Hi,

Some time ago I installed the ADSM-Client one a bunch of our Linux
machines; at that time it was a V2.x client. For this purpose I used
the IBCS emulation to make Linux capable of working with SCO
binaries. Then I installed the ADSM-Client that IBM provides for SCO
which came in three .tar-files.

So far everything went OK.

Now the new ADSM-client, Version 3, Release 1, Level: 0.3 PTF 3, got
released. This new version now comes as a single tar-file that, when
running "tar xf" against it results in the following:

-rw-rwxr-- ambrose/staff 25737 1998-03-19 20:26 README
-rw-rwxr-- ambrose/staff 15023 1998-03-19 20:26 README.API
-rw-rwxr-- ambrose/staff 15023 1998-03-19 20:26 README.API
-rw-rwxr-- ambrose/staff  1024 1998-03-19 20:26 VOL.000.000
-rw-rwxr-- ambrose/staff  1024 1998-03-19 20:26 VOL.000.000
-rw-rwxr-- ambrose/staff    51 1998-03-19 20:26 VOL.000.000.files
-rw-rwxr-- ambrose/staff    51 1998-03-19 20:26 VOL.000.000.files
-rw-rwxr-- ambrose/staff     6 1998-03-19 20:26 VOL.000.000.sum
-rw-rwxr-- ambrose/staff     6 1998-03-19 20:26 VOL.000.000.sum
-rw-rwxr-- ambrose/staff  9216 1998-03-19 20:26 VOL.000.001
-rw-rwxr-- ambrose/staff  9216 1998-03-19 20:26 VOL.000.001
-rw-rwxr-- ambrose/staff   451 1998-03-19 20:26 VOL.000.001.files
-rw-rwxr-- ambrose/staff   451 1998-03-19 20:26 VOL.000.001.files
-rw-rwxr-- ambrose/staff     6 1998-03-19 20:26 VOL.000.001.sum
-rw-rwxr-- ambrose/staff     6 1998-03-19 20:26 VOL.000.001.sum
-rw-rwxr-- ambrose/staff 537088 1998-03-19 20:26 VOL.000.002
-rw-rwxr-- ambrose/staff 537088 1998-03-19 20:26 VOL.000.002
-rw-rwxr-- ambrose/staff   1291 1998-03-19 20:26 VOL.000.002.files
-rw-rwxr-- ambrose/staff   1291 1998-03-19 20:26 VOL.000.002.files
-rw-rwxr-- ambrose/staff      6 1998-03-19 20:26 VOL.000.002.sum
-rw-rwxr-- ambrose/staff      6 1998-03-19 20:26 VOL.000.002.sum
-rw-rwxr-- ambrose/staff 1458688 1998-03-19 20:26 VOL.000.003
-rw-rwxr-- ambrose/staff 1458688 1998-03-19 20:26 VOL.000.003
-rw-rwxr-- ambrose/staff     917 1998-03-19 20:26 VOL.000.003.files
-rw-rwxr-- ambrose/staff     917 1998-03-19 20:26 VOL.000.003.files
-rw-rwxr-- ambrose/staff       6 1998-03-19 20:26 VOL.000.003.sum
-rw-rwxr-- ambrose/staff       6 1998-03-19 20:26 VOL.000.003.sum
The resulting README tells me to install the client like this:
The resulting README tells me to install the client like this:

    Run "custom" to install ADSM:

      a) logon as root. Type in:
           custom
      b) select <Software>
      c) select <Install New...>
      d) select <From "your machine">
      e) select Media Images
      f) enter the path where the images reside.
         (on the ADSM client CD this is /cdrom/adsmcli/sco)
      g) select <Full Installation>



This "custom" seems to be an install utitility runnign under
SCO. However there's nothing like "custom" on my Linux system.

A "file" done for these files shows this:

VOL.000.000:       ASCII cpio archive (pre-SVR4 or odc)
VOL.000.000.files: ASCII text
VOL.000.000.sum:   ASCII text
VOL.000.001:       ASCII cpio archive (pre-SVR4 or odc)
VOL.000.001.files: ASCII text
VOL.000.001.sum:   ASCII text
VOL.000.002:       ASCII cpio archive (pre-SVR4 or odc)
VOL.000.002.files: ASCII text
VOL.000.002.sum:   ASCII text
VOL.000.003:       ASCII cpio archive (pre-SVR4 or odc)
VOL.000.003.files: ASCII text
VOL.000.003.sum:   ASCII text


Does anybody know

1) If there is a "custom" available for Linux and where I can get hold
of it?

2) How I can install the new client without the "custom" program?

Thanks much in advance for any clue,
-ewald
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