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RIO
install hangs on AIX 5.1
Issue
ID: SSTP0001
Date: October 23, 2002
The
information in this article applies to:
SYMPTOMS
- When
installing RIO for AIX on a system running
AIX 5.1 the installp process hangs at the
following point
installp: APPLYING software for:
devices.rio.com 1.6.3.0
. . . . . << Copyright notice for devices.rio
>> . . . . . . .
Specialix RIO
Copyright (C) 1997 Specialix International.
All Rights Reserved
. . . . . << End of copyright notice
for devices.rio >>. . . .
Restoring files, please wait
- Once
successfully installed the RIO driver "riodd"
would fail to load on AIX 5.1 systems
RESOLUTION
Engineering
has recognised the problem and has provided
the following modified installation procedure
and upgrade to resolve these issues.
Modified
AIX Installation Procedure:
This
procedure involves copying the files from the
floppy to a temporary directory on the local
hard drive and then installing the driver from
this temporary directory. This can be accomplished
by typing the following two commands:
#bffcreate
-v -t /tmp/perle all
#installp -acX -d /tmp/perle all
New
AIX RIO Driver 1.6.3.1:
RIO1631.img
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