Re: 8.1.5EE for SPARC Solaris download

From: Connor McDonald <connor_mcdonald_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 17:33:15 +0800
Message-ID: <388EBF5B.25E9@yahoo.com>

tiny anklet bells wrote:
>
> I've been installing 8.1.5i EE for Sun SPARC Solaris off the download from
> technet.ora. We ran into major problems with the install -- files and
> symlinks missing from the tar file all over the place. Specifically, the
> jre native_threads and green_threads files were all missing, as were a lot
> of the doc files and some of the LSM files; other files were present in
> the download but not where the OUI expected them, so I suspect there were
> missing symlinks. We did the 12-hour download twice and found the same
> problems in the second download.
>
> Has anyone else done the install from the download, and run into similar
> problems? We're looking into getting the CDs because we had to do such a
> hackish install (though eventually we were able to get it up and running).
> Is the install from CD any better, or does it have similar missing files?
> Are there "official" workarounds for these problems?
>
> I'd like to hear about any experience you've had with installing 8.1.5i EE
> for Sun SPARC Solaris, from CD or from the download... any info on your
> install experience would be a help.
>
> Thanks,
> Natalka Roshak

I know that is not much help but...

I did not experience the problem you mentioned
8.1.6 is now available and is (probably) more stable than 8.1.5

HTH
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Connor McDonald
"These views mine, no-one elses etc etc" connor_mcdonald_at_yahoo.com

"Some days you're the pigeon, and some days you're the statue." Received on Wed Jan 26 2000 - 03:33:15 CST