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Steven N. Hirsch
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 Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 2:33 am Post subject: Cannot make sense of current patch policy |
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I hope someone can clarify this for me. I was able to download and
install Solaris 10 on my Ultra 60 workstation free of charge. However,
even after repeated attempts, I was not able to get the Registration
Wizard / Patch manager to work (hangs every time with threads stuck and
using 100% of CPU).
No problem, I'll just download the patch cluster manually, right? Wrong.
Unless I'm misunderstanding something, there is no free-as-in-beer
download access to the patch clusters for Solaris 10 - Catch 22.
Can someone familiar with the morass of entitlements, programs and
support status variants please tell me:
(a) Is there actually any way to obtain patches for Solaris 10 by
download in the absence of a paid agreement?
(b) If so, how does one accomplish this feat?
Steve |
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Oscar del Rio
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| Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 5:18 am Post subject: Re: Cannot make sense of current patch policy |
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Steven N. Hirsch wrote:
| Quote: | I hope someone can clarify this for me. I was able to download and
install Solaris 10 on my Ultra 60 workstation free of charge. However,
even after repeated attempts, I was not able to get the Registration
Wizard / Patch manager to work (hangs every time with threads stuck and
using 100% of CPU).
No problem, I'll just download the patch cluster manually, right? Wrong.
Unless I'm misunderstanding something, there is no free-as-in-beer
download access to the patch clusters for Solaris 10 - Catch 22.
Can someone familiar with the morass of entitlements, programs and
support status variants please tell me:
(a) Is there actually any way to obtain patches for Solaris 10 by
download in the absence of a paid agreement?
(b) If so, how does one accomplish this feat?
Steve
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You just need to register (free) with Sunsolve (sunsolve.sun.com).
I just tested and I can download the Solaris 10 Recommended Patch
cluster from the website with my free account (I don't have a
support contract). I've used the Sun update manager and
Martin Paul's PCA script although sometimes you have to retry
them a few times.
http://www.par.univie.ac.at/solaris/pca/ |
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