march 2002 app cd copy to disk

[Jim Turner]

Happy Monday, everyone!

I have always copied app CD's to my Jamaica to make them easier to hit over the network. Up until now this has worked fine using Bill's "puddle move". However, I just tried to load ApacheStrong from the (copied) disk 3 of 11.00 March 2002 apps and got the following error:

======= 05/06/02 11:26:22 CDT BEGIN swinstall SESSION
(non-interactive)

* Session started for user "root@hpux32".

* Beginning Selection
* Target connection succeeded for "hpux32:/".
ERROR: The source "neelix:/data/app/2002-03/11.00/3of6" is a CD-ROM
with part number "5012-0041". This CD-ROM contains codeword
protected software. The protection system has detected
corruption in one or more areas. This should not occur while
using a valid HP CD-ROM as a source. However, protected CD-ROM
data may not be copied with HP-UX tools such as "cp" without
causing corruption.
* Source connection failed for
"neelix:/data/app/2002-03/11.00/3of6".
WARNING: More information may be found in the daemon logfile on this
target (default location is neelix:/var/adm/sw/swagentd.log).
* Selection had errors.



======= 05/06/02 11:26:28 CDT END swinstall SESSION (non-interactive)

I was able to install ApacheStrong from the original CD with no problems.

Nothing turned up in forums and TKB searches on this problem -- that or my Monday pre-lunch query-building skills stink.

Does anyone recognize the problem?

Thanks,
Jim

[harry d brown jr]

This appears to be the problem:

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This CD-ROM contains codeword
protected software.

The protection system has detected corruption in one or more areas. This should not occur while using a valid HP CD-ROM as a source.

However, protected CD-ROM data may not be copied with HP-UX tools such as "cp" without
causing corruption.

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There's probably a way, just not the way you are using. I know this doesn't help - so please - N/A.


live free or die
harry

[Jim Turner]

Thanks Harry,

I guess I should have been a little more explicit. I can "see the problem" quite clearly. As you've pointed out, swinstall is complaining that my depot data is corrupted since it was copied (presumably using "cp") from a codeword-protected CD. I used cpio vice cp, but the underliying mechanism may be the same.

Here are the exact steps I used to copy the CD in question:

mount /dev/dsk/c1t2d0 /cdrom
cd /cdrom
find . | cpio -pudlmv /data/app/2002-03/11.00/3of6

Thanks for the reply. I gave it N/A as requested.

Cheers,
Jim

[S.K. Chan]

Have you try renaming the .codeword file, then run swinstall on the cdrom, re-enter all the codewords, then exit from swinstall. Mount the CD again and do the cpio.

[Wodisch]

Hi,

I can only guess that your (Bill's) "puddle move" is NOT using "swcopy", but "cp"...
Have you tried "swcopy" with all the needed options (for the codeword(s), not resolving dependencies, and such)?

Just an idea,
Wodisch

[Jim Turner]

Hi S.K.

ApacheStrong is not codeword-protected. I installed it from CD without a codeword. I should have been able to do the same from a copy of the CD on hard disk.

BTW, I'm swinstalling from a remote host with no .codewords file. Neelix is simply my depot machine.

Thanks,
Jim

[Jim Turner]

Hi Wodisch,

I used cpio since I wanted an exact duplicate of the CD contents on hard disk. I have long used this method since I want to have future depot access to apps for which I may not currently have codewords. The March 2002 App CD set appears to be the first release that exhibits the problem I'm seeing.

I'll have to RTFMpage for swcopy a little closer to see if there is a -x option for copying *everything* to a depot *including* apps for which I don't have a current codeword.

Thanks for the help -- I'm open to any ideas -- always looking for a better way to do things.

Cheers,
Jim

[Jim Turner]

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[S.K. Chan]

Hi Jim .. was actually looking for this thread ..

I have only one thing in my mind regarding the options that you used in your cpio command. I do not know if it would make any difference but I think it's worth a shot. I think you should add 2 more options,
-c = read header info
-x = special device file

[Jim Turner]

Hi again, S.K.

Option x seems unlikely -- don't know about option c. I will recopy the CD in question trying the options you mention and reply with the results.

I'm reserving points assignment for your post in case your idea fixes the problem :-)

Thanks,
Jim

[Mark Vollmers]

Jim-

Have you tried to install some other program from the copied CD's? Maybe it's an issue with the new set of CD's (some sort of copyright or something)

Mark

[Jim Turner]

This has been OBE, sorry for taking so long on points. I'll use the suggestions when I copy the June CD's. Thanks, everyone!