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Can't add patch properly

I am trying to add a patch to Solaris 8 and I am having problems.....like usual.
I downloaded the patch and unzipped it, extracted it to a file and transfererred it to the sun box via ftp.  I moved it from the tmp directory to the /var/spool/pkg directory and I proceeded with the following which gave me the error shown:

# patchadd -M /var/spool/pkg 108435-15

One or more patch packages included in
108435-15 are not installed on this system.

Patchadd is terminating.
#

I checked the file that tells me what I am missing and it says the following:
THIS FILE CONTAINS THE LIST OF MISSING PATCHES OR KERNEL UPDATE .
The following patches are required on Solaris 5.8.
#The following patch is required if you are running Solaris 5.8 in 32-bit mode.
108434-04
#The following patch is required if you are running Solaris 5.8 in 64-bit mode.
108435-04

I can't find 108435-04 by itself but it seems to be a part of 108435-15 so I figure that it is the correct one and I am running 64bit (I think?)  

   If anyone sees what I am doing wrong please help!

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Check your bits first:

isainfo -b
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# isainfo -b
64
#
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So I tried this some more and found an error log that was produced saying that patch 108434-15 was required before the 108435-15 patch could be applied.  I downloaded 108434-15 and tried to add that and I received the following error:

This appears to be an attempt to install the same architecture and
version of a package which is already installed.  This installation
will attempt to overwrite this package.

WARNING:
    The /usr filesystem has 0 free blocks. The current installation requires 493
0 blocks, which includes a required 150 block buffer for open deleted files. 493
0 more blocks are needed.
Dryrun complete.
No changes were made to the system.

I have a symbolic link on the /usr system from the tmp file but the /usr filesystem is full.  Suggestions?

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That worked.  Thanks!