Hi, I have encountered this problem while patch UX HP502. Please advice

[cheong]

Updare: ERROR: Cannot open source "/dev/update.src": No such device or address (errno=6). Cannot verify the specified source. Change the source specified, or ensure the media is loaded and ready to read.
Review the log fille, /tmp/update.log, by:
1)type "more /tmp/update.log";
2) finding the correct and time heading;
3)Looking for any messages that begin with ERROR or WARNING

[Patrick Wallek]

You certainly don't give us much to go on.

What patch are you trying to install? What command did you use? What version of HP-UX?

Did you look at the log file? What did it say? If you were using swinstall to install a patch, you can also try looking at /var/adm/sw/swagentd.log or /var/adm/sw/swinstall.log and see if there are any warnings.

[cheong]

Hi i am installing PHCO_13095 in HP-UX 905 system.

I followed the instructions in the .txt file as below:

1.Copy the patch to your /tmp directory and unshar it:

cd /tmp
cp patch_source/PHSS_9795 .
sh PHSS_9795

2. Become root and run update:

/etc/update [-r [kernel_gen_file]] -s \
/tmp/PHCO_13095.updt PHCO_13095.

however, the above message appears.

Do you need any more infomation at my side?

[Dennis Handly]

>2. Become root and run update:

I'm not sure this is it but you didn't by mistake include that "." after the patch name PHCO_13095?

>Patrick: Did you look at the log file?

Good suggestion. Even if this isn't SD.

[cheong]

Hi,

I didnt take the log back from my customer site, but I had a look at it, it was somehow similar to "Cannot open source "/dev/update.src" ". The log file is important? I can only get it after mid of next week.
Think I did not place the extra "." as u meantioned.

[cheong]

Hi, after reviewing the log file in /tmp/update.log, I got the following message:

On system "PC1" @(#) Patch-9.X:hpux-rel.0 $Revision:69.215 $
$ Date 95/04/04 16:19:22 $ PHCO_5274

Update: ERROR: Cannot open source "/dev/update.src": No such device or address (errno=6). Cannot verify the specified source. Change the source specified, or ensure the media is loaded and ready to read.
Review the log fille, /tmp/update.log, by:
1)type "more /tmp/update.log";
2) finding the correct and time heading;
3)Looking for any messages that begin with ERROR or WARNING

Anyone can advise me ask to how I can solve the case? Appreaciate alot.

[Dennis Handly]

I'm not sure if I ever used update back on 9.x??
I don't know why it thinks it wants /dev/update.src. Does "man update" help with the -s option?

I can't find any web page with a description, only an entry that says it is replaced by swinstall and another that has a stale entry for update(1m) in a index but the page has swinstall.

Of course you can always give up and install the libc patch manually. (long detailed process handwaved away.)

Anyway, I assume you did the following for step 3:
# /etc/update -s /tmp/PHCO_13095.updt PHCO_13095

To check to see if the patch hasn't been corrupted, can you do:
$ cksum PHCO_13095.updt

I get:
2197794334 2918400 PHCO_13095.updt