The following documentation describes host-specific information that you may need to adjust according to your system requirements.
If installing from tape, Install reads and installs your distribution. You must use a non-rewinding tape device, so that the tape drive maintains the tape location at the beginning of the compressed tar file after extracting Install.
The following examples show non-rewinding tape devices for each system. See your system administrator for the name of the non-rewinding tape device on your particular host. Notice also the man pages with tape device information.
platform
|
device |
man page |
m68k-hp-hpux |
/dev/rmt/0mn |
use
man 7 mt |
hppa1.1-hp-hpux |
/dev/rmt/0mn |
use
man 7 mt |
mips-sgi-irix5 |
/dev/mt/tps1d5nrns |
use
man tps |
(Note: You must also use a non-byte-swapping device for the SGI Iris.)