SUMMARY: Problem Upgrading 4.0B --> 4.0E

From: Robert Bastell <trodat_at_JASPER.RDC.AB.CA>
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 11:14:52 -0600

On Mon, 14 Jun 1999, Robert Bastell wrote:

Summary follows below:

>
> Machine: 1000a
> Script: /sbin/installupdate
>
> After going through most of the script, the installation
> attempts to begin installing BASEOSF435 [not 431 whoops...].
> (The first subset installed in the installation process.) It then hoops
> with a fatal error describing wrong permissions with the
> BASEOSF435.scp file.
>
> The permissions shown in the error are not at all close, they list at:
>
> "-rw-rw-rw-"
>
> Any help would be GREATLY appreciatied!
>

Okay, great thanks go out to:

a.moar_at_
stephen.hagan_at_

for their help in resolving the issue at hand.

A stray file created by myself in a blunder move located in /dev/ which
wasn't a character special file was causing the installupdate script
to hoop.

I removed the file and the install completed successfully!

Thanks all for your replies and help!

Robert Bastell
Webmaster - Information And Learning Resources
Red Deer College
http://www.rdc.ab.ca/webmaster

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or opinions of Red Deer College.
Received on Thu Jun 17 1999 - 17:23:07 NZST

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