Installing Special Patches on a Diskless Client or Solstice AutoClient from a Server

Some MU2 patches are not automatically installed on systems running the Solaris 7 operating environment. The patch set that is included in the MU2 is complete only for systems running the Solaris 7 3/99 operating environment. If you want to apply MU2 patches to systems running the Solaris 7 operating environment, you will need to apply additional patches.

To determine if these additional patches should be applied to your system, check the /etc/release file for the release date by typing:

# cat /export/root/client_name/etc/release

If your screen displays this version of the Solaris operating environment, you must apply special patches.

                            Solaris 7 s998_21al2b SPARC
            Copyright 1998 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
                             Assembled 06 October 1998

1. Change directory to the special patch directory by typing:

   • From a local copy of the MU2 image, type:

     # cd local_directory/Solaris_7_MU2/platform/Patches/special_patches

   • From the MU2 CD, type:

     # cd /cdrom/Solaris_7_MU2/platform/Patches/special_patches

   where platform is either sparc or i386.

2. Install the special patches using the following command accordingly:

   • For each client root area:

     # patchadd -R /export/root/client_root -M . patchlist

   • For the service area:

     # patchadd -S Solaris_2.7 -M . patchlist

   The patches contained in the Special Patch directory for the SPARC platform of the MU2 include:

   107612-01	SunOS 5.7	koi8-R -ow hung before dtlogin screen
   107616-01	SunOS 5.7	European locale updates
   107693-01	SunOS 5.7	l10n_euro message updates for SUNW* is SUNW*os 599
   107707-01	SunOS 5.7	WOS Message Updates

   The patches contained in the Special Patch directory for the x86 platform of the MU2 include:

   107613-01	SunOS 5.7_x86	koi8-R -cde and ow hung before dtlogin screen
   107617-01	SunOS 5.7_x86	European locale updates
   107694-01	SunOS 5.7_x86	l10n_euro message updates for SUNW*is SUNW*os 599
   107708-01	SunOS 5.7_x86	WOS Message Updates

3. Return to Step 6 in "Installing With install_mu" to complete the installation.