Hi, On Tue, 2004-09-07 at 23:24, Aulich, Gene wrote: > Why don't you symlink cp_tmp to some place that you have enough space?
We hit this snag as well. The guy doing the install tried the symlink trick, but was outsmarted by the install script which deletes cp_tmp before re-creating it. Colin > -----Original Message----- > From: Jameel Akari [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, September 06, 2004 9:19 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [FW-1] FP3 to R55 Solaris upgrade - disk space problem > > > On Mon, 6 Sep 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > When I run the upgrade script on my Solaris NG FP3 system to upgrade to > R55 it tries to use the root (/) directory to create and use a directory > called "cp_tmp". > > As I don't have much space in my root directory the script fills it up and > then exits with an error. > > Does anybody know how to pass and temporary directory argument to this > script? > > The only solution I found that works consistently (and was given to me by > CP tech support after I asked them the "right way" to do it was to edit > the variables inside the script(s) to put the temp directories elsewhere. > > This means you either copy everything local and edit it, or you copy it > all on some other machine, make the edits, try to test them, and burn a > new CD. > > I don't remember the variable names offhand but it's not hard to figure > out. I had to edit the installer script and some ancillary script it > calls. > > Since I've had to do this more than once, IMHO Checkpoint should patch the > scripts so that they check for the variables in the environment first, > something like: > > [ ${CP_TEMP_DIR} ] || CP_TEMP_DIR=/some/temp/dir > > Then you can "export CP_TEMP_DIR=/var/whatever" before running the script, > or will default to /some/temp/dir otherwise. > > > -- > #!/jameel/akari > sleep 4800; > make clean && make breakfast > > ================================================= > To set vacation, Out-Of-Office, or away messages, > send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > in the BODY of the email add: > set fw-1-mailinglist nomail > ================================================= > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, > please see the instructions at > http://www.checkpoint.com/services/mailing.html > ================================================= > If you have any questions on how to change your > subscription options, email > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ================================================= > > ================================================= > To set vacation, Out-Of-Office, or away messages, > send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > in the BODY of the email add: > set fw-1-mailinglist nomail > ================================================= > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, > please see the instructions at > http://www.checkpoint.com/services/mailing.html > ================================================= > If you have any questions on how to change your > subscription options, email > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ================================================= -- Colin Campbell Unix Support/Postmaster/Hostmaster Citec +61 7 3227 6334 ================================================= To set vacation, Out-Of-Office, or away messages, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] in the BODY of the email add: set fw-1-mailinglist nomail ================================================= To unsubscribe from this mailing list, please see the instructions at http://www.checkpoint.com/services/mailing.html ================================================= If you have any questions on how to change your subscription options, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] =================================================
