[Info-vax] Problem upgrading to 8.4 on Itanium (from 8.3-1H1)

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In article <c88515f3-e576-49de-9771-a6f945f23109 at gz5g2000vbb.googlegroups.com>, Dave <BaxterD at tessco.com> writes:
>On Aug 29, 11:55=A0am, VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
>> In article <2a6462ad-a560-4de1-92a7-a73380717... at 1g2000vbu.googlegroups.c=
>om>, Dave <Baxt... at tessco.com> writes:
>>
>> >45 minutes in to the UPGRADE (on bl860c), I get the following message.
>>
>> >Portion done: 0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%
>>
>> >%PCSI-E-WRITEERR, error writing DISK$SYSI64_V84:[VMS$COMMON.]
>> >[SYSHLP]HELPLIB.HLB;2
>> >-LBR-E-DUPKEY, duplicate key in index
>> >%PCSI-E-OPFAILED, operation failed
>> >Terminating is strongly recommended. =A0Do you want to terminate? [YES]
>>
>> >I seem to recall seeing somewhere that this can be overruled!!
>> >Can anyone shed light on how I should deal with this.
>>
>> Who needs HELP anyway? =A0We're all VMS experts! :D
>>
>> --
>> VAXman- A Bored Certified VMS Kernel Mode Hacker =A0 =A0VAXman(at)TMESIS(=
>dot)ORG
>>
>> All your spirit rack abuses, come to haunt you back by day.
>> All your Byzantine excuses, given time, given you away.
>
>Turns out I was right first time.
>
>The duplicate keys were in the 8.3-1H1 HELPLIB.HLB, and are over-
>written by the upgrade.
>
>Obviously a "Terminate" suggestion we could do without.
>
>I posted the full reply from HP Support on the ITRC.

That's HPSC these days for those who haven't been following along at home.

And, sorry about my humorous reply, the answer intended was that you could
safely ignore that.

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All your spirit rack abuses, come to haunt you back by day.
All your Byzantine excuses, given time, given you away.