Dear Managers,
my problem was to install DU V4.0D in RIS. For more information see
below. The answer came from
Dr. Tom Blinn (tpb_at_zk3.dec.com)
as follows:
> You get this error when the kit doesn't live in a mount point. It's a bug
> in the kit organization that misleads the setld utility. I've got an open
> problem report against it.
>
> Mount the kit into a root mountpoint; you might need to mount a point that
> is closer to the kit root into the root mountpoint. It looks like the kit
> is in a subdirectory of /serverdirectory; mount that directory onto, say, a
> mount point called "/kit" and try it.
That's what I did and it works well. Thanks to Dr. Blinn!
with greetings
Claus Nagel
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The original question was (shortend):
My problem: Installing DU V4.0D in RIS failed with pax-error: "No such
file or directory"
Serverhost: hostname => server
uname -a => OSF1 server.dom.uni-stuttgart.de V4.0 878 alpha
Clienthost: hostname => ivdaxx
uname -a => OSF1 ivdaxx V4.0 878 alpha
What i did: 1. nfs-mount of DU V4.0D from server
2. cd /serverdirectory/OSF1
3. try to install (logfile see below)
- installing "Patch 0042.01" out of DU V4.0D-distribution didn't help
(42.01 = pax tar And cpio Archive Handling Correction)
- "isl/utilupdate -r -m /serverdirectory" changed nothing
- changing directory where to start ris also don't work
- installing "normal" subsets makes no problems
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# hostname; who am i; df -k -t ufs; pwd; ls -agiltF |head -6; uname -a
ivdaxx
root ttyp1
Filesystem 1024-blocks Used Available Capacity Mounted on
/dev/rz16a 253871 57287 171196 26% /
/dev/rz16g 2034183 927847 902917 51% /usr
/serverdirectory/OSF1
total 16016
1511486 drwxr-x--- 5 701 419 512 Apr 24 17:43 ../
1520670 drwxr-xr-x 19 root system 512 Apr 14 18:53 ./
1520682 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root system 7 Apr 14 17:36 tmp_at_ -> var/tmp
1520680 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root system 7 Apr 14 17:31 lib_at_ -> usr/lib/
1520679 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root system 19 Apr 14 17:29 instctrl_at_ -> ALPHA/BASE/instctrl/
OSF1 ivdaxx V4.0 878 alpha
#
# df | grep server
server:/serverdirectory 41729090 25029074 15448142 62% /serverdirectory
#
# ris
Checking accessibility of RIS areas.... done
*** RIS Utility Main Menu ***
a) ADD a client
d) DELETE software products
i) INSTALL software products
l) LIST registered clients
m) MODIFY a client
r) REMOVE a client
s) SHOW software products in remote installation environments
x) EXIT
Enter your choice: i
RIS Software Installation Menu:
1) Install software into a new area
2) Add software into an existing area
3) Return to previous menu
Enter your choice: 1
You have chosen to establish a new remote installation environment.
Enter the device special file name or the path of the directory where
the software is located (for example, /mnt/ALPHA/BASE): /serverdirectory/OSF1
Choose one of the following options:
1) Extract software from /serverdirectory/OSF1
2) Create symbolic link to /serverdirectory/OSF1
Enter your choice: 1
*** Enter subset selections ***
The following subsets are mandatory and will be extracted automatically
unless you choose to exit without extracting any subsets:
* Base System
* Base System - Hardware Support
...
Or you may choose one of the following options:
91) ALL mandatory and all optional subsets
92) MANDATORY subsets only
93) CANCEL selections and redisplay menus
94) EXIT without extracting any subsets
Enter your choices or press RETURN to redisplay menus.
Choices (for example, 1 2 4-6): 91
You are extracting the following mandatory subsets:
Base System
Base System - Hardware Support
... and so forth
Old Additional DECwindows Applications
Virtual X Frame Buffer
Is this correct? (y/n): y
Checking file system space required to extract selected subsets:
File system space checked OK.
Extracting OSFBASE425...
pax 1
pax: .mrg...login : No such file or directory
pax: .new...cshrc : No such file or directory
... and so forth
pax: usr/bin/sdiff : No such file or directory
pax: usr/bin/sed : No such file or directory
^c
setld: Exiting
#
# hostname; whoami; df -k -t ufs; pwd; ls -agiltF |head -6; uname -a; exit
ivdaxx
root
Filesystem 1024-blocks Used Available Capacity Mounted on
/dev/rz16a 253871 57335 171148 26% /
/proc 0 0 0 100% /proc
/dev/rz16g 2034183 927849 902915 51% /usr
/serverdirectory/OSF1
total 16016
1511486 drwxr-x--- 5 701 419 512 Apr 24 17:43 ../
1520670 drwxr-xr-x 19 root system 512 Apr 14 18:53 ./
1520682 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root system 7 Apr 14 17:36 tmp_at_ -> var/tmp
1520680 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root system 7 Apr 14 17:31 lib_at_ -> usr/lib/
1520679 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root system 19 Apr 14 17:29 instctrl_at_ -> ALPHA/BASE/instctrl/
OSF1 ivdaxx V4.0 878 alpha
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