Thanks Mike, Your posting from 12/14/2005 (see below) fixed my problem. I copied the SP3 CD2 files/directories into CD1's and edited the s390x/update/SUSE-CORE/9/patches/mediamap file to change the 2's to 1's for the patches that pointed at CD2.
I had the CD iso files loop-back mounted and each CD's contents copied into <path>/CD1, <path>/CD2. For the copying of CD2 to CD1 I did: cd <path>/CD2 ; cp -dr --preserve=all * <path>/CD1 and then edited the mediamap file. -------------------------------------------------------- This e-mail, including any attachments, may be confidential, privileged or otherwise legally protected. It is intended only for the addressee. If you received this e-mail in error or from someone who was not authorized to send it to you, do not disseminate, copy or otherwise use this e-mail or its attachments. Please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and delete the e-mail from your system. -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael MacIsaac Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 7:03 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: SLES9 s390x problems installing SP3? John, I vaguely remember this. One workaround that an enterprising colleague found was to unmount CD1 and mount CD2 in the same place while the error message is showing. Then the upgrade should continue. The crux of the problem, I believe, was that an identifier in a file was wrong. I recall there was a way to drill down into the error message, get the offending value, somehow make the ISO image read/write, find the correct file and set the value - a lot of work just to get yast to read a CD. (I like plan A :)) "Mike MacIsaac" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (845) 433-7061 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bug in yast => Patch CD Update function? Michael MacIsaac Wed, 14 Dec 2005 05:33:26 -0800 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
