TruePort install hangs on AIX 5.1

Issue ID: SSTP0001
Date: October 23, 2002

The information in this article applies to:

• TruePort for AIX 4.1.0.0

SYMPTOMS

When installing TruePort for AIX on a system running AIX 5.1 the installp process hangs at the following point
installp: APPLYING software for:
devices.tp 4.1.0.0
Restoring files, please wait.

RESOLUTION

Engineering has recognised the problem and has provided the following modified installation procedure to resolve this particular issue.

Modified AIX Installation Procedure:

This procedure involves creating the TruePort driver disk image, then creating installation 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 commands:

use the Unix dd command to create an initial floppy disk image from the image file:
# dd if=tpaix410.img of=/dev/fd0 bs=64k
22+1 records in.
22+1 records out.
or use the Windows copydisk utility to create the floppy disk image.

create a temporary directory on the host.
# mkdir /tmp/perle

run the following commands to create installation files from the floppy disk image to /tmp/perle and then install the package from the installation files.
#bffcreate -v -t /tmp/perle all
#installp -acX -d /tmp/perle all