Hi, using luupgrade to add patches to an inactive boot environment I got this error:
[Wed May 06 12:06:48 root at dbkrtdev01 /] # time luupgrade -t -n sol10u6_1 -l /var/tmp/patchinst.err -o /var/tmp/patchinst.out -s /mnt/All_Patches $( cat /var/tmp/patchlist ) Validating the contents of the media </mnt/All_Patches>. The media contains 5914 software patches that can be added. Mounting the BE <sol10u6_1>. Adding patches to the BE <sol10u6_1>. Validating patches... Loading patches installed on the system... Done! Loading patches requested to install. *cp: /var/tmp/TmpDAAARBaGFD/137137-09/failsafe_archive: No space left on device* Unmounting the BE <sol10u6_1>. The patch add to the BE <sol10u6_1> failed (with result code <1>). real 13m15.862s user 5m35.332s sys 2m7.793s [Wed May 06 12:47:31 root at dbkrtdev01 /] # Question: What /var/tmp is luupgrade talking about ? From the current boot environment or from the boot environment to patch? The output above is from a Solaris 10 Update 6 [Wed May 06 16:11:10 root at dbkrtdev01 /] # uname -a SunOS dbkrtdev01.rze.de.db.com 5.10 Generic_137137-09 sun4v sparc SUNW,T5240 [Wed May 06 16:11:51 root at dbkrtdev01 /] # cat /etc/release Solaris 10 10/08 s10s_u6wos_07b SPARC Copyright 2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved., Use is subject to license terms. Assembled 27 October 2008 [Wed May 06 16:11:53 root at dbkrtdev01 /] # wc /var/tmp/patchlist 150 150 1500 /var/tmp/patchlist [Wed May 06 16:12:00 root at dbkrtdev01 /] # but hopefully the question is not "Solaris 10 U6 only" (and yes, we do have a service contract) regards Bernd -- Bernd Schemmer, Frankfurt am Main, Germany http://home.arcor.de/bnsmb/index.html M s temprano que tarde el mundo cambiar . Fidel Castro