DOCUMENT ID: 1173-02 SYNOPSIS: Install with Driver Update fails if /var is a file-system OS RELEASE: 2.1 PRODUCT: Solaris x86 KEYWORDS: install driver update /var file system patch distribution disk SYMPTOMS: Patches from distribution diskette will not install. DESCRIPTION: The installation of Solaris 2.1 for x86 from a Driver Update Boot diskette requests the insertion of the Driver Update Distribution diskette after the selected operating system packages have been installed from the CD-ROM. The distribution diskette also installs some patches that require access to the /var directory. If /var has been defined as a separate file-system, it is not yet mounted and therefore inaccessible, generating installation errors. SOLUTION: 1) If your installation is not dependent upon a critical patch, you may reinstall the Distribution Diskette by executing the following after booting the system: mkdir /tmp/Drivers cd /tmp/Drivers cpio -icuvdB < /dev/fd0 ./inst_patch.sh 2) If you are dependent upon the Driver Update Boot diskette in order to utilize a new host-bus adapter driver, then you are going to have a problem. In this case the only solution is to let /var remain as a directory on the / filesystem. If you anticipate large files being created there, then create a softlink between a sub directory in /var to another filesystem with enough room. DATE APPROVED: 10/10/95