Problems with OpenServer 6
- From: "C. Coulter" <wizard2277@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2006 21:46:49 -0700
Hi all!
Here's the configuration that I'm having problems
with:
Hardware:
Asus P5WD2 Motherboard with Marvell Gigabit onboard
Intel P4 2.8 GHz
Crucial 512 MB memory
Asus 64 MB MX4000 video card
Adaptec 29160 SCSI adapter
Seagate Travan 8 tape drive
Two (2) Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320 GB SATA II disks
Sony 1.44 MB Floppy
Sony DW-U30 DVD burner
Moxa CP104JU 4 port RJ45 serial port card
Software:
OpenServer 6.0.0
OpenServer 6 Development System
Maintenance Pack 2
Marvell Yukon ethernet driver
Problem No. 1:
I had a functioning OpenServer 6 system when
I checked the SCO web site and saw that there were
a number of patches that SCO was "recommending" over and
above Maintenance Pack 2. So, I downloaded them and
applied them. I had been using my DVD burner to backup
and restore files without any problems prior to this.
However, once I applied the patches, my DVD burner and
IDE driver no longer appeared during the system boot
process and I could no longer use the DVD drive.
I wasn't sure what caused the problem, so I did a
fresh install of OpenServer 6 and then applied the
patches one by one. I was able to determine that
the problem was caused by patch 7.1.4d to the IDE
driver. As soon as that patch was applied, the
driver would disappear from the boot process.
However, it was still shown in "pkginfo". I then
used "pkgrm" to remove the IDE driver and applied
patches 7.1.4c and 7.1.4b (in that order) from the
SCO website. Neither one made the DVD drive and
the IDE interface usable. Unfortunately, 7.1.4a
(which is what comes with the base operating
system was not available on the website). Does
anyone know if this is a defective patch? Could
I have done something wrong to cause this? How
can you retrieve the base driver 7.1.4a when a
patch is installed using "pkgadd" and doesn't
give you a chance to retain the original files as
"custom" often did?
Problem No. 2:
We all know that OS6 supports large files. In
addition, the SCO website states that certain
utilities such as "cdrecord" are supported.
However, the problem that I have run into is
as follows: I create a large file and burn it to
DVD using "mkisofs -r -J -o filename.isoimg"
and "cdrecord -gracetime=0 -sao filename.isoimag"
However, when I attempt to extract the file from
the mounted DVD filesystem, I always get an error
near the end of the extraction (where the 2 GB
limit would be) that indicates the "value is too
large." In researching this on the Internet, it
would appear that this is a limitation in
mkisofs (possibly due to the RockRidge/Joiet
format) and/or cdrecord.
Does anyone know of a way to get around this
problem? Why doesn't SCO provide large file
aware versions of "mkisofs", "cdrecord", and,
most importantly, "tar"??? If SCO is going
to force us to change scripts to use the
"/u95/bin" directory, shouldn't there be
versions of all the appropriate utilities in
there?
I know that most of you will respond by
indicating that I should be using a supertar.
I'm quite familiar with these products, but
they have their own problems. As a dealer
and software developer, we don't release our
customer names to anyone. Yet, that is
exactly what the supertar manufacturer's want
you to do. In addition, that media may not
always be compatible with Windows systems.
I know that this is very long, but I've tried
to give you as much information as I have
regarding these 2 problems.
Please respond if you have any input,
C. Coulter
wizard2277@xxxxxxxxxxx (public address)
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