New Hardware Delivery (NHD) provides installable kernel support for new hardware
without requiring a new release of the operating system.
NHD kits can be ordered
on CD or downloaded from the World Wide Web.
This manual describes the contents
of an NHD kit and how to acquire the current NHD distribution.
It also tells
you how to create a CD image of the NHD distribution from a downloaded NHD
kit and how to install NHD onto your system.
Audience
This manual is for people who install NHD kits, typically experienced
UNIX system administrators.
Organization
This manual is organized as follows:
Chapter 1 | Explains New Hardware Delivery concepts and describes the hardware supported in the NHD-5 kit. |
Chapter 2 | Provides notes and restrictions pertaining to the NHD-5 kit and its supported hardware. |
Chapter 3 | Tells you where to get the NHD-5 kit and how to install it on your system. |
You may find the following HP Tru64 UNIX documents helpful when you install NHD-5:
The documentation for the hardware supported in NHD-5.
The Installation Guide describes the procedures to perform an Update Installation or a Full Installation of the operating system on all supported processors and single-board computers. It explains how to prepare your system for installation, boot the processor, and perform the installation procedure.
The Installation Guide Advanced Topics manual describes advanced installation procedures such as Installation Cloning, Configuration Cloning, and how to customize the installation process with user supplied files.
The Cluster Installation manual describes cluster preparation, installation, and creation and how to perform a rolling upgrade on the Tru64 UNIX operating system.
The
Recording a Data CD-ROM
Best Practice
describes an efficient method of saving up to 650 MB of information from a Tru64 UNIX
file system to CD-ROM using the
mkisofs
and
cdrecord
commands.
You can find this Best Practice on the World Wide Web
at the following URL:
http://www.tru64unix.compaq.com/docs/best_practices/BP_CDRECORD/TITLE.HTM
The
Sharing Software on a Local Area Network
manual describes Remote Installation Services
(RIS) for installing software over a LAN and Dataless Management Services
(DMS) for sharing a
/usr
file system on a network server.
The System Administration manual describes how to configure, use, and maintain the operating system. It includes information on general day-to-day activities and tasks, changing your system configuration, and locating and eliminating sources of trouble. This manual is intended for the system administrators responsible for managing the operating system.
The Hardware Management manual describes how to administer the hardware components and storage devices controlled by the operating system. This manual is intended for experienced system administrators who are familiar with maintaining the system for high availability.
Reference Pages Sections 8 and 1m describe commands for system operation and maintenance and are intended for system administrators. In printed format, this is divided into two volumes.
The Tru64 UNIX documentation is available on the World Wide Web at the following URL:
http://www.tru64unix.compaq.com/docs/
Compaq welcomes any comments and suggestions you have on this and other Tru64 UNIX manuals.
You can send your comments in the following ways:
Fax: 603-884-0120 Attn: UBPG Publications, ZKO3-3/Y32
Internet electronic mail:
readers_comment@zk3.dec.com
A Reader's Comment form is located on your system in the following location:
/usr/doc/readers_comment.txt
Please include the following information along with your comments:
The full title of the manual and the order number. (The order number appears on the title page of printed and PDF versions of a manual.)
The section numbers and page numbers of the information on which you are commenting.
The version of Tru64 UNIX that you are using.
If known, the type of processor that is running the Tru64 UNIX software.
The Tru64 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 Compaq technical support office.
Information provided with the software media explains how to send problem
reports to Compaq.
Conventions
The following conventions are used in this manual:
%
$
A percent sign represents the C shell system prompt. A dollar sign represents the system prompt for the Bourne, Korn, and POSIX shells.
#
A number sign represents the superuser prompt.
%
cat
Boldface type in interactive examples indicates typed user input.
Italic (slanted) type indicates variable values, placeholders, and function argument names.
In syntax definitions, brackets indicate items that are optional and braces indicate items that are required. Vertical bars separating items inside brackets or braces indicate that you choose one item from among those listed.
colored
text
In syntax definitions, literal elements are colored green. Variable values, placeholders, and function argument names are colored red. No special colored text is used outside of syntax descriptions.
In syntax definitions, a horizontal ellipsis indicates that the preceding item can be repeated one or more times.
cat
(1)A cross-reference to a reference page includes the appropriate section
number in parentheses.
For example,
cat
(1)cat
command in Section 1 of the reference pages.
In an example, a key name enclosed in a box indicates that you press that key.
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] ).