I have problems connecting to ftp server to
obtain the solaris fixpak to upgrade to DB2 8.2.1

ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/produc...P5_U800664.tar

wget
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/produc...P5_U800664.tar
--13:18:25--
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/produc...P5_U800664.tar
=> `FP5_U800664.tar'
Resolving ftp.software.ibm.com... 207.25.253.40
Connecting to ftp.software.ibm.com[207.25.253.40]:21... connected.
Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!
==> SYST ... done. ==> PWD ... done.
==> TYPE I ... done. ==> CWD
/ps/products/db2/fixes/english-us/db2sunv8/fixpak/FP8_U800664 ...
No such directory
`ps/products/db2/fixes/english-us/db2sunv8/fixpak/FP8_U800664'.

Anyone has similar problems ?

Mary Lei wrote:
> I have problems connecting to ftp server to
> obtain the solaris fixpak to upgrade to DB2 8.2.1
>
> ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/produc...P5_U800664.tar

1. If you want FP8 - why are you using FP5_U800664.tar as file name? This file
cannot exist! In addition to this - file name is wrong as well: use
FP8_U800664.tar.Z instead.

2. For V8.2 fixpack - use fixes2 instead of fixes:

ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/produc..._U800664.tar.Z


Jan M. Nelken

Jan M. Nelken wrote:
> Mary Lei wrote:
>
>> I have problems connecting to ftp server to
>> obtain the solaris fixpak to upgrade to DB2 8.2.1
>>
>> ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/produc...P5_U800664.tar
>
>
>
> 1. If you want FP8 - why are you using FP5_U800664.tar as file name?
> This file cannot exist! In addition to this - file name is wrong as
> well: use FP8_U800664.tar.Z instead.

I believe this is a typo in the email.
>
> 2. For V8.2 fixpack - use fixes2 instead of fixes:
>
> ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/produc..._U800664.tar.Z
>
>
Thanks for giving me the right link.
The link on the IBM web page is incorrect.

Mary Lei wrote:

> Thanks for giving me the right link.
> The link on the IBM web page is incorrect.

Could you post here a link to IVM Web page hosting an incorrect link? I will
contact web page owner and have the link corrected.

Thank you for your help,

Jan M. Nelken

> > Thanks for giving me the right link.
> > The link on the IBM web page is incorrect.
>
> Could you post here a link to IVM Web page hosting an incorrect link? I
will
> contact web page owner and have the link corrected.
>
> Thank you for your help,
>
> Jan M. Nelken

It looks like IBM has been moving fixpaks around recently.

FP6a and FP8 are in a different sub-directory than the other Version 8
fixpaks (including Fixpak 6b).

FP6a and FP8 are in ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/products/db2/fixes2 and
the others (1, 2, 3, 4a, 5, 6b, 7a) are in
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/products/db2/fixes

Since FP6a and 8 are in a separate directory, I wonder what that means
regarding FP6b?

If there was a problem with the link for Solaris fixpaks, it looks like it
was corrected from what I can see.

I think the problem seems to be with my Mozilla
Firefox web browser running on Fedora core 3.
I was not able to connect to ftp web server
via Firefox.
Later I tried with Kconqueror and it connects to the ftp server
to get the solaris fixpak after asking me to accept
a cookie.
So I think the IBM web link is ok.
Thanks all for your help.

ark A wrote:
>>>Thanks for giving me the right link.
>>>The link on the IBM web page is incorrect.
>>
>>Could you post here a link to IVM Web page hosting an incorrect link? I
>
> will
>
>>contact web page owner and have the link corrected.
>>
>>Thank you for your help,
>>
>>Jan M. Nelken
>
>
> It looks like IBM has been moving fixpaks around recently.
>
> FP6a and FP8 are in a different sub-directory than the other Version 8
> fixpaks (including Fixpak 6b).
>
> FP6a and FP8 are in ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/products/db2/fixes2 and
> the others (1, 2, 3, 4a, 5, 6b, 7a) are in
> ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/products/db2/fixes
>
> Since FP6a and 8 are in a separate directory, I wonder what that means
> regarding FP6b?
>
> If there was a problem with the link for Solaris fixpaks, it looks like it
> was corrected from what I can see.
>
>