unsharing sysinfo

[khilari]

Hi people, i just got sysinfo file (mcsysinfo version 5.sh) into my hp box, now i want to unshar it. and activate it. Can u kindly tell me how to go about it.

[James A. Donovan]

To unshar any file it's just:

$ sh filename

[A. Clay Stephenson]

If the file was written in shar (shell archive format) then it will self-extract.
sh filename is all that is required.

[khilari]

# sh mcsysinfo5.sh
Self-extracting archive of MagniComp SysInfo full runtime v
rsion 5.0 beta2.8 for hpux-parisc
Creating target directory /tmp/makeself.extract.14169
Verifying archive integrity ... CRC checksums do not match:
Expecting: 3561512563 17458383
Actual: 3811157545 17457601

This is whta i am getting.....

[A. Clay Stephenson]

Then you have a corrupt copy. A very common problem is partial ftp transfers or ftp transfers in the wrong mode. Generally shar's need to transferred in ASCII so that LFCR's pairs are translated to LF.

[James A. Donovan]

Sounds like your file was corrupted by whatever transfer mechanism you used to obtain it. Try to get a new copy.

[khilari]

I downloaded another copy and put ascii in the ftp prompt before transfering the file. There is a CRC cHECK error

csysinfo6.sh
# sh mcsysinfo6.sh
Self-extracting archive of MagniComp SysInfo full runtime ve
rsion 6.0 H5 for hpux-ia64
Creating target directory /tmp/makeself.extract.14423
Verifying archive integrity ... CRC checksums do not match:
Expecting: 206933109212813252
Actual: 128826770012812530

any one here has used sysinfo, i mean ho wdid u install it altogether....????

Thanks

[A. Clay Stephenson]

Okay, I downloaded and ftp'ed it to an HP-UX box and was able to unshar it. All of your transfers must specify BINARY.

[khilari]

Hi, i ftp 'd again using binary. And this is the output with the errors i got. I changed the permissions to 777

# sh mcsysinfo6.sh
Self-extracting archive of MagniComp SysInfo full runtime ve
rsion 6.0 H5 for hpux-ia64
Creating target directory /tmp/makeself.extract.14592
Verifying archive integrity ... OK
Extracting tools and data image ... OK
Extracting data mcsysinfo6.sh: ./makeselftools/tar: Execute
permission denied.
mcsysinfo6.sh: ./makeselftools/bzip2: Execute permission den
ied.

mcsysinfo6.sh[493]: ./setup: not found.
The program returned an error code (127)
Removing temporary files ...
# chmod 777 mcsysinfo6.sh
# ll
total 25040
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root sys 12813623 Mar 7 15:32 m
csysinfo6.sh
# sh mcsysinfo6.sh
Self-extracting archive of MagniComp SysInfo full runtime ve
rsion 6.0 H5 for hpux-ia64
Creating target directory /tmp/makeself.extract.14628
Verifying archive integrity ... OK
Extracting tools and data image ... OK
Extracting data mcsysinfo6.sh: ./makeselftools/tar: Execute
permission denied.
mcsysinfo6.sh: ./makeselftools/bzip2: Execute permission den
ied.

mcsysinfo6.sh[493]: ./setup: not found.
The program returned an error code (127)
Removing temporary files ...

wHAT IS GOING WRONG!!!

[James A. Donovan · Accepted solution]

What type of HP server do you have? What operating system are you running? When you opened this thread you were downloading the version 5 file (hp-parisc) and now you're working with the version 6 (hp-ia64), why the change?

[A. Clay Stephenson]

First of all, are you trying to execute an IA64 version on PA-RISC?

[khilari]

Guys, all i want to do is download sysinfo first to my desktop and then ftp it to my rp 7472......
I used the 6.0 version after because i thought lets start over fresh... Can u tell m eof a site and the url to download sysinfo from. I didnt really look into the parisc thing. But, the website said it is for hpux. So why didnt it work...
http://www.magnicomp.com/cgi-bin/mcdownload.cgi i am downloading it from here, for the 11 i version. So u r recommending i use the parisc version....

[A. Clay Stephenson]

Now that we know what platform you are using, yes. Use the PA-RISC version for HP-UX 10.20 and above; the version you are trying to unshar is for an Itanium-based boxed so the executables will not run on a PA-RISC box.

[khilari]

Ok guys, mission accomplished. I just installed it. Now, how do i invoke it. God, the struggle never ends ;).

[James A. Donovan]

http://www.magnicomp.com/sysinfo/6.0.1/doc/InstallGuide/html/ch03s02.html

[khilari]

HI Guys, okay so i finally got the sysinfo package. The details are:
package name: mcsysinfo 6.0 Hs
IT NEEDS 81 MB
directory is /opt/sysinfo.
Well, when i am installing it every thing goes fine, but just after i say yes to the agreement and yes to install packages this is what i get:


Proceed and install all files now? (Yes,No) [Yes] yes
------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------
Preparing to install into /opt/sysinfo . . . OK
Installing base . . . [|
###################/ ] 45%setup: CERR
OR: /opt/sysinfo/lib/platform/hpux-11-parisc/shared/libmcsys
info.sl: Open for write/create failed: Text file busy

The installation has been aborted due to an error.
The program returned an error code (1)
Removing temporary files ...


Thanks.

[Arunvijai_4]

Hi Khilari,

You can download sysinfo as depot and install it

http://hpux.connect.org.uk/hppd/hpux/Sysadmin/sysinfo-3.3.1/

-Arun

[khilari]

Hey Arun, i am new at this. I ftp'ed the sysinfo.gz into a directory sysinfo onto the hp box. Now what do i do....

Thanks.

[Arunvijai_4]

Khilari,

If you have downloaded depot, you should install it on HP-UX.

# swinstall -s sysinfo

will do the job for you.

-Arun

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