Re: trying to update 712, but...
Richard Hirst wrote:
>On Wed, Jan 11, 2006 at 03:28:38PM +0100, Michael Perkonigg wrote:
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>>Hello,
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>>I downloaded the upgrade file for my 712 to upgrade the firmware. This
>>is a shell file which builds the actual .frm file.
>>It seems to be built to run on HP-UX and I suspect it to not work
>>properly with Linux.
>>I get some error messages when starting the shell script:
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>>gecko60:~/update# ../PF_C7120023
>>x - C7120023.text
>>touch: warning: `touch 0417072896' is obsolete; use `touch -t
>>199604170728.00'
>>touch: warning: `touch 0417072896' is obsolete; use `touch -t
>>199604170728.00'
>>Compiling unpacker for non-ascii files
>>/tmp/cc3CRVYS.o(.text+0x2c): In function `main':
>>: warning: the `gets' function is dangerous and should not be used.
>>x - C7120023.frm [compressed]
>>ERROR: wc results of C7120023.frm are 5518 29034 709632 should be 5518
>>22318 709632
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>By that time it has already run 'sum' on the binary file and got
>the right answer. My guess would be a difference between the
>HP-UX and Linux version of 'wc' when it comes to processing
>binary files. If so, then the resulting C7120023.frm is probably
>fine. Might be nice if someone else confirmed that before you
>trash your machine though ;-)
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>Richard
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Right, that would be nice. :-)
You are right, sum already calculated the correct answer. Nevertheless I
am not able to boot from it.
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>>touch: warning: `touch 0307160396' is obsolete; use `touch -t
>>199603071603.00'
>>touch: warning: `touch 0417072796' is obsolete; use `touch -t
>>199604170727.00'
>>gecko60:~/update#
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>>I had a look into the shell script and saw that 'wc' and 'sum' are used
>>to generate numbers.
>>What would wc do better to check the file sum can't?
>>sum seems to think that the file is correct but wc doesn't.
>>If I write the file to a tape I cannot boot from it, it is in the search
>>list but if I try to boot from the tape I am thrown back to the admin
>>console without a word, if I write it to a CD I can boot but the updater
>>thinks that the firmware data isn't loadable.
>>
>>Anyone a guess or could send me a working file to upgrade my 712 to the
>>latest firmware?
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>>712/60, 96MB, tape drive is a Tandberg TDC 4100.
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>>Thanks,
>>Mike
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