A Configuration Description File, was specified for use during the
installation of this system.
The Configuration Description File can be used by the installation to
provide the information related to file system layout and software
selection.

If you choose to use the Configuration Description File, the installation
will proceed and you will not have to answer any questions.  If you decide
not to use the Configuration Description File, the installation will
continue interactively.

Would you like to use the Configuration Description File? (y/n) [y]:

• Host names may contain from 2 to 63 alphanumeric upper or lower case characters (a-z, A-Z, 0-9).

• The first character in a host name must be a letter.

• Hyphens (-) are permitted in host names. Periods (.) are permitted only if you are entering the fully qualified domain name. Fully qualified host names can contain a maximum of 254 characters.

Following are examples of correct and incorrect host names:

Note

Do not use the words generic or binary for your host name because they have been reserved for use by the operating system.

You may want to consult your site system administrator before choosing your host name because site-specific restrictions (such as maximum length) may have been defined. You also do not want to choose a host name that is already being used by another system. If your system is already running a previous version of Digital UNIX and is connected to a network, you should keep the same host name because changing it would impact how your system is recognized on the network.

If you do not supply a host name, you are prompted for one during the installation configuration phase.

Passwords should contain a combination of upper and lower case letters and a minimum of six to a maximum of 16 characters. The Digital UNIX operating system verifies only the first eight characters. Digital suggests using numbers and special characters such as the dollar sign ($), the percent sign (%), the number sign (#), the period (.), the hyphen (-), the underscore (_), or the at sign (@) in your password.

When choosing a password, you should not use:

• Words found in any dictionary (in any language)

• Personal information about you or your family such as names, addresses, birthdays, social security numbers, telephone numbers, names of pets

• Any combination of words in the dictionary and personal information

The following are examples of correct and incorrect root passwords:

If you do not supply a root password, you will be prompted for one during the installation configuration phase.

If you do not supply a geographic location and time zone, you are prompted for this information during the installation configuration phase.

There are two requirements for the disk that contains the root file system:

Before writing a new disk label, the disk is checked for a preexisting disk label. If none is found, which is typical for a disk that has never been used for Digital UNIX before, a disk label is written using the default partition information.

The following describes how disk labels are handled by the installation procedure:

• During a default installation, if the disk chosen for root already had a default disk label, the disk label is preserved, new boot blocks are written, and the disk label is restored. If the disk chosen for root had a customized disk label, a default disk label is applied, and the partitions used for root, /usr, and var and any previously used partitions that overlap may be overwritten.

• During a custom text-based installation, if no disk label exists, a disk label containing the default partition information is used. If a disk label does exist, its partition information is compared to the default partition information. If the disk labels differ, you can choose either the customized or the default.

• During a custom graphical installation, if no disk label exists, a disk label containing the default partition information is used. A warning displays if an existing disk label does not match the default partition table and the default file system layout was used. You then have the option to invoke the Disk Configuration application to change the partition table.

If an existing disk label is selected, it is saved and rewritten to the disk with a valid bootstrap. The new disk label is identical to the previous disk label. If the default disk label is selected, a disk label containing the default partition information is used.

Assuming that the partitions to be preserved were undisturbed during the installation, the partitions can be used on the newly-installed system. If the partition contained a file system, it should be capable of being mounted and accessed. If the partition you are preserving were using the Advanced File System (AdvFS), make sure you select AdvFS as the file system type.

If the disk you choose to contain the root file system was previously used on an ULTRIX system, it will be formatted with ULTRIX partition tables. You will see a message similar to the following:

ULTRIX compatible partition data found.
This data may be different than the standard
partition layout information in /etc/disktab.

ULTRIX partition table layout is:
partition     bottom        top       size    overlap
    a              0      40959      40960    c,h
    b          40960     163839     122880    c
    c              0     832526     832527    a,b,d,e,f,g,h
    d         163840     386735     222896    c,g
    e         386736     609631     222896    c,g
    f         609632     832526     222895    c,g
    g         163840     832526     668687    c,d,e,f
    h              0          0          0    a,c

Use the ULTRIX-style partition data? [y]:

• If you want to view or change the existing partition table, click on Cancel to dismiss the dialog box and then click on Partition Disks....

• If you want to use the customized disk partition table and proceed directly to software selection, click on OK to dismiss the dialog box and display the software selection window.

If you are using the text-based user interface to perform a custom installation and your system has nonstandard disk partitions on the disk that contains the root file system, you are prompted to keep the nonstandard partitions or replace them with the disk's default partitions.

If you have carefully planned your partition layout and you want to keep the partitions you have on the disk, choose the existing partition table. If neither the default nor existing partition tables are suitable, exit the installation procedure and use either the Disk Configuration application or the disklabel command to modify the partitions on the disk.

The rz3 disk has a non-default partition table.

           Partition   Start   Size      End     Overlaps
 Default        a          0  131072    131071   c
                b     131072  262144    393215   c
                c          0 2050860   2050859   a b d e f g h
                d     393216  552548    945763   c g
                e     945764  552548   1498311   c g h
                f    1498312  552548   2050859   c h
                g     393216  819200   1212415   c d e
                h    1212416  838444   2050859   c e f
 Existing       a          0  263340    263339   c
                b     263340 1787520   2050859   c d e f g h
                c          0 2050860   2050859   a b d e f g h
                d     393216  552548    945763   b c g h
                e     945764  552548   1498311   b c g h
                f    1498312  552548   2050859   b c h
                g     393216  819200   1212415   b c d e h
                h     263340 1787520   2050859   b c d e f g

Choose which partition table to use.
1) Default table
2) Existing table

Enter your choice:

You can place the var area either as a directory under the /usr file system or create a separate var file system.

Base System
Base System - Hardware Support
Base System Management Applications and Utilities
Basic Networking Configuration Applications
Basic Networking Services
Compiler Back End
Hardware Kernel Header and Common Files
Hardware Kernel Modules
Kernel Header and Common Files
Keyboard Support
NFS(tm) Configuration Application
NFS(tm) Utilities
Standard Kernel Modules
Tcl Commands

Depending on your system's graphics options, either DECwindows 75dpi Fonts or DECwindows 100dpi Fonts is mandatory. The mandatory X Server software subset depends on whether your system has a TurboChannel bus, QVision graphics adapter, or PCI bus. If you system has graphic capability, the following windowing and graphical applications software subsets are installed as mandatory automatically:

Adobe Fonts
Basic X Environment
CDE Desktop Environment
CDE Mail Interface
CDE Minimum Runtime Environment
DECwindows Fonts
Graphical Base System Management Utilities
Graphical Print Configuration Application
Graphical System Administration Utilities
Netscape Navigator Gold V3.0
Old X Environment
Tk Toolkit Commands
X Fonts
X Servers Base
X Servers

If Asynchronous Mode Transfer (ATM) hardware is detected during the installation process, the following software subsets are also installed as mandatory:

ATM Commands
ATM Kernel Header and Common Files
ATM Kernel Objects
ATM Kernel Modules

The following POLYCENTER AdvFS software subsets are usually optional. They become mandatory during a custom installation if AdvFS is chosen as the file system type for root, /usr, or /var:

POLYCTR advfs
POLYCTR advfs Kernel Modules

If you want to change your selections, press the Return key until you reach the end of the software subset list. Select the option to CANCEL selections and redisplay menus to start the selection process again.

It may not be wise to select ALL software subsets because you will select hardware-specific software subsets that your system does not need (such as fonts, keyboard types, and Xservers).

When you are finished making optional software subset selections, press Return at the prompt displayed at the end of the software subset list:

   
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The following choices override your previous selections:
77) ALL mandatory and all optional subsets
78) MANDATORY subsets only
79) CANCEL selections and redisplay menus

Add to your choices, or press RETURN to confirm previous choices.
Free space remaining (root/usr/var): 18.4MB/176MB/192MB




Choices (for example, 1 2 4-6): 2 5 21-27 [Return]

• Use the history command to go back and start software selection again or choose the selection number that corresponds to CANCEL selections and redisplay menus to reselect optional software subsets. This time, select only those software subsets actually needed.

• Use the history command to go back and select a different disk with larger partitions to contain the root, /usr, and /var file systems and swap space.

• Use the history command to go back and place the file systems and swap space on separate disks.

• If you are an experienced UNIX user, enter the history command to return to the first screen and choose the UNIX Shell option. Then, use the disklabel command to resize your disk partitions.

The screen display looks similar to the following.

*** Creating the root file system on device rz1a ***


*** Creating the usr file system on device rz1g ***


*** Creating the swap1 file system on device rz1b ***

Checking file system space required to install specified subsets:

File system space checked OK.

*** Loading the operating system software subsets ***

The installation procedure will now load the software on your
disk partitions.  This process will take from 45 to 120 minutes
to complete depending on your distribution media and processor
type.

Loading 1 of 28 subset(s)....

Base System
   Copying from system9 (inet)
	Working....Fri Dec 13 13:21:30 EDT 1996
   Verifying
	Working....Fri Dec 13 13:23:31 EDT 1996

Loading 2 of 28 subset(s)....

Base System - Hardware Support
   Copying from system9 (inet)
	Working....Fri Dec 13 13:24:18 EDT 1996
   Verifying

Loading 3 of 28 subset(s)....

Compiler Back End
   Copying from system9 (inet)
	Working....Fri Dec 13 13:24:59 EDT 1996
   Verifying

   
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Loading 26 of 28 subset(s)....

Graphical Base System Management Utilities
   Copying from system9 (inet)
   Verifying

Loading 27 of 28 subset(s)....

Graphical System Administration Utilities
   Copying from system9 (inet)
   Verifying

Loading 28 of 28 subset(s)....

Graphical Print Configuration Application
   Copying from system9 (inet)
   Verifying

28 of 28 subset(s) installed successfully.

>>> set boot_osflags A [Return]

BOOT_OSFLAGS = A


>>> set bootdef_dev DKA0 [Return]

BOOTDEF_DEV = DKA0


>>> boot [Return]

This system requires a driver for its graphics card.

Enter the device where the kit can be found (e.g. rz4c),
or <return> to cancel:

• If the graphics driver is located on a floppy disk, insert the floppy disk into the drive and enter the floppy device location, for example, fd0c, and press Return.

• If the graphics driver is located on a CD-ROM, remove the Digital UNIX CD-ROM from the CD-ROM drive, and insert the CD-ROM containing the graphics driver. Then, enter the location of the CD-ROM device, for example, rz4c, and press Return.

** SYSTEM CONFIGURATION ***

Configuring "Base System " (OSFBASE410)

Configuring "Base System - Hardware Support " (OSFHWBASE410)

Configuring "Compiler Back End " (OSFCMPLRS410)

   
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Configuring "Graphical Base System Management Utilities"
(OSFXSYSMAN410)

Configuring "Graphical System Administration Utilities"
(OSFXADMIN410)

Configuring "Graphical Print Configuration Application"
(OSFXPRINT410)

If you did not provide certain essential site-specific information (such as a root password, your system's host name, the date and time, and location and time zone) earlier in the installation procedure, you will be prompted to enter that information now.

If you do not select the kernel option for the product, you will not be able to use that product. For example, if you do not select the Logical Storage Manager (LSM) kernel option, even though you installed the LSM software subsets, you will not be able to use LSM. When you select a kernel option, additional code to support the option is loaded into the kernel. Therefore, selecting All of the above kernel options significantly increases the size of the kernel.

The following kernel subsystems are mandatory on all systems except systems with less than 32 MB of memory:

• The /proc File System - required for System V Environment and used by debuggers

• Quotas - UNIX File System (UFS) file quotas

• Serial Line Interface Protocol (SLIP)

• Network File System (NFS) Server

• STREAMS protocol

If your system has less than 32 MB of memory, the kernel subsystems available for your system have been optimized and the selection of certain optional kernel subsystems has been disabled. If you choose any of these kernel options for systems with less than 32 MB system, you may negatively impact system performance.

ISO 9660 Compact Disc File System (CDFS)

CDFS provides the ability to mount CD-ROMs formated to the ISO 9660 standard or the High Sierra Group (HSG) format.

You selected the following kernel options:

        Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)
        System V Devices
        Logical Volume Manager (LVM)
        Kernel Breakpoint Debugger (KDEBUG)
        Packetfilter driver (PACKETFILTER)
        STREAMS pckt module (PCKT)
        Data Link Bridge (DLPI V2.0 Service Class 1)
        X/Open Transport Interface (XTISO, TIMOD, TIRDWR)
        File on File File System (FFM)
        ISO 9660 Compact Disc File System (CDFS)
        Audit Subsystem
        Local Area Transport Support
        Logical Storage Manager (LSM)

Is that correct? (y/n) [y]:

The realtime kernel that supports kernel preemption was installed previously as an option during base system installation. Now, the POSIX 1003.lb portions are included in the kernel automatically and a separate kernel is not needed. Preemption capabilities are disabled by default, but can be selected and enabled when the kernel is configured and built.

To enable realtime preemption in the kernel during the installation procedure, edit the configuration file and set the rt-preempt-opt parameter equal to 1 as shown in the following example:

rt-preempt-opt=1

init[0 | s | S | 2 | 3]

What happens when you log in for the first time depends upon whether you have a graphics workstation or a text-based terminal without graphics capabilities: