This guide describes how to install Compaq Tru64TM UNIX® (formerly DIGITAL UNIX) Version 4.0F on all supported processors and single-board computers. Specifically, it describes how to prepare your system for installation, how to boot the system from the distribution media, and how to perform the installation procedure. It also explains how to install the operating system's worldwide language support software after installing the base operating system.
Note
In this document, the following terms are used to refer to different versions of this operating system:
Version 4.0F of the operating system is referred to as the current version or the new version.
Version 4.0D or 4.0E of the operating system is referred to as a previous version or the last version. You can perform an update installation directly from the previous version of the operating system to the new version of the operating system.
If you update a previous version of the operating system to the new version, the
/sbin/installupdateprogram preserves your user and data files and any system setup you may have done.If you perform an update installation and you are running Worldwide Language Support (WLS), the
wwinstallupdateprocedure updates the operating system from the previous version to the new version by invoking the/sbin/installupdatecommand, then updating the WLS software.
Any version of the operating system earlier than Version 4.0D or 4.0E is referred to as an earlier version or an older version. You cannot perform an update installation directly from an earlier version of the operating system to the new version of the operating system; you must either perform a full installation or successive update installations as described in Table 2-3.
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 by the manufacturer. Follow the instructions for entering system information in the FIS Quick Reference Card delivered with your system, and then refer to Chapter 7 in this guide for instructions on how to configure and set up your system.
This book is intended for anyone installing the base operating system software or worldwide language support software. Before starting an installation, you must do the following:
Read the documentation supplied with your processor or single-board computer
Read the current version of the operating system 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
The following are new and changed installation features in this version of the operating system:
Your system must have a minimum of 64 Mb of memory to install and run this version of the operating system.
Table 2-3 has been updated to reflect new successive updates for this version of the operating system.
Hardware product kits include kernel modules that let your operating system support new or upgraded hardware without reinstalling the base operating system. Chapter 6 tells you how to install a hardware product kit on either a running system or during a full installation, and Chapter 2 has been updated to integrate hardware product kit processing during an update installation.
The list of supported disks for the root file system in Table 3-3 has been updated.
The processor-specific boot instructions in Chapter 4 have been modified to include supported Alpha processors for this release of the operating system.
Reference pages for several system management (SysMan) applications have moved from section 8X to section 8. These are reflected in Table 7-2.
The online documentation set is now available in both HTML and PDF versions. Chapter 8 tells you how to access the online documentation set, use Netscape Navigator, install Acrobat Reader, and copy the online documentation set files to your system.
The software provided with this version of the operating system includes Netscape Communicator 4.5. References to Netscape applications have been updated in Chapter 8 and Appendix E.
The new
Inst_disklabel
CDF item and its attribute
descriptions are documented in
Section C.6.2.1.
The Software Subset Sizes appendix has been deleted. This information is now in the Release Notes.
The Default Disk Partitions appendix has been deleted. Instructions for finding the default disk partitions for any supported disk on your system are now found in Section 3.2.
This manual is organized as follows:
| Chapter 1 | Installation Overview and Preinstallation Tasks |
| Describes the tasks you must complete before beginning an installation. This chapter also describes the different installation options. | |
| Chapter 2 | Performing an Update Installation |
| Describes how to perform an update installation. | |
| Chapter 3 | Planning Disk Space for a Custom Installation |
| 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 | Processor-Specific Boot Instructions for Full Installations |
| Describes how to boot each supported processor or single-board computer from the distribution media to start a full (default or custom) or cloned installation. | |
| Chapter 5 | Performing Full Installations |
| Describes how to perform a default, custom, or cloned installation. | |
| Chapter 6 | Installing Supplemental Hardware Support |
| Describes how to install hardware product kits onto a running system or during a full installation. | |
| Chapter 7 | Setting Up Your System After Installation |
| Describes how to set up the system for general use after installing the operating system software. | |
| Chapter 8 | Viewing Online Documentation |
| Describes how to access, use, and copy the online documentation. | |
| Chapter 9 | UNIX Shell Option |
| Describes how to restore file systems, modify disk labels, and perform system maintenance in the shell environment. | |
| Chapter 10 | Using setld to Install and Remove Software Subsets After an Installation |
Provides information on using the
setld
command to install and remove optional software at any time after
the initial installation. |
|
| Chapter 11 | Performing a Worldwide Installation |
| Describes how to install the Worldwide Language Support (WLS) software. | |
| Chapter 12 | Performing a Worldwide Update Installation |
| Describes how to perform an update installation of the Worldwide Language Support (WLS) software. | |
| Appendix A | Preinstallation Tasks for Systems Running LSM, LVM, PrestoserveTM, and AdvFS |
| Describes how to prepare for a full installation if the system is currently using LSM, LVM, Prestoserve, or AdvFS. | |
| Appendix B | Compact Disk Overview |
| Describes how to load an operating system 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 | User-Supplied Files and Installation Cloning |
| Describes installation cloning and the user-supplied files that you can use in the installation cloning process. | |
| Appendix D | Base Operating System Subset Descriptions |
| Provides descriptions of base operating system software subsets. | |
| Appendix E | Associated Product Descriptions |
| Provides descriptions of associated product software subsets. | |
| Appendix F | Worldwide Software Subset Descriptions |
| Provides descriptions of Worldwide Language Support software subsets. | |
| Provides default disk partitions for supported disks. | |
| Appendix G | Installation Error Messages |
| Describes installation error messages. | |
| Appendix H | Sample Text-Based Installations |
| Provides samples of text-based default and custom installations. |
The printed version of the Tru64 UNIX documentation set is color coded to help specific audiences quickly find the books that meet their needs. (You can order the printed documentation from Compaq.) This color coding is reinforced with the use of an icon on the spines of books. The following list describes this convention:
| Audience | Icon | Color Code |
| General users | G | Blue |
| System and network administrators | S | Red |
| Programmers | P | Purple |
| Device driver writers | D | Orange |
| Reference page users | R | Green |
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 provides information on all of the books in the Tru64 UNIX documentation set.
Read the related documentation in the following order:
The documentation for your hardware shows how to set up the processor and its additional devices, and supplies valuable troubleshooting guidelines.
Before beginning the installation, read the current version of the operating system Release Notes.
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.
Refer to the System Administration document for information about administering and maintaining your system. This guide also contains information about the POLYCENTER Advanced File System (AdvFS).
Refer to Network Administration for information about network setup and network administration.
Refer to Software License Management for information about registering and loading Product Authorization Keys (PAKs), the software licenses from Compaq Computer Corporation.
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
Mail:
Compaq Computer Corporation
UBPG Publications Manager
ZKO3-3/Y32
110 Spit Brook Road
Nashua, NH 03062-9987
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 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.
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