Patch Name: PHKL_1147

Patch Description: Decrease time to open floppy device

    Problem this patch addresses:

        The time required to open a floppy device in HP-UX 8.07 can
        be substantial when the floppy media is unformatted or is
        formatted using a non MSDOS geometry. This patch reduces
        these excessive open times from 4 minutes 30 seconds (worst
        case) to under 30 seconds (worst case).  Since SoftPC opens
        floppy devices multiple times, the decrease in SoftPC floppy
        open times can be even more dramatic.

Path Name: /hp-ux_patches/s700/8.X/PHKL_1147

Effective Date: 920522

Patch Files:
/system/PHKL_1147/new/s2disk.o

SR/APR#: 5003058289

"what" string/timestamp:
vm_swp.o:
        PATCH_8.07:  s2disk.o  1.2.61.19  92/05/22

"sum" output:
6338 89 s2disk.o

Dependencies:  Applies only to S700 8.07 kernels.

Supersedes: None.

Patch Package Size: 72 Kbytes

Installation Instructions:

     Please review all instructions and the Hewlett-Packard
     SupportLine User Guide or your Hewlett-Packard support terms
     and conditions for precautions, scope of license,
     restrictions, and, limitation of liability and warranties,
     before installing this patch.

     Note: Please back up your system before you patch.

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After getting the patch onto your machine, unshar the patch (sh PHKL_1147).

To install this patch do the following:
1) Run the update program (Note: you must be logged in as root to update
   a system).
2) Once in the update "Main Menu" move the highlighted line to "Change
   Source or Destination ->" and press "Return" or "Select Item".
3) Make sure the highlighted item in the "Change Source or Destination"
   window is "From Tape Device to Local System ...", then press "Return" or
   "Select Item".
4) You should now be in the "From Tape Device to Local System" window.
   Change the "Source:  /dev/rmt/0m" to "Source: /tmp/PHKL_1147.updt"
   (this assumes that you are in the /tmp directory where PHKL_1147.updt
   has been placed).  Note: You must enter the complete path name.
5) Press "Done".
6) From here on follow the standard directions for update.

The customized script that update runs will move the original software
to /system/PHKL_1147/orig.  HP recommends keeping this software there in
order to recover from any potential problems.  It is also recommended that
you move the PHKL_1147.text file to /system/PHKL_1147 to be retained for
future reference.

If you wish to put this patch on a magnetic tape and update from the tape
drive, dd a copy of the patch to the tape drive.  As an example the
following will create a copy of the patch that update can read:
dd if=PHKL_1147.updt of=/dev/rmt/0m bs=2048