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1    Introduction
1.1    Product Types
1.2    Kit Formats
1.3    Kit-Building Process
1.4    Sample Products

2    Creating the Kit Directory Structure
2.1    Designing the Customer's Directory Structure
2.2    Kit-Building Directory Structure
2.2.1    Kit Directory Structure for a User Product
2.2.2    Kit Directory Structure for a Kernel Product
2.2.3    Kit Directory Structure for a Foreign Device Product
2.2.3.1    The name.kit File
2.2.3.2    The kitname.kk File

3    Writing Subset Control Programs
3.1    Common Tasks of a Subset Control Program
3.1.1    Creating Subset Control Program Source Files
3.1.2    Including Library Routines
3.1.3    Invoking Subset Control Programs
3.1.4    Aborting the Program
3.1.5    Setting Global Variables
3.1.6    Working in a Dataless Environment
3.2    Performing Tasks Associated with Installation Phases
3.2.1    Displaying the Subset Menu (M Phase)
3.2.2    Before Loading the Subset (PRE_L Phase)
3.2.3    After Loading the Subset (POST_L Phase)
3.2.3.1    Creating Forward Links
3.2.3.2    Creating Backward Links
3.2.3.3    Locking Subsets
3.2.4    After Securing the Subset (C INSTALL Phase)
3.2.5    Subset Verification (V Phase)
3.2.6    Before Deleting a Subset (C DELETE Phase)
3.2.7    Before Deleting a Subset (PRE_D Phase)
3.2.8    After Deleting a Subset (POST_D Phase)
3.3    Using Control File Flag Bits
3.4    User Product Subset Control Program
3.5    Kernel Product Subset Control Program
3.6    Foreign Device Subset Control Program

4    Creating Subsets
4.1    Creating the Master Inventory File
4.2    Key File
4.3    Running the kits Utility
4.3.1    Image Data File
4.3.2    Subset Control Files
4.3.3    Subset Inventory Files
4.3.4    Compression Flag File

5    Producing Distribution Media
5.1    Editing the /etc/kitcap File
5.1.1    Tape Media kitcap Record Format
5.1.2    Disk Media kitcap Record Format
5.2    Building a Kit on Magnetic Tape
5.3    Building a Kit on a Disk
5.3.1    Preparing a tar Formatted Kit
5.3.2    Using DCD Format

6    Installing a Kit
6.1    Installing a User Product
6.2    Installing a Kernel Product
6.3    Installing a Foreign Device Product
6.4    Installing a Product into a RIS Area

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