Re: HP-UX 11.0 (32-bits) Oracle 8.0.5 Enterprise Edition CD-ROM has problems

In article <F1wpvt.Cxs_at_csc.liv.ac.uk>,
  rkl_at_csc.liv.ac.uk (Richard Lloyd) wrote:
> Oracle 8.0.5 Enterprise Edition CD-ROM for HP-UX 11.0 (32-bits)
> (Part number A65616-01) has "problems".
>
> Basically, here's what they were:
>
> * There appears to be a bug with file locking on some CD-ROMs when using
> HP-UX's Portable Filing System (PFS - it's the kludgy way HP-UX reads Rock
> Ridge CD-ROMs). I applied the latest PFS patch for HP-UX 11.0, but it
> didn't help.
>
> Basically, here's the crucial output section from "tusc" (an HP-UX tracing
> program) when I PFS-mount the CD-ROM, go to the <CDROM>/orainst tree
> and run "./orainst" directly from the CD-ROM:
>
> fcntl(6, F_SETLK, 2139006168) .................................. [sleeping]
>
> In other words, a lock is being attempted on an open CD-ROM file and
> the process hangs ("sleeps") ! You can't even kill the installer - you
> have to get reboot the machine to get rid of the process.
>
> After much gnashing of teeth, I ended up back-to-back tar copying the
> files off the CD-ROM onto a hard disk and then running them from there
> and - voila - it worked, proving that PFS locking was to blame. Note that
> the matching "Oracle Developer" CD-ROM for 11.0 (version 1.6.1.0.0 -
> part number A64710-01) actually *can* run the installer from the CD-ROM
> directly, suggesting that the PFS bug only crops up on certain CD-ROMs
> and not others. Also note that the equivalent CD-ROM's for HP-UX 10.20
> mounted and installed from the CD-ROM fine as well (on a 10.20 system of
> course).
>

[snip other bug]

> I find it very difficult to believe that Oracle claimed to have "certified"
> this release when it actually doesn't install without a lot of messing
> around. Mind you, it seems fine once I got it up and running - maybe they
> certify only the runtime bit and not the installer ? :-)
>
> Richard K. Lloyd, E-mail: rkl_at_csc.liv.ac.uk
> Connect, WWW: http://www.csc.liv.ac.uk/~rkl/
> 3, Brownlow Street,
> Liverpool University,
> Merseyside, UK. L69 3GL
>

Very intersting since I came up with a similar solution for the LINUX version. My symptoms were:

mount cdrom okay, cd to the orainst directory. The install program is readable (a shell script) and execution permission set for all users. Then I go to actually run the install program: error execute privilege denied!

tried to copy just the install script elsewhere, but got other errors due to the use of relative pathnames in the script.

So in the end I copied the entire cd image to disc. Then it worked (at least as far as hitting errors due to my environment being incorrectly configured).

I'll see what new progress I make tonight.

--
Ed Prochak
Magic Interface, Ltd.
440-498-3702

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