What errors were in the log for the crashes?
I download all the updates and put them into a composite P2 update site.
Steps to make a composite P2 update site with the updates:
Create a folder.
"C:\IBM\RDI_Patch"
Uncompress the patches into this folder.
Add these three files:
compositeArtifacts.xml
<?compositeArtifactRepository version='1.0.0'?>
<repository name='RDI Patches' type='org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.artifact.repository.CompositeArtifactRepository' version='1'>
<properties size='2'>
<property name='p2.timestamp' value='1718812469022'/>
<property name='p2.atomic.composite.loading' value='true'/>
</properties>
<children size='3'>
<child location='file:/IBM/RDI_Patch/RDI-9.8.0.1'/>
<child location='file:/IBM/RDI_Patch/RDI-9.8.0.2'/>
<child location='file:/IBM/RDI_Patch/RDI-9.8.0.3'/>
</children>
</repository>
compositeContent.xml
<?compositeMetadataRepository version='1.0.0'?>
<repository name='RDI Patches' type='org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.metadata.repository.CompositeMetadataRepository' version='1'>
<properties size='2'>
<property name='p2.timestamp' value='1718812469032'/>
<property name='p2.atomic.composite.loading' value='true'/>
</properties>
<children size='3'>
<child location='file:/IBM/RDI_Patch/RDI-9.8.0.1'/>
<child location='file:/IBM/RDI_Patch/RDI-9.8.0.2'/>
<child location='file:/IBM/RDI_Patch/RDI-9.8.0.3'/>
</children>
</repository>
p2.index
version = 1
metadata.repository.factory.order=compositeContent.xml,\!
artifact.repository.factory.order=compositeArtifacts.xml,\!
The timestamp is a unix timestamp and should be close to the each file's modify time.
Once you have them in the folder, then in RDI add the base folder as an update side and you should see all three patches listed.
When going from 9.8.0.0 to the new version you just select all the versions of the plugins.
RDI checks what it needs to add/install/update and then performs the operation.
If you are having trouble with the updates make sure you have unselected "Check all update sites during install to find required software".
So far I've found that applying the newest patch to the base version, and selecting all plugins, tends to create a smaller RDI folder.
I've also been able to reduce the RDI folder size by using the P2 garbage collector.
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Chris Hiebert
Lead Software Developer
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From: WDSCI-L <wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Elden Fenison
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Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] installing RDi
This is exactly what I did. RDi crashed repeatedly on each update. This is on two different machines as well.
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