SCO Xenix and Archive 525MB Tape Units
SCO Xenix 2.3.4 systems should have SCO's Support Level Supplement
XNX316 installed. This is available from Apricot.
SCO Xenix 2.3.2 systems should ideally be upgraded to version 2.3.4 to
maintain the customer's operating system at the current revision, the upgrade is available
from Apricot (SS49140 at £195.00). Should it be impractical to upgrade a customer in the
short term then Apricot have produced an installation of the driver from XNX316 which will
function on 2.3.2. Whilst the installation of the XNX316 driver remedies the problem it
should be seen only as an interim solution as the functionality of the driver is only
fully utilised under 2.3.4.
Please note the interim fix for 2.3.2 includes the functionality of
XNX316 meaning only one disk is required to install the supplement on 2.3.2-2.3.4 systems.
The interim fix can be found as APR316.Z on both the UNIX front end server and the DOS
Bulletin Board (File area 39).
The interim fix will only install on systems where SCO Supplement XNX296
has been installed. This supplement upgrades the SCO Xenix kernel from 2.3.2 to 2.3.3. To
summarise please examine the table below and carry out the actions in single-user mode.
| SCO Xenix 2.3.4MC |
Run mkdev tape to remove Adaptec SCSI driver from the
kernel and then install XNX316 or APR316 using /etc/install. |
|
| SCO Xenix 2.3.2MC |
Install (using custom) XNX296 if not already installed
removing the driver in the process. Rebuild kernel and reboot. Now install APR316 with
/etc/install. |
Finally it is important to understand that SCO only support this
supplement on SCO Xenix 2.3.4. Apricot have produced the interim fix to assist dealers who
may recently have installed 2.3.2. SCO have not committed to update XNX316 to cover
systems earlier than 2.3.4.
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