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Conference netcad::hub_mgnt

Title:	DEChub/HUBwatch/PROBEwatch CONFERENCE
Notice:	Firmware -2, Doc -3, Power -4, HW kits -5, firm load -6&7
Moderator:	NETCAD::COLELLADT

Created:	Wed Nov 13 1991
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	4455
Total number of notes:	16761

3007.0. "HW for Windows "Invalid file header" fatal error" by CGOOA::PITULEY (DIGITAL=DEC: ReClaim TheName) Sat Nov 25 1995 16:38

    It's Saturday.
    
    The courier company lost some cables I needed for the hardware install.
    
    On top of that, I have been trying to install HW 4.1.1 at the customer
    site and I keep getting the "Fatal error at script line 0" "Invalid
    file header" error.
    
    Am I having fun yet????
    
    I copied the HW install diskettes down from bhub in binary mode using NFT. 
    The diskettes *seem* to be OK.....the "install.exe" executable runs OK and 
    the .INF file looks fine when I look at it with a text editor.
    
    What's happening???????  Which file has the invalid file header?  Why
    would script line 0 have an error???..after all, it is a comment....
    
    Help????
    
    Hopefully, 
    
    Brian Pituley
    NPC, Calgary
    
    
    BTW....The 4.1.1 consolidated firmware kit installed flawlessly....

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
3007.1	Correctly generated diskettes ?	LEMAN::PAIVA	Hawkeye - Network Support @GEO	`Mon Nov 27 1995 05:12`	4
	Did you generate the diskettes with DISKn.EXE A:\ (or am I confusing with the DCF kit)? Pedro
3007.2	installation problem where did you try from	PRSSOS::PEYRACHE	Jean-Yves Peyrache Country Support Group France	`Mon Nov 27 1995 06:58`	5
	did you try to install from hard disk or from floppies disk drive ? jean-yves
3007.3	Information as requested....	CGOOA::PITULEY	DIGITAL=DEC: ReClaim TheName	`Mon Nov 27 1995 11:09`	14
	To answer the last couple.... I copied the files across the network from the disk 1, disk 2, disk 3 directories directly onto floppies which I then sneaker-netted across the street to install on the customer's PC. He currently has HW 3.1 installed and it is running just fine. I have been contracted to do a firmware and HW upgrade on their network..... Brian Pituley NPC, Calgary PS: the firmware installed perfectly but it's not much good without HUBloader to load it and HW to run it... :-(
3007.4	bad floppy	PRSSOS::PEYRACHE	Jean-Yves Peyrache Country Support Group France	`Mon Nov 27 1995 12:43`	5
	Culprit floppy disk may be, try to reformat the floppy and restart disk1.exe on it Jean-Yves
3007.5	Progress!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!	CGOOA::PITULEY	DIGITAL=DEC: ReClaim TheName	`Mon Nov 27 1995 13:41`	10
	I seem to have conquered the problem...what ever it was. I made a new set of disks through FTP rather than NFT and it the newest set seems to work.....at least on the test PC I managed to get into the install procedure. We'll see how it goes at the customer site..... Brian Pituley NPC, Calgary
3007.6	It worked but......	CGOOA::PITULEY	DIGITAL=DEC: ReClaim TheName	`Tue Dec 05 1995 14:17`	13
	Well, I installed at the customer site last night and all went well. As it was I didn't get out of there until 22:30....... Does anyone have any idea what the difference between a binary copy under FTP and a binary copy under NFT is? Why would the disks made through FTP work and the ones made through NFT not work??? Puzzled... Brian Pituley NCP, Calgary