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Copyright (c) Digital Equipment Corporation 1995, 1998.  All rights reserved.

Modification Date:  28-AUG-98
Modification Type:  DOCUMENTATION:  Technical Modification:
                      This kit is also applicable to OpenVMS
                      Alpha V6.2-1H1, V6.2-1H2 and V6.2-1H3.

PRODUCT:    OpenVMS Alpha

COMPONENT:  INSTALL.EXE

SOURCE:     Digital Equipment Corporation

ECO INFORMATION:

     ECO Kit Name:  ALPINST01_062
     ECO Kits Superseded by This ECO Kit:  None
     ECO Kit Approximate Size:  390 Blocks
     Kit Applies To:  OpenVMS Alpha V6.2, V6.2-1H1, V6.2-1H2, V6.2-1H3
     System/Cluster Reboot Necessary:  Yes

NOTE:  According to OpenVMS Engineering, the fixes discussed in
       this article have been included in OpenVMS Alpha V7.0.
       There are some fixes that have been included in previous
       versions of OpenVMS and those versions are specified in
       text following the problem descriptions.


ECO KIT SUMMARY:

An ECO kit exists for INSTALL.EXE on OpenVMS Alpha V6.2.  This kit
addresses the following problem:

  o  When using the old MCR interface to INSTALL ($ MCR INSTALL or
     $ RUN SYS$SYSTEM:INSTALL), any ADD, REPLACE or DELETE command
     hangs.  In addition, after exiting from INSTALL, the process still
     holds a PW mode lock on the INSTALL$INSLOCK resource.  The existence
     of this 'dangling' PW mode lock causes any subsequent INSTALL
     command to execute slowly.


RELATED ARTICLES:

Detailed articles describing the problems listed above may exist in
the OPENVMS database.  To view these articles, open the appropriate
product database and perform a query using either of the following
search strings: 'ALPINST01_062' or 'ALPINST'.


ECO KIT ORDERING INSTRUCTIONS:

If after an evaluation you wish to obtain this kit, request it
electronically using the appropriate Advanced Electronic Services
(AES) Service Tool.  If you are not familiar with how to request
kits electronically, open the DIA, WIS or DSNLINK database and
review the article entitled:

  [AES] How To Electronically Request ECO Kits Using Service Tools


INSTALLATION NOTES:

In order for the corrections in this kit to take effect, the system
must be rebooted.  If the system is a member of a VMScluster, the
entire cluster must be rebooted.
  
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  |                     Table of Kit Image Information                     |
  +----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
  |                            | Overall  | Image File      | Image Link   |
  | Image Name                 | Checksum | Identification  | Date/Time    |
  +----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
  | INSTALL.EXE                | A9504CB5 | X-15            | 13-JUL-1995  |
  |                                       |                 | 18:01:44.90  |
  +----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+