Patch Name: PHSS_5776 Patch Description: s700 9.0[135] Allows net-installing to newer disks Creation Date: 95/07/06 Post Date: 95/07/14 Hardware Platforms - OS Releases: s700: 9.01 9.03 9.05 Products: N/A Filesets: NET-INSTL-700 Automatic Reboot?: No Status: General Release Critical: No Path Name: /hp-ux_patches/s700/9.X/PHSS_5776 Symptoms: PHSS_5776: The network install process does not have support for some of the latest disk drives shipped by Hewlett-Packard in the internal /etc/disktab. PHSS_5175: The 9.01, 9.03 and the orginal 9.05 release of the network install capability will not recognize some of the newer disk drives shipped by Hewlett Packard. Error message produced by installation tool: Note: The destination disk type: was not found in the disk table /etc/disktab. If model number: is incorrect, and a correct one (one that has an entry in /etc/disktab) is known, please enter it now, otherwise just press return: PHSS_4862: The 9.01 and 9.03 release of the network install capability will not recognize some of the newer disk drives shipped by Hewlett Packard. Defect Description: PHSS_5776: Loading this patch onto a network install server will allow systems doing the installation to install to the newer disks shipped by Hewlett Packard. This patch can be used with 9.01, 9.03 and 9.05 network install servers. This patch contains entries for the latest disks, as well as automatic support for future disks without the need for a new disktab entry. This patch provides identical capabilities as available in the 9.07 HP-UX release of the NET-INSTL-700 fileset. PHSS_5175: Loading this patch onto a network install server will allow systems doing the installation to install to the newer disks shipped by Hewlett Packard. This patch can be used with 9.01, 9.03 and 9.05 network install servers. The disks that are recognized by this patch that are new since the 9.01 release are: DEC_DSP3107LS DEC_DSP3107LSW DEC_DSP3210S DEC_DSP3210SW HP_C3324A HP_C3324W HP_C3325A HP_C3325W QUANTUM_ELS127S QUANTUM_LPS1080S QUANTUM_LPS1080WD QUANTUM_LPS270S SEAGATE_ST11200N SEAGATE_ST12400N SEAGATE_ST12400W SEAGATE_ST31200N SEAGATE_ST31200W SEAGATE_ST31230N SEAGATE_ST31230W SEAGATE_ST32430N SEAGATE_ST32430W PHSS_4862: Patch PHSS_4862 does not recognize all the disks that patch PHSS_5175 does. SR: 5003246215 Patch Files: /usr/lib/uxinstkern.700 what(1) Output: /usr/lib/uxinstkern.700: [what /usr/lib/uxinstkern.700 | grep HP-UX] B2352A HP-UX (A.09.07) #2: Mon Apr 24 17:28:04 MDT 1 995 sum(1) Output: 21890 8512 /usr/lib/uxinstkern.700 Patch Conflicts: None Patch Dependencies: None Hardware Dependencies: None Other Dependencies: None Supersedes: PHSS_4862 PHSS_5175 Equivalent Patches: None Patch Package Size: 4310 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. ------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Back up your system before installing a patch. 2. Copy the patch to your /tmp directory and unshar it: cd /tmp cp patch_source/PHSS_5776 . sh PHSS_5776 3. Become root and run update: /etc/update 4. Use the cursor keys to select "Change Source or Destination ->" and press [Return]. 5. Select "From Tape Device to Local System ..." in the Change window and 6. Change "Source: /dev/rmt/0m" to "Source: /tmp/PHSS_5776.updt" 7. Press "Done" (f4). 8. Follow the standard directions for update. Update moves the original software to /system/PHSS_5776/orig. Keep this file to recover from any potential problems. You should move the .text file to /system/PHSS_5776 for future reference. To put this patch on a magnetic tape and update from the tape drive, use dd: dd if=PHSS_5776.updt of=/dev/rmt/0m bs=2048 Special Installation Instructions: This patch (if needed) should be loaded onto your 9.01/9.03/9.05 network-install boot server (the system that new systems are booted from). This boot-server will have the NET-INSTL-700 fileset already loaded. Any default parameters configured with instl_adm(1M) will be lost when this patch is loaded. You will need to run instl_adm again after the patch is loaded to restore them. This patch contains the 9.07 install kernel.