Hello list, I believed there is a bug in the SLES9 "Patch CD Update" process (both in SP2 and SP3). If you are trying to update your systems, the following statement is in the README file of SP3 CD1 is pertinent:
2.8 Updating to a Service Pack Using "Patch CD Update" ------------------------------------------------------ When updating to a Service Pack by means of a "Patch CD Update" and a network installation source, it is necessary to copy all Service Pack CDs into one directory then use this directory as that source. This instruction is not specific on exactly what directories to copy and is easy to miss. But the bigger issue is that it doesn't appear to work. If you correctly point yast to a merged directory, all the patches on CD1 will be applied, but when you get to the first patch on CD2, yast will prompt you for CD2 which seems to defeat the task of merging the CDs. Also, you now have a system in an undefined state, let's say SP 2.75 :)) I see in the file on CD1 named s390x/update/SUSE-CORE/9/patches/mediamap (thanks to Kevin C. for finding this) the place where apparently the CD number is specified: patch-10009 1 patch-10010 1 ... patch-9997 1 patch-10059 2 patch-10060 2 ... If this file is modified so the second record is always 1, then the merged directory will work. I opened bugzilla bug 20270 with the hopes that someone at SuSE will eventually agree with me, and fix it. I wanted to also bounce if off this list for a head's up and to be sure I'm not missing something obvious. "Mike MacIsaac" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (845) 433-7061 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
