custom from remote systems
Stuart J. Browne
done do a non OSR5 system in order to allow it to serve out the custom images
remotely?
Here's the situation..
I have a remote server which has a broken CDROM drive. We need to install
Sendmail from the distribution media (OSR5.0.5), but the only machine on the
network of which it has direct access too is ours here in the office.
This machine is a Linux machine.
SO basically I was wondering if it would be possible to gerry-rig the Linux
box to pretend to be an OSR custom image server so I can install this
package.
Fun questions eh? :)
bkx
Scott McMillan
>Fun questions eh? :)
>
Love those 'fun questions'!
>bkx
>
Stuart,
The remote server has direct access how?
Couldn't you use FTP (or NFS pointing to the Linux system) to get the
images from, for example, the 5.0.6 Release Supplement or the
downloaded VOL files from SCO's download site, to install Sendmail via
custom? You simply need to get the VOLs onto the system, or into a
remote directory that the SCO system can access.
If a high-speed network connection is not available, you could tar the
VOLs onto a tape, and send the tape to the remote server location.
Or, and I know this would not be the favorite choice, you could
transfer the images via dialup. (Ugh!)
Or am I all wet, and the Sendmail 8.11 in the rs506a doesn't work in
5.0.5?
Scott McMillan
Stuart J. Browne
news:h9lu2vcspvu7298r1...@4ax.com...
> On Thu, 23 Jan 2003 10:59:45 +1100, "Stuart J. Browne"
> <stu...@promed.com.au> wrote:
>
> >To configure an 'other' system to serve out Custom packages, what needs to
be
> >done do a non OSR5 system in order to allow it to serve out the custom
images
> >remotely?
> >
> >Here's the situation..
> >
> >I have a remote server which has a broken CDROM drive. We need to install
> >Sendmail from the distribution media (OSR5.0.5), but the only machine on
the
> >network of which it has direct access too is ours here in the office.
> >
> >This machine is a Linux machine.
> >
> >SO basically I was wondering if it would be possible to gerry-rig the
Linux
> >box to pretend to be an OSR custom image server so I can install this
> >package.
> >
>
> >Fun questions eh? :)
> >
> Love those 'fun questions'!
>
PPP Dial-up, Network.
> Couldn't you use FTP (or NFS pointing to the Linux system) to get the
> images from, for example, the 5.0.6 Release Supplement or the
> downloaded VOL files from SCO's download site, to install Sendmail via
> custom? You simply need to get the VOLs onto the system, or into a
> remote directory that the SCO system can access.
>
> If a high-speed network connection is not available, you could tar the
> VOLs onto a tape, and send the tape to the remote server location.
> Or, and I know this would not be the favorite choice, you could
> transfer the images via dialup. (Ugh!)
>
> Or am I all wet, and the Sendmail 8.11 in the rs506a doesn't work in
> 5.0.5?
I don't think so.. but in any case, I don't like the prospect of ftping the
volume files on the CD across, given that they are MANY and I have no idea
which ones are actually Sendmail's.
Scott McMillan
<stu...@promed.com.au> wrote:
>"Scott McMillan" <sm...@usa.net> wrote in message
>news:h9lu2vcspvu7298r1...@4ax.com...
>> On Thu, 23 Jan 2003 10:59:45 +1100, "Stuart J. Browne"
>> <stu...@promed.com.au> wrote:
>>
>> >To configure an 'other' system to serve out Custom packages, what needs to
>be
>> >done do a non OSR5 system in order to allow it to serve out the custom
>images
>> >remotely?
>> >
>> >Here's the situation..
>> >
>> >I have a remote server which has a broken CDROM drive. We need to install
>> >Sendmail from the distribution media (OSR5.0.5), but the only machine on
>the
>> >network of which it has direct access too is ours here in the office.
>> >
>> >This machine is a Linux machine.
>> >
>> >SO basically I was wondering if it would be possible to gerry-rig the
>Linux
>> >box to pretend to be an OSR custom image server so I can install this
>> >package.
>> >
>>
>> >Fun questions eh? :)
>> >
>> Love those 'fun questions'!
>>
>> The remote server has direct access how?
>
>PPP Dial-up, Network.
Ah, yes. Now I see. That would be fun, wouldn't it ?
>
>> Couldn't you use FTP (or NFS pointing to the Linux system) to get the
>> images from, for example, the 5.0.6 Release Supplement or the
>> downloaded VOL files from SCO's download site, to install Sendmail via
>> custom? You simply need to get the VOLs onto the system, or into a
>> remote directory that the SCO system can access.
>>
>> If a high-speed network connection is not available, you could tar the
>> VOLs onto a tape, and send the tape to the remote server location.
>> Or, and I know this would not be the favorite choice, you could
>> transfer the images via dialup. (Ugh!)
>>
>> Or am I all wet, and the Sendmail 8.11 in the rs506a doesn't work in
>> 5.0.5?
>
>I don't think so.. but in any case, I don't like the prospect of ftping the
>volume files on the CD across, given that they are MANY and I have no idea
>which ones are actually Sendmail's.
>
My mistake. After looking at the contents of the CD, I see your
problem. Is this time-critical? You could tar the VOLs onto tape and
send them to the site.
There is a small (relative term) file at
http://www.scanmail-software.com/support/binaries.html for Sendmail on
Openserver. I have not tried it, and I'm guessing this wouldn't be
the first choice for any regular here at c.u.s.m, but if time is of
the essence, it may be worth a try.
Scott McMillan
Bela Lubkin
> > >To configure an 'other' system to serve out Custom packages, what needs to be
> > >done do a non OSR5 system in order to allow it to serve out the custom images
> > >remotely?
You _might_ get away with replacing /dev/cd0 with a symlink to a remote
CD-ROM device node via NFS. I'm skeptical but it might work.
> > Couldn't you use FTP (or NFS pointing to the Linux system) to get the
> > images from, for example, the 5.0.6 Release Supplement or the
> > downloaded VOL files from SCO's download site, to install Sendmail via
> > custom? You simply need to get the VOLs onto the system, or into a
> > remote directory that the SCO system can access.
> I don't think so.. but in any case, I don't like the prospect of ftping the
> volume files on the CD across, given that they are MANY and I have no idea
> which ones are actually Sendmail's.
In the directory with all the VOL.* files, there are also VOL.*.files
files. `grep` will tell you which of those have to do with sendmail.
It should be just one. You will also need VOL.000.000 and possibly 001,
which is/are the index of the rest of it. Then if you're very lucky, it
might work. I forget whether custom insists on opening every single VOL
file to verify that what the index told it was true, or if it just
believes the index. If it believes the index then the absence of the
rest of the gaggle shouldn't offend it.
>Bela<
Jean-Pierre Radley
I've pulled this trick before. You need just 000 and 001 and then
whatever contains the package you're after.
--
JP
Stuart J. Browne
"Bela Lubkin" <be...@caldera.com> wrote in message
news:2003012221...@mammoth.ca.caldera.com...
> Stuart J. Browne wrote:
>
> > > >To configure an 'other' system to serve out Custom packages, what
needs to be
> > > >done do a non OSR5 system in order to allow it to serve out the custom
images
> > > >remotely?
>
> You _might_ get away with replacing /dev/cd0 with a symlink to a remote
> CD-ROM device node via NFS. I'm skeptical but it might work.
Ok.. I'll skip this one for the moment..
> > > Couldn't you use FTP (or NFS pointing to the Linux system) to get the
> > > images from, for example, the 5.0.6 Release Supplement or the
> > > downloaded VOL files from SCO's download site, to install Sendmail via
> > > custom? You simply need to get the VOLs onto the system, or into a
> > > remote directory that the SCO system can access.
>
> > I don't think so.. but in any case, I don't like the prospect of ftping
the
> > volume files on the CD across, given that they are MANY and I have no
idea
> > which ones are actually Sendmail's.
>
> In the directory with all the VOL.* files, there are also VOL.*.files
> files. `grep` will tell you which of those have to do with sendmail.
> It should be just one. You will also need VOL.000.000 and possibly 001,
> which is/are the index of the rest of it. Then if you're very lucky, it
> might work. I forget whether custom insists on opening every single VOL
> file to verify that what the index told it was true, or if it just
> believes the index. If it believes the index then the absence of the
> rest of the gaggle shouldn't offend it.
tar zcvf /tmp/sendmail-cheat.tar.gz VOL.000.0{0[014],2[23]}
8MB (roughtly) worth..
transfer..
extract..
poke..
Worked. I'm not sure why it wanted VOL.000.004, but after I threw it in
there, it installed clean.. so *yay!*
Thanks Bela/JPR.
bkx