Hitting 2Gb file limit in make_media_install

[GXW_1]

Hi,

Wondered if anyone can help. I'm doing a make_media_install of a Golden Image of an rx3600 server running 11i v3, on my Ignite server (an rx6600 running 11i v3) but it is failing with the following error:

ERROR: At least one archive file ("/var/opt/ignite/archives/Rel_B.11.31/lab123.gz") specified with -a is 2 Gb (2^31) bytes or larger, and it appears at least one install kernel ("IINSTALL") copied to the LIF volume ("/var/opt/ignite/bootvol.lif") lacks cdfs driver patch PHKL_33110 or higher (""), which can result in failure to install/recover from the media. See script header comments for more on this problem.

I looked at PHKL_33110 and it clearly relates to 11.23 so how do I move past this issue with 11.31?

The Golden Image is ~2.5Gb

I have fully patched both servers.

[Robert-Jan Goossens]

Hi,

and /var filesytem has largefiles enabled?

Regards,
Robert-Jan

[GXW_1]

Yes, /var has largefiles set, but that's not the issue as the archive is already there, in /var, and 2.5Gb.

It is putting it on DVD that's failing, with the error that the CDFS driver patch is missing but that patch was for 11.23 and I'm running 11.31 and it's supposed to be fixed in 11.31!

[Robert-Jan Goossens]

Hi again,

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The cause is due to the cdfs filesystem limitation in reading files.
Currently, the cdfs filesystem under some Ignite-UX implementations are limited
to less than 2GB in size.
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This should have been fixed Ignite C.6.5 and higher, the latest version is C.7.3.148. Could you post your version of Ignite?

Regards,
Robert-Jan

[GXW_1]

IGNITE C.7.0.212 HP-UX Installation Utilities (Ignite-UX)

I just got that straight off the 11i v3 DVDs.

[Sameer_Nirmal]

With IG-UX version C.7.0.212 and as per the documentation at
http://www.docs.hp.com/en/5992-0602/ch11s03.html#d0e13006
I would expect the IG-UX install kernel should have the cdfs driver which supports files larger than 2GB.

Just curious if you are following the command given in the above document for 11.31?

[GXW_1]

Yes, I am following the process I read in the Ignite Admin Guide.

Here's the command. I'm running it from my Ignite server which is where the Golden Image is.

/opt/ignite/data/scripts/examples/make_media_install -o IA -a Rel_B.11.31/lab123.gz -m /opt/ignite/media -p /var/opt/ignite -b /dev/deviceFileSystem/Usb/MassStorage/dsk/disk@hp-1008+294=A60020000001

[Thayanidhi]

Hi Grant,

Did you find a fix for this problem? I am also trying to create BOOT DVD,which resulted the same error.
I am also in 11iv3

Regards
TT

[GXW_1]

Sorry to report, TT, that I could not resolve the issue, and as there were no hints at a way forward on this forum - I shelved my plans to make a bootable DVD for now and am focusing on other issues, and hoping that by the time I come back to the problem - either a solution will be on here, or I'll just by chance tackle it in a fresh way that works better.

Sorry can't be of more help.

[Steven Schweda]

I've never tried this, so I know nothing, but
make_media_install is a shell script, right?
If you're convinced that all the
infrastructure (cdrecord, mkisofs, tar, ...)
can handle the large file(s), why not edit a
copy of make_media_install, and bypass the
file size check which causes it to abort
early? What could go wrong? (And how much
could it cost?)