Original message is below.
Reply from DEC-Engineering.
Patch Kit 8 has some problems that they are working on right now.
I do not know if this reply is for my specific configuration only OR a
general thing with patch-kit-8 for DU4.0b.
If anybody is installing it, I suggest good full backups as a safety measure
before anything else.
Note-- addition on my configuration. Firmware5.33, HSZ50 controllers, ADVFS
on everything, LSM Not installed,
Originally planned for installation of patchkit-8 to fix a problem with
system panics when doing clone file sets on a large (81gig) fileset with
multiple one gig plus databases.
Dale Inman
Unix Systems Admin
Aladdin Industries
615-748-3242 v.
615-874-1743 f.
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> From: Inman, Dale
> Sent: Sunday, August 16, 1998 5:01 PM
> To: alpha-osf-managers_at_ornl.gov
> Subject: DEC-UX 4.0b patch kit 8
>
> Dec Unix 4.0b patch level 6
> 4100 alpha server
Firmware revision 5.33
> Installed patch kit 8 and after doing so could not boot into multi-user.
> System crashed every time.
>
> Booted into single user and did a patch deletion
>
> Then I could boot into multi-user successfully.
>
> Recovered / and /usr from my checkpoint full backup that I do before any
> maintenance which returned me to patch level 6.
>
> QUESTION
> Has anybody else had any similar experience on patch kit 8 for DEC-UX
> 4.0b???
>
> TIA
>
>
> Dale Inman
> Unix Systems Admin
> Aladdin Industries
> 615-748-3242 v.
> 615-874-1743 f.
>
>
>
Received on Mon Aug 17 1998 - 17:45:53 NZST