Installation Guide

© Digital Equipment Corporation 1996
All Rights Reserved.

This guide describes how to install the Digital UNIX operating system Version 4.0B or higher on all supported processors and single-board computers.

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About This Guide

In Digital UNIX Version 4.0B, you can use the update installation procedure to update from Digital UNIX Version 4.0 or 4.0A to Digital UNIX Version 4.0B. The installupdate program preserves your user and data files and any system setup you may have done.

The wwinstallupdate procedure updates the Digital UNIX operating system from Version 4.0 or 4.0A to Version 4.0B by invoking the update installation command (/sbin/installupdate), and then it updates the Worldwide Language Support software.

If your system is delivered to you with Factory Installed Software (FIS), the software necessary to get your system up and running has already been installed for you at one of Digital's manufacturing facilities. Follow the instructions for entering system information in the FIS Quick Reference Card delivered with your system, and then refer to Chapter 6 in this guide for instructions on how to configure and set up your system.

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Audience

• Read the documentation supplied with your processor or single-board computer

• Read the current version of the Digital UNIX Release Notes

• Understand how to load and unload the installation media and know which disks are needed during the installation

• Know the names and unit numbers of your disk devices

• Have a basic understanding of the file system and commands

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New and Changed Features

• Enhancements to the Digital UNIX Version 4.0B full (default or custom) installation process and to the installation cloning process are provided in this release. The installation cloning feature introduced in Version 4.0 has been enhanced to allow unattended installation cloning of systems. In addition, the installation process searches for and invokes user-supplied files to enable customizations on the system to be installed. These files can be on diskette, a RIS server, or on the distribution media. For a detailed description of these enhancements, see Appendix C.

• The ability to automatically reboot systems with unattended installation capability has been added. In this release, the following systems have this capability:

  • AlphaServer 1000A

  • AlphaServer 2100

  • AlphaServer 4000/4100

  These systems automatically reboot after the software subsets are loaded during the installation process. If your system does not have unattended installation capability, the system halts and prompts you to enter commands to boot the system from the newly installed disks. The system displays the boot commands that must be entered to reboot the system.

  For more information, see Chapter 4 and Section 5.18.

• Booting instructions for the newly supported processors have been added to this document. The new processors are as follows:

  • AlphaPC164 SBCs

  • AlphaServer 300 Series

  • AlphaServer 1000A Series

  • AlphaServer 4000/4100 Series

  • Alpha VME 4/224, Alpha VME 4/288, and Alpha VME 5/nnn SBCs

  • Digital PICMG Alpha CPUs

  Refer to Chapter 4 for specific booting instructions.

• Guidelines on how to properly free disk space for an update installation have been added to this document. Refer to Chapter 2 for these guidelines.

• Additional worldwide language support subsets have been added. Refer to Appendix F for more information.

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Organization

Chapter 1

Describes the tasks you must complete before beginning an installation. This chapter also describes the different installation options.

Chapter 2

Describes how to perform an update installation.

Chapter 3

Describes the disk space planning you may want to consider before beginning a custom installation. It also includes information to consider if you plan to use the POLYCENTER Advanced File System (AdvFS) and Logical Storage Manager (LSM) products.

Chapter 4

Describes how to boot each supported Digital UNIX processor or single-board computer from the distribution media to invoke a full or cloned installation.

Chapter 5

Describes how to perform a full or cloned installation.

Chapter 6

Describes how to set up the system for general use after installing the Digital UNIX operating system software.

Chapter 7

Describes how to restore file systems, modify disk labels, and perform system maintenance in the UNIX shell environment.

Chapter 8

Provides information on using the setld command to install and remove optional software at any time after the initial installation.

Chapter 9

Describes how to install the Worldwide Language Support (WLS) software.

Chapter 10

Describes how to perform an update installation of the Worldwide Language Support (WLS) software.

Appendix A

Describes how to prepare for a full installation if the system is currently using LSM, LVM, Prestoserve, or AdvFS.

Appendix B

Describes how to load a Digital UNIX CD-ROM into a caddy and a drive, how to mount and unmount a CD-ROM, and how to remove a CD-ROM from a drive and a caddy.

Appendix C

Describes the enhancements to the full (default or custom) installation process and to the installation cloning process.

Appendix D

Provides descriptions of Digital UNIX base operating system software subsets.

Appendix E

Provides descriptions of Digital UNIX associated product software subsets.

Appendix F

Provides descriptions of Digital UNIX worldwide language support software subsets.

Appendix G

Provides the size of all Digital UNIX software subsets.

Appendix H

Provides default disk partitions for supported disks.

Appendix I

Describes installation error messages.

Appendix J

Provides a sample of text-based default and custom installations.

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Related Documentation

Some books in the documentation set help meet the needs of several audiences. For example, the information in some system books is also used by programmers. Keep this in mind when searching for information on specific topics.

The Documentation Overview, Glossary, and Master Index provides information on all of the books in the Digital UNIX documentation set.

Read the related documentation in the following order:

1. The documentation for your hardware shows how to set up the processor and its additional devices, and supplies valuable troubleshooting guidelines.

2. Before beginning the installation, read the Digital UNIX Version 4.0B Release Notes.

3. Refer to Sharing Software on a Local Area Network for information about Remote Installation Services (RIS) and Dataless Management Services (DMS). RIS lets you install software products over a network. DMS lets you set up an environment where the root and /usr file systems are exported from a server onto a client.

4. Refer to System Administration for information about administering and maintaining your system. This guide also contains information about the POLYCENTER Advanced File System (AdvFS).

5. Refer to Network Administration for information about network setup and network administration.

6. Refer to Software License Management for information about registering and loading Product Authorization Keys (PAKs), the software licenses from Digital Equipment Corporation.

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  A Reader's Comment form is located on your system in the following location:

  /usr/doc/readers_comment.txt

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  A Reader's Comment form is located in the back of each printed manual. The form is postage paid if you mail it in the United States.

Please include the following information along with your comments:

• The full title of the book and the order number. (The order number is printed on the title page of this book and on its back cover.)

• The section numbers and page numbers of the information on which you are commenting.

• The version of Digital UNIX that you are using.

• If known, the type of processor that is running the Digital UNIX software.

The Digital UNIX Publications group cannot respond to system problems or technical support inquiries. Please address technical questions to your local system vendor or to the appropriate Digital technical support office. Information provided with the software media explains how to send problem reports to Digital.

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Conventions

%

$

A percent sign represents the C shell system prompt. A dollar sign represents the system prompt for the Bourne and Korn shells.

#

A number sign represents the superuser prompt.

% cat

Boldface type in interactive examples indicates typed user input.

>>>

The console subsystem prompt is three right angle brackets.

file

Italic (slanted) type indicates variable values, placeholders, and function argument names.

cat(1)

A cross-reference to a reference page includes the appropriate section number in parentheses. For example, cat(1) indicates that you can find information on the cat command in Section 1 of the reference pages.

Ctrl/x

This symbol indicates that you hold down the first named key while pressing the key or mouse button that follows the slash. In examples, this key combination is enclosed in a box (for example, Ctrl/C).