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Article #803Re: setld on DEC systems
From: Alan's Home for Wayward Notes Fi...
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 1989 23:43
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 1989 23:43
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In article <685@elf1.iastate.EDU>, GR.SLK@isumvs.iastate.edu (Steve Kunz) writes: > Phil: > > RE: Your query to comp.sys.dec > > > it is NOT installed as I expected so then I used > > > > setld /dev/rmt0h -a SUBSETNAME > > > > to try to load the software. The system obviously searches the entire > > My docs say it should be as follows: > > setld -a /dev/rmt0h SUBSETNAME That's the right order if you want to use -a. It's best to let setld(8) do most of work and use -l. This will see what's on the tape and give you a menu of everything not installed. If the subset you want is still missing you might have a bad tape. To check, get the subset list and look at it: foreach i ( SPACE.1 SPACE.2 SPACE.3 INSTCTRL ) dd if=/dev/nrmt0h of=$i bs=10k end Then use tar(1) to look for the XXX.image file in the INSTCTRL archive. It gives the sum(1) information and order of the files on the tape. The subsets start after the INSTCTRL file. If the tape has a ROOT file it, it is actually the 3rd file. +-------------------------+ | Bootable image or SPACE | +-------------------------+ | SPACE | +-------------------------+ | Root dump or SPACE | +-------------------------+ | INSTCTRL | +-------------------------+ | | ~ Subsets ~ | | +-------------------------+ The SPACE file is a 10k placeholder. The "Guide to Preparing Software for Distribution on ULTRIX Systems" will contain more information about how setld tapes are constructed. > > Steve Kunz > GR.SLK@ISUMVS.IASTATE.EDU -- Alan Rollow alan@nabeth.enet.dec.com
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!purdue!decwrl!shlump.nac.dec.com!shodha.dec.com!alan From: alan@shodha.dec.com ( Alan's Home for Wayward Notes File.) Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec Subject: Re: setld on DEC systems Summary: Using setld(8). Message-ID: <452@shodha.dec.com> Date: 19 Oct 89 23:43:19 GMT References: <685@elf1.iastate.EDU> Organization: Digital Equipment Corp. - Colorado Springs, CO. Lines: 58