HP SIM Linux Installation Failure

[CA1494840]

hi all
I'm a new user on this forum ...
I have a problem with the HPSIM-Linux-C.05.01.00.00.bin installation (Fresh/new installation) which fails with a unknown error . i googled some times but there was not any answer for this problem or may be this problem occurs just for me ...
This is the error :
# sh HPSIM-Linux-C.05.01.00.00.bin
Verifying archive integrity...tail: cannot open `+6' for reading: No such file or directory
The package is from orginal cd which arrived with Server Machine ...
I'm trying to install on the CentOS5 machine but the machine is not an HP System and is a pc with CentOS !
Can you help me please ? How can i install the package ... Also can i install the package on a pc or should be an HP Machine ?
with the best regards ...
Morteza Nekoie

[CA1494840]

I'm sorry end of the error not typed in the previous post , this is the full error message :
# chmod +x HPSIM-Linux-C.05.01.00.00.bin
# ./HPSIM-Linux-C.05.01.00.00.bin
Verifying archive integrity...tail: cannot open `+6' for reading: No such file or directory
Error in check sums 1775613746 1153832294
# sh HPSIM-Linux-C.05.01.00.00.bin
Verifying archive integrity...tail: cannot open `+6' for reading: No such file or directory
Error in check sums 3248413551 1153832294

and also this is the error when trying to install the orginal linux hpsim package which included in the cd :
# ./t2416ba_4.01.00_linux.bin
Verifying archive integrity...tail: cannot open `+6' for reading: No such file or directory
Error in check sums 559340101 1020526735

Thanks alot

[iwijnen]

I've the same problem... can you tell me if you find a fix for it?

[Sean Murray_2]

Got the same problem on Scientific Linux 5 another Redhat clone. Using the same file on Scientific Linux 4 all is happy, interestingly the md5sum changes depending on how you run it ?

The versions of tail have changed from 5.2.? to 5.97

before executing the .bin file set the _POSIX2_VERSION=199209

i.e. in bash
export _POSIX2_VERSION=199209
then execute the script.
That now works on Scientific Linux 5 so I presume all other derived versions of Redhat EL5.

Why they are using Makeself 1.5.5 would be a rather interesting question as this is the cause of the oboslete call to tail.

Sean