How to Determine the Level of the Installation CDROM in Maintenance Mode

Environment

Problem

Solution

1. Mount the CDROM over /SPOT:

2. Change into the /tmp directory. Enter:

   cd /tmp
   

3. Restore the lpp_name file from the CDROM. Enter:

   restore -xqvf /SPOT/usr/sys/inst.images/bos.rte.up ./lpp_name
   

4. View the lpp_name file. Enter:

   cat ./lpp_name
   

   At the top of this file, the level of the fileset will be displayed. This also indicates the level of the CDROM. Whether or not the CDROM is a D5 or G5 is undeterminable unless the CDROM is marked.