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Re: (ASCEND) Max TNT upgrade from 1.2ap12 to 1.3Ap6



On Thu, 2 Oct 1997, Kevin Smith wrote:

[snip]
> Sure enough the 1.3A release notes suggest there's something wrong and you
> should retry (maybe re-download the tar file as you did)...but in the 1.3Ap6
> release notes there is another warning (see step 4):

That's always my first thought, check the file integrity before blaming
the procedure.  I can remember when I used to forget to type "bi" at the
FTP prompt to switch from Ascii to Binary.  So, I check it blaming it on
human error first (mine).
 
[snip]
> 1 Download the binaries from Ascend's FTP server to a local host.
> 2 Log into the MAX TNT.
> 3 Load the upgrade shelf-controller software. For example, to load via TFTP
> from host1:
> admin> load boot-sr network host1 tntsr.bin
> 4 Load the upgrade tar file. For example:
> admin> load tar network host1 tntrel.tar
> Note: This load might not be successful. It might stop with the error
> message "load
> aborted: invalid image ..." This is okay.

Well, this is as far as I got.  Would you believe it if I told you that I
had this very same error almost a month ago?  We called tech support then
too and they didn't even know why it had happened.  We actually had to
revert back to 1.2 (at the time, it was 1.2Ap10, and we wanted to go to
1.3Ap2).  So, we installed 1.2Ap12.  Long story short, this wasn't the
first time we asked about it.  And both times the techs that we spoke to
still didn't know.  I can understand the first time saying he didn't know 
as the code was still new.  But a month later, that's inexcusable.

> 5 Use the Dircode and Fsck 1 commands to verify that the images are good.
> If for any
> reason the verification shows the files are not all okay or are of the
> wrong release, format
> the flash card with the Format 1 command and repeat from Step 4.

I did this as the tech's suggestion.

> 6 Use the Reset command to execute the new shelf-controller software.
> admin> reset
> 7 Log into the MAX TNT again and load the upgrade tar file a second time.
> It should

I did this as my own suggestion. (Good thing I listen when I'm talking to
myself)

> complete properly this time. For example:
> admin> load tar network host1 tntrel.tar
> <<<<

Yep.  I did that while waiting on hold for the ascend drone to find out
from the Collective what he should do.  Was Atif not linked to the
Collective that day? ;)
 
> Is this effectively the steps that you did take to get the code to load?

Yes, it was, but via trial and error and waiting on hold for the drone to
find out what we should do.
--
Joseph Hickman
  Director of Network Operations
  josephh@psn.net / iconia@psn.net

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