HP-UX 11i Version 2 Installation and Update Guide, September 2004

Known Problems and Troubleshooting
Known Install and Update Problems
Appendix B162
update-ux Aborts when
Updating from HP-UX
11i (B.11.11) Prior to
the June 2004 HP-UX
11i Release
When updating from HP-UX 11i v1 (B.11.11) prior to the
June 2004 HP-UX 11i v1 release, you may encounter the
following error:
/var/adm/sw/tmp/update-ux/update-ux[34]: 6686
Abort(coredump)
ERROR: The command:
'/var/adm/sw/tmp/update-ux/swinstall
-x reinstall=true
-x autoselect_dependencies=false
-x enforce_dependencies=false
-x allow_incompatible=true
-x mount_all_filesystems=false
-f/var/adm/sw/tmp/update-ux/pre-update.filesets
-s /SD_CDROM' failed.
Output follows: /usr/lib/dld.sl: Unresolved symbol:
pthread_attr_init (code) from
/var/adm/sw/tmp/update-ux/swinstall
For more information, see
/var/adm/sw/swagent.log/var/adm/sw/tmp/update-ux/u
pdate-ux[89]: /var/adm/sw/swagent.log: Cannot find
or open the file.
Please install the latest version of update-ux from the HP-UX
11i v2 DVD media, as documented in “Task 2: Installing the
Latest Update-UX Bundle (Required)” on page 112.
/sbin/insf -e failed
Message Reported
During Cold Install
On some HP 9000 Servers, the /sbin/insf -e failed message
may appear during a cold install. After the install, you may
see the following message in the install.log file:
NOTE: Command "/sbin/insf -e" failed
You can safely ignore this message.
Table B-1 Known Install and Update Problems (Continued)
Problem Description/Action