Re: Problem installing software via SMIT

["Sherman, Jay" <JSherman@DAINRAUSCHER.COM>]

Alan,

I think you just need to use a subdirectory on that CD
to install from - I believe /usr/sys/inst.images/
holds the .toc you need, so install from /cdrom/usr/sys/inst.images
instead of just /cdrom.  -Jay

-----Original Message-----
From: Basim Chafik [mailto:basimc@INVERA.COM]
Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2000 10:32 AM
To: AIX-L@pucc.Princeton.EDU
Subject: Re: Problem installing software via SMIT


Rubin,

".toc" works file is an index or table of contents of all the installable
software in the specified directory. installp will create this file in the
specified directory to know or to make chose the software to install.
However /cdrom in you case is cdrom file system, and since you can not write
into the cdrom it gave this error. Proposed solution is to copy the software
from the cdrom into a directory on the disk and then install from this
directory.

Hope this helps.

Basim Chafik

Senior Technology Consultant
IBM Certified Specialist - AIX Support
Invera


-----Original Message-----
From: Rubin, Alan P. [mailto:ARubin@MFS.COM]
Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2000 11:12 AM
To: AIX-L@pucc.Princeton.EDU
Subject: Problem installing software via SMIT


Hi all,
I am running AIX 421 on node A and B on an SP Frame.
Node A is a control workstation containing the cd-rom for all the other
nodes
in the frame.
I load the AIX 433 , which has Perl 5 cd on node A and do an NFS mount to
node B where I want to intall Perl5
Run mount A:/cdrom /cdrom from node B.
NFS mount is fine but when I run SMIT to install Perl5 from the /cdrom mount
point I get an error:

x                              ERROR MESSAGE                               x
         x
x
         x Press Enter or Cancel to return to the
x
         x application.
x
         x
x
         x   1800-106 An error occurred:
x
         x
x
         x   0503-007 inutoc:  Cannot create file /cdrom/.toc.
x
         x           Check path name and permissions.
x
         x   Cannot read input device, directory or table of contents file.
x
         x
x

Question 1, can I use a 433 cd to install Perl 5 on 421?
Question 2. what does this error mean.

Any help is appreciated.
Thanks,
Paul