Installing SCO LLI drivers disk on Unix 3.2v4.2 and Open Server v3.0

The SCO LLI driver disk needs to be routinely installed on Unix 3.2v4.2 systems with TCP 1.2.1 to add additional Ethernet card drivers or to update those included in earlier releases of the LLI Drivers Disk. One example of an additional driver is the 3Com Etherlink III (it was not included with the early LLI Drivers Disk). See IPB’s 3175 and 3183.

For SCO Open Server Network Edition v3.0 and SCO Open Server Enterprise Edition v3.0, a file needs to be edited to allow the LLI disk to be installed with the “custom” utility. If installation is attempted without editing the relevant file, the following error will be given by custom:

Error: This product must be installed as part of a bundled product

For Open Server Enterprise Edition v3.0 edit the file:

/etc/perms/bundle/odtps

For Open Server Network Edition v3.0 edit the file:

/etc/perms/bundle/netos

Search for the string lli and comment out the three lines that refer to the “lli” product as below:

macropkg="Networking" : prd=lli : perms=./tmp/perms/lli : rel=3.1.1h : \
comp="SCO LLI Drivers" : vols=2 : mapping=1 : compsize=11612 : \
compreq="unixext LINK NETCFG"

Insert a # character at the beginning of each of the three lines as below:

#macropkg="Networking" : prd=lli : perms=./tmp/perms/lli : rel=3.1.1h : \
# comp="SCO LLI Drivers" : vols=2 : mapping=1 : compsize=11612 : \
# compreq="unixext LINK NETCFG"

Once the file is edited the custom utility will list “SCO LLI Drivers” as an installed product in addition to “SCO Open Server Enterprise System” (or the Network Edition). This indicates that the new LLI Drivers disk can now be installed with custom. There is no need to remove the old version first, installation will overwrite the presently installed version.

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