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I believe error 5 is an I/O error. Are you installing the patches<br />
from CD/tape? If so you could have a problem with the media.<br />
If you run showrev -p , you can see what patches you already have <br />
installed.<br />

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I believe error 5 is an I/O error. Are you installing the patches
from CD/tape? If so you could have a problem with the media.
If you run showrev -p , you can see what patches you already have
installed.


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thanks but I figured it out<br />

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Sorry i should have posted it ....<br />
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It seems that I downloaded a bad copy and I dont know if this<br />
had anything to do with it but when i went down to single<br />
user mode ( init S) it didn't work<br />
<br />
i had to do the &nbsp;/usr/sbin/shutdown command to make it go into <br />
single user mode<br />
<br />
thanks for the tip though... I will tuck it away in the back of my mind <br />
<br />
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Sorry i should have posted it ....

It seems that I downloaded a bad copy and I dont know if this
had anything to do with it but when i went down to single
user mode ( init S) it didn't work

i had to do the  /usr/sbin/shutdown command to make it go into
single user mode

thanks for the tip though... I will tuck it away in the back of my mind




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Thanks for the reminder of the README.. I like others over look the best place for answers to problems...<br />
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Thanks for the reminder of the README.. I like others over look the best place for answers to problems...




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I wanted to install the 2.6 patches for my sparc machine .<br />
When I try to install them I get an error code of 5 for everyone.. What is error code 5? &nbsp;Does this mean I already have the patch on or a newerone and It wont install over it?.<br />
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Thanks
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I wanted to install the 2.6 patches for my sparc machine .
When I try to install them I get an error code of 5 for everyone.. What is error code 5?  Does this mean I already have the patch on or a newerone and It wont install over it?.

Thanks

Solaris 2.6 Patches

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