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  Pulling Single PTF from Install or PTF Tape
 
 
 
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  ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT
 
       This document describes how to pull a single PTF from an
       install or PTF tape and put the PTF file in a directory on
       the system.  This document applies to AIX 3.2.* and 4.1
 
  STEPS
 
       1.  Get the toc (table of contents) from the tape with the
           following commands.
 
           NOTES:
 
           a.  On any install/ptf tape, the toc image is the third
               file image.  Therefore, the "fskip=2" parameter of
               the dd command should be correct for whatever tape
               you have.
 
           b.  Always use the 512 block size in the commands below,
               even on 8 mm and 4 mm tapes.
 
           c.  The following commands will create a file called
               "toc" in the current directory.
 
              chdev -l rmt# -a block_size=512
              tctl -f /dev/rmt# rewind
              dd if=/dev/rmt#.1 of=toc ibs=512 fskip=2
 
       2.  Search the "toc" file for the PTF which you wish to copy
           to disk.
 
|          Example of part of the "toc" file for AIX 3.2:
 
              01:006 3 R S {
              bos.obj 03.02.0000.0000.U423981 01 N B En_US Device Drivers
              [
              *prereq bos.obj p=U422458
              *prereq bos.obj p=U422467
              *prereq bos.obj p=U422437
              %
 
 
 
 
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           In the above example, the line "01:006 3 R S {" tells us
           that the information that follows it is the sixth file
           image on the first volume of the SPO tape.
 
|          Example of part of the "toc" file for AIX 4.1:
 
|             001:00006:00031744 4 R S bos.obj {
|             bos.obj 4.1.2.0 01 N U En_US Device Drivers
|             [
|             *prereq bos.obj 4.1.1.0
|             %
 
       3.  Extract the PTF from the tape with the following com-
           mands.
 
           NOTE:  If the PTF were the sixth image as in the example
           above, the fskip command below would be "fskip=5".
 
              chdev -l rmt0 -a block_size=512
|             tctl -f /dev/rmt# rewind
              dd if=/dev/rmt#.1 of=<PTF name> ibs=512 conv=sync fskip=<image-1>
              cd <directory where the PTF is located>
              /usr/sbin/inutoc .
 
           NOTE:  The inutoc command will force the .toc file to be
           created in the directory where the PTF install image was
           copied.
 
       You should now be able to use SMIT to install the PTF on
       your system.  In the field "INPUT device / directory for
       software", enter the directory where the PTF install image
       is located.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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