Re: Sybrand: 8.1.5-->8.1.6 upgrade hangs. Clues?

eskimo1234_at_my-deja.com wrote:
>
> In article <KGuB5.8814$Nr3.31089_at_news-server.bigpond.net.au>,
> "Mustapha Crap" <hashman_at_bigpond.net.au> wrote:
> > AFAICR, HP installs use to hang once upon a time if the NFS daemons
 weren't
> > up and running (or was it NIS ??). Seriously, it was some totally
 unrelated
> > network daemon that had to be up before the install could continue.
>
> Thanks for the suggestion.
>
> Unfortunately, the NFS (client, server, and lock) daemons
> and NIS client daemons were running on this HP-UX 11.0 box, yet
> the 8.1.6 install still hangs.
>
> I tried rebooting, in case one of the daemons was wedged, but
> that didn't help -- I still got a hang when I tried the 8.1.6
> install, as the exact same place, "Processing Oracle Protocol
> Support 8...".
>
> FWIW, this is a HP model 9000/800/D390
>
> BTW, what's "Metalink"? Those two articles you posted looked
> useful.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Eskimo
>
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> Before you buy.

Why not just use the installer to install the software, and then use the manual scripts to upgrade the database itself ?

HTH

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