SUMMARY: 5.1B Patchkit 4

From: Simon.Haldemann@BIT.admin.ch
Date: Wed Mar 02 2005 - 02:57:44 EST


Hi manager

Thanks to Venkatesh, James A. Eiler, David Gutierrez, Alan Douglas and Dan
Price who answered my question.

Jeffrey Hummel wrote:

> You need to add two entries to the generic section. Here's my complete
> generic section.
> generic:
> memberid = 0
> new_vers_high = 1445673072572143232
> new_vers_low = 52560
> version_avendor = COMPAQ
> version_banner = Compaq Tru64 UNIX
> version_product = Tru64 UNIX
> version_vendor = Compaq Computer Corporation
>
> The parts to add are new_vers_high and new_vers_low. I'm now sure how low
> the low number needs to be.

Yes, this was it: I had no generic section on this system. After inserting
this section to /etc/sysconfigtab
I could load PK4. Thank you Jeffrey.

Simon

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Haldemann Simon BIT
> Sent: Montag, 28. Februar 2005 13:13
> To: 'tru64-unix-managers@ornl.gov'
> Subject: 5.1B Patchkit 4
>
>
> Hi managers
>
> I have an Alphaserver 800 with 5.1B Patchkit 2. The system was
installupgraded from 4.0D to 5.1B. (never new installed)
> I tried to install Patchkit 4. The dupatch started without errors. After a
while I saw the message
> "*** Installing 64 patches ***". Then nothing happend for the next 2
hours. After this time I was returned
> to the Patch Utility menu, but no patch was installed.
> So I tried Patchkit 3. This one was installed fine.
> I tried once again Patchkit 4. With the same result. No Patch was
installed.
>
> dupatch -track -type kit -nolog
>
> gives this result:
>
> Patches installed on the system came from following software kits:
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> - T64V51BB22AS0002-20030415 OSF540
> - T64V51BB24AS0003-20030929 OSF540
>
>
> Does one of you know how to install PK4 on a System like this?
>
> Simon



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