HP-UX 11i v1 Installation and Update Guide, September 2005

Known Problems and Troubleshooting
Common Install and Update Error and Warning Messages
Appendix B 155
Root (/) Volume Lock
Error
If update-ux quits after you extended a volume size, you may
see an error containing these lines:
ERROR: The command: /var/adm/sw filter
/var/adm/sw/update-ux/swinstall...
This error will be logged in /var/adm/sw/swinstall.log:
Error: Cannot lock “/” because another command hold a
conflicting lock ...
This error indicates that other processes have locked the root
volume, preventing update-ux from completing a successful
update.
Wait 10 minutes and retry the update-ux command again.
EISA 100BT Warning
Message
When you remove an EISA 100BT product from a system or
update a system having EISA 100BT to any later releases of
HP-UX, you may find the following message in the
/var/adm/sw/swagent.log file:
Running remove setup command
/usr/lbin/sw/remove_setup.
/dev/diag/ether* not found.
This behavior is present in HP-UX 10.20 to HP-UX 11i
(B.11.11) versions of this product. Presence or absence of this
file on a system will not have any impact on this product. You
may safely ignore this message.
Table B-3 Common Install and Update Error and Warning Messages
Problem Description/Action