Kbase 13072: CANNOT OPEN FILENAME messages during installation READ THIS
| Autor |
Progress Software Corporation - Progress |
| Acesso |
Público |
| Publicação |
5/10/1998 |
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CANNOT OPEN FILENAME messages during installation READ THIS
If you are seeing messages during the installation of Progress that
read: "Cannot open filename" or "Filename not found" it is most likely
because you are running the installation without referencing a
non-rewinding device name.
A rewind device name will rewind the tape on each open call that is
made to it. A non-rewind device name will read the tape without
rewinding it first, allowing you to advance through the tape.
Progress tapes are created in sections. The first section contains all
of the installation files. These are the files that are copied off of
the tape during the initial cpio command (eg. proinstall, prodevices,
_isroot, etc.). The subsequent sections contain the Progress binaries
and utility files. Our installation will use the rewind device name
to rewind the tape initially then it will advance one section. From
that point on, any reference to the tape will be made with the non-
rewinding device name. Using the non-rewinding device name will allow
us to advance to each section on the tape.
After sections are installed, we will try to set the protections on
the files so that they can be executed. This is the tailoring portion
of the install and it consists of a series of chmod commands.
If you have not specified a non-rewinding tape device name, the
beginning portion of the tape will be unpacked over and over again
and the end result is that all the install files will be in each of
your target directories. For this reason, when the installation
tries to execute the chmod commands to setup the protections for you
the error messages "Cannot open filename" will be displayed.
To resolve the problem, restart the installation and at the second
menu you should see a prompt to "View or Change Installation Devices".
Select this option, type "o" for other, and enter at the prompts your
rewind and non-rewind device names. If you are not sure what the non-
rewind device is, using your rewind device name as a template, type
the following:
If /dev/rst8 is your rewind device, type:
ls /dev/*rst8*
Your non-rewind device name should be similar to the rewind device
but probably has the letter "n" either before or after it.
Example:
/dev/rst8n
/dev
rst8
On IBM systems, the rewind and non rewind device names normally differ
only by the extension on the device name.
Example:
/dev/rmt1 Rewind device name
/dev/rmt1.1 NON-Rewind device name
or
/dev/rmt0 Rewind device name
/dev/rmt0.1 NON-Rewind device name
Once you have entered the correct devices you should be able to
complete the installation without error.
Progress Software Technical Support Note # 13072