onto your V3.x server. (The release notes explain
that V2.x is too old to set up V4.0 for RIS.)
So, read the fine documentation (as you always should). We go to a lot of
trouble to prepare it, and I can't imagine anyone managing a Digital UNIX
system successfully without access to the documentation.
Hint: Mount the first CDROM (Operating Systems Volume 1) on a mount point
such as /mnt; then issue this command:
# /mnt/isl/utilupdate -r -m /mnt
where you replace /mnt with your mount point if it's different. This will
update the RIS utilities, setld, etc. with compatible versions that work on
V3.x to support the V4.0 format of distribution media.
Tom
Dr. Thomas P. Blinn, UNIX Software Group, Digital Equipment Corporation
110 Spit Brook Road, MS ZKO3-2/U20 Nashua, New Hampshire 03062-2698
Technology Partnership Engineering Phone: (603) 881-0646
Internet: tpb_at_zk3.dec.com Digital's Easynet: alpha::tpb
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Received on Fri Jun 28 1996 - 18:20:31 NZST