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M1: Solaris install from HP mounted CD gives "Could not write directory"


Record #1720

Product Family:  Software

Product Line:  Merged Core

Problem Title:
M1: Solaris install from HP mounted CD gives "Could not write directory"


Problem Description:
Keywords: Install, workstation, platform, Solaris, HP

Urgency: Standard

Reference #: 17025

If the M1.3 Core Technology CD is mounted to an HP workstation, then an install
is done on a Solaris machine accessing this mounted CD, the following errors
may occur:

Copying file or directory
/net/jooky/cdrom/xc4000e/data/4003e.bxd to
/net/usr2/Xilinx/M1_3/xc4000e/data/4003e.bxd
ERROR - Could not write directory
...


Solution 1:

The workaround is to mount the CD on a Sun machine.



End of Record #1720