[rescue] How the fsck do I install gzip from a "depot" file on an HP-UX 10.20 box?

Bill Bradford rescue at sunhelp.org
Sun Sep 23 21:52:10 CDT 2001


On Sun, Sep 23, 2001 at 07:41:15PM -0700, Ken Hansen wrote:
> And I get the start-up screen (press enter to
> continue), then I get a message about an inability to
> create a lock file.
> What is the lock file? I have wide-open permission on
> /var/spool and /var/spool/sw directories...

Read the log file it tells you it wrote teh error in.  
There's actually a *missing* file - you'll need to go
touch that file, then everything will work.

Sorry I didnt see the original message - I dealt with this
problem a couple of months ago on a newly-installed 11.0
box.

Bill

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Bill Bradford
mrbill at mrbill.net
Austin, TX



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