DOCUMENT ID: 1319-02

SYNOPSIS:    Merge Patch installation on a DU-installed OS

OS RELEASE:  2.4

PRODUCT:     Solaris x86, Merge

KEYWORDS:    Merge Driver Update DU Boot floppy


SYMPTOMS:

Merge Patch doesn't install when driver update disk was used to install
Solaris. 


DESCRIPTION:

The Merge Patch install may fail when done on a system that has been
installed with a Driver Update. 


SOLUTION:

The problem is that the driver update changes the ownership and
permission for the directory /kernel/misc.  The patch will not install
with these changed permission and ownership.  So here is what is to be
done:

 # chmod 755 /kernel/misc
 # chgrp sys /kernel/misc

Once this is done then the patch install goes fine.


DATE APPROVED: 05/08/95