Cabletron Systems SFCS-200WG Obtaining the Software Upgrade File via Diskette, Tar -xvf device

Software Upgrade Instructions

6.1Obtaining the Software Upgrade File via Diskette

Using the Cabletron Systems distribution diskettes, the upgrade software must be installed on a workstation attached (via Ethernet or ATM) to the SCP being upgraded. The first disk contains a part of the distribution software, as well as a script that extracts the remaining software from the rest of the disks and builds the upgrade distribution on the workstation. The first disk can be extracted using the tar command:

tar -xvf <device>

where <device> is the block device name of the floppy drive. This disk should then be ejected from the floppy drive. On a SunOS system, the follow- ing command will eject a floppy disk:

eject <device>

where <device> is the block device name of the floppy drive. On other oper- ating systems, there may be a different command for ejecting a floppy disk or there may be a manual eject button. If there is a manual eject button, eject the disk and proceed. If there is a UNIX command for ejecting the floppy, use that command to eject the floppy and proceed.

At this point, two files should have been created: fore_extract and SFCS-200BX_<version>(where <version> is the new software version). The fore_extract file is the script that will extract the files from the other floppies. If there is a command to eject a floppy on your system, set the following envi- ronment variable so the fore_extract script can properly eject the floppies:

setenv FORE_EJECT <eject_command> (for csh)

or

FORE_EJECT<=eject_command>;export FORE_EJECT (for sh)

On a Sun running SunOS 4.1.x, set the following environment variable so the fore_extract script can properly eject the floppies:

setenv FORE_EJECT eject

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