install pk4 patch kit on 5.1B never starts install portion

[Johan Brusche]

Finally got some time to do some digging on this issue....

Can you please report the result of:

# grep VERS_LOW /usr/sys/conf/version.id*

__Johan.

[Johan Brusche · Accepted solution]

Ok, mistake... have to grep for VERS_ID_LOW

Via 'dbx -k /vmunix' one can find the actif VERS_ID_LOW with the command 'px act_vers_low'

Some values for VERS_ID_LOW I'm trying to correlate by scanning through inhouse systems:

V5.1B PK#2 ----- 0x1000CD90
V5.1B PK#3 ----- 0x1000CF3C
V5.1B PK#4 ----- 0x2000CF83
V5.1B PK#5 ----- 0x3000CF83

How it should work...
- have correct ID_LOW in /sys/conf/version.id
- use 'versw -setnew'
- then 'versw -switch'

Hope this helps...

__ Johan.

[Jim Giles]

Tremendous thanks for your research and assistance.

Just for the record, it may be that I did something wrong but I had to do one retry of the pk4 install. In addition to your steps I did the following.

I copied the original version.id file to another file for safety.

I modified the version.id to contain the correct VERS_ID_LOW entry per your listing,

did the versw -setnew to get the version active

the patch install run stopped saying the version.id was not valid, there must be some control char in the file that I stepped on during edit.

copied the original (see step above)version.id file back to version.id file name

started that pk install again and the patch kit installed and updated the version.id file to the correct information

[Jim Giles]

Solution provided in thread.