A Creating a Consolidated CD-ROM

A consolidated CD-ROM lets you upgrade your processor firmware at the same time that you install the operating system. This appendix describes how to create a consolidated CD-ROM.

This release includes the documentation and utilities that you need to build a consolidated CD-ROM in ISO9660-compliant Rock Ridge format. This documentation includes the disklabel(8) and mkisofs(8) reference pages.

To build a consolidated CD-ROM, you need the following:

The operating system CD-ROM in UFS format

The appropriate Alpha System firmware update CD-ROM

The following information is included in this appendix:

How to prepare for the build

How to build the consolidated CD-ROM

Sample sessions for both the build preparation and actual building of the consolidated CD-ROM

A.1 Build Instructions

The following sections describe how to prepare and build a consolidated CD-ROM.

A.1.1 How to Prepare for the Build

After you receive a new kit, follow these steps to move the necessary files from the CD-ROM to working directories on the build machine.

Note

The examples in this appendix use the C shell.

Use the disklabel utility to set up a 635 Mb partition on a spare disk, starting at block 0, with a size of 1300480 512-byte blocks and a file system type of unused. Create a mount point for this partition (such as /cdimage) to use later.
For example, to set partition c of rz6 starting at offset 0 with a size of 1300480, and create mount point /cdimage:
% disklabel -F -r -e rz6
write new label [y] y
% mkdir /cdimage

Mount the operating system CD-ROM to a temporary mount point (such as /mnt) and use the tar command to copy the contents of the CD-ROM onto a suitably large directory on the system (at least 1.5Gb). After this is done, unmount the CD-ROM.

Note

This step may take as long as 60 minutes to complete.

For example, using /spare as the target directory and rz4 as the CD-ROM drive:
% mount -r /dev/rz4c /mnt
% cd /mnt
% tar cf /spare/digital_unix_v40f.tar .
% cd /
% umount /mnt

A.1.2 How to Build a Consolidated CD-ROM

After you have completed the steps in Section A.1.1, follow these steps to consolidate the necessary data to a single CD-ROM in ISO9660-compliant format:

Use the newfs command to initialize a file system on the partition reserved in Step 1 of Section A.1.1 and mount it to the mount point /cdimage. If you are prompted for confirmation, enter y. Use the tar utility to copy the base operating system image created in Step 2 of Section A.1.1 to /cdimage.

Note

This step may take as long as 60 minutes to complete.
For example, using /spare as the source and rz6c as the target partition:
% newfs /dev/rz6c
% mount /dev/rz6c /cdimage
% cd /cdimage
% tar xpf /spare/digital_unix_v40f.tar
% cd /

Optionally use the following multiple step operation to copy the firmware images to the target directory:

Note

You cannot repackage firmware or software unless you have a specific licensing agreement with Compaq Computer Corporation which allows you to do so.
1. Mount the appropriate Alpha System firmware update CD-ROM to a temporary mount point such as /mnt. For example, using /dev/rz4c as the CD-ROM drive:
  % mount -t cdfs -r /dev/rz4c /mnt
2. Copy the System Marketing Model (SMM) table from the appropriate Alpha System firmware update CD-ROM to the target directory. The SSM table maps system models to firmware image files.
  % cp /mnt/SMMTABLE.TXT\;1 /cdimage/smmtable.txt
  
  Note
  
  The target file name must be in lower case with the ;1 removed from the end.
3. Look in the SMM table to find the name and locations of the firmware images to be copied by entering the following command:
  
  % more /mnt/SMMTABLE.TXT\;1
  
  As an example, the entry for the EV5 AlphaServer 1000A platform is similar to the following example (the actual table entry is on one line):
```
    27    5    1270,1311,1558,1580-1581\
    [ALPHA1000A]AS1000A_E5_V5_1.EXE;1\
    6    5.1    !    AlphaServer 1000A 5/xxx
```
  In this example, the firmware file on the CD-ROM is AS1000A_E5_V5_1.EXE;1.
4. Create the appropriate firmware directories in the target directory, and copy each of the platform firmware images that you want from the appropriate Alpha System firmware update CD-ROM.
  
  Caution
  
  The target file name must be in lower case with the ";1" removed from the end. Otherwise, the fwupgrade program cannot locate the firmware images. If the source file is AS1000A_E5_V5.1.EXE;1, the target file is as1000a_e5_v5_1.exe.
  For example, using the file names on the appropriate Alpha System firmware update CD-ROM:
  % mkdir /cdimage/alpha800
  % mkdir /cdimage/alpha1000a
  % mkdir /cdimage/as4x00
  % cp /mnt/ALPHA800/AS800_V5_1.EXE\;1 \
       /cdimage/alpha800/as800_v5_1.exe
  % cp /mnt/ALPHA1000A/AS1000A_E5_V5_1.EXE\;1 \      /cdimage/alpha1000a/as1000a_e5_v5_1.exe
  % cp /mnt/AS4X00/AS4X00_IMAGE.EXE\;1 \
       /cdimage/as4x00/as4x00_image.exe
5. Unmount and remove the firmware CD-ROM.
  % umount /mnt

Use the mkisofs program to build the target CDFS file image of the directory structure in /cdimage. For example, using /spare as the target location for the image:
% /usr/bin/mkisofs -D -R -a -d -o \
/spare/consolidate_digital_unix.cdfs /cdimage/

Refer to the mkisofs(8) reference page for more information.

Use the disklabelcommand to insert a label into the file generated in Step 3.
% disklabel -r -w -t cdfs -f \
/spare/consolidate_digital_unix.cdfs \
/mdec/rzboot.cdfs /mdec/bootrz.cdfs

Refer to the disklabel(8) reference page for more information.

The CD image file /spare/consolidate_digital_unix.cdfs is ready to be loaded onto a CD-ROM.

A.2 Sample Build Session

The following assumptions are made for the examples in this section:

The target partition is on /dev/rz6c.

The /spare directory has at least 1.5 Gb of free space.

The CD-ROM drive is /dev/rz4.

Note

The examples in this appendix use the C shell.

A.2.1 Preparing for the Build Session

Follow these steps to prepare for the CD-ROM build session:

Log in as root, and enter the following commands:
% cd /
% disklabel -F -r -e rz6
write new label? [y] y
% mkdir /cdimage

Place the operating system CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive, and enter the following commands:
% mount -r /dev/rz4c /mnt
% cd /mnt
% tar cf /spare/digital_unix_v40f.tar .
% cd /
% umount /mnt

Remove the operating system CD-ROM from the drive. The preparatory steps are complete.

A.2.2 Building a Consolidated CD-ROM

Follow these steps to build a consolidated CD-ROM:

Log in as root, and enter the following commands:
% cd /
% newfs /dev/rz6c
% mount /dev/rz6c /cdimage
% cd /cdimage
% tar xpf /spare/digital_unix_v40f.tar
% cd /

Place the appropriate Alpha System firmware update CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive, and enter the following:
% mount -t cdfs -r /dev/rz4a /mnt
% cp /mnt/SMMTABLE.TXT\;1 /cdimage/smmtable.txt
% more /cdimage/smmtable.txt

Review the output to determine the appropriate directory and file names for the firmware images that you want.

Note

This example uses the same firmware images as Step 2 d of Section A.1.2:

% mkdir /cdimage/alpha800
% mkdir /cdimage/alpha1000a
% mkdir /cdimage/as4x00
% cp /mnt/ALPHA800/AS800_V5_1.EXE\;1 \
     /cdimage/alpha800/as800_v5_1.exe
% cp /mnt/ALPHA1000A/AS1000A_E5_V5_1.EXE\;1 \      /cdimage/alpha1000a/as1000a_e5_v5_1.exe
% cp /mnt/AS4X00/AS4X00_IMAGE.EXE\;1 \
     /cdimage/as4x00/as4x00_image.exe
% umount /mnt

Remove the appropriate Alpha System firmware update CD-ROM, and enter the following commands:
% /usr/bin/mkisofs -D -R -a -d -o
/spare/consolidate_digital_unix.cdfs /cdimage/

Output is similar to the following:

Note

The backslashes ( \ ) in this example indicate line continuation and are not present in the output.

Using OSFMANWO.000;1 for \ /cdimage/ALPHA/BASE/instctrl/OSFMANWOS440.scp \ (OSFMANWOP440.scp) Using OSFMANWO.001;1 for \ /cdimage/ALPHA/BASE/instctrl/OSFMANWOS440.inv \ (OSFMANWOP440.inv) Using OSFMANWO.002;1 for \ /cdimage/ALPHA/BASE/instctrl/OSFMANWOS440.ctrl \ (OSFMANWOP440.ctrl) . . . Using PROCFS_V.000;1 for \ /cdimage/usr/sys/procfs/procfs_vnops_stubs.c \ (procfs_vfsops_stubs.c) 3.92% done, estimate finish Fri Oct 22 15:36:59 5.87% done, estimate finish Fri Oct 22 15:39:24 . . . 99.74% done, estimate finish Fri Oct 22 15:41:52 Total extents actually written = 255673 Total translation table size: 0 Total rockridge attributes bytes: 2066594 Total directory bytes: 4239360 Path table size(bytes): 10130 Max brk space used b9ec60 255673 extents written (499 Mb)

Enter the following commands:
% disklabel -r -w -t cdfs -f \
/spare/consolidate_digital_unix.cdfs \
/mdec/rzboot.cdfs /mdec/bootrz.cdfs

The information is consolidated, and the file can be burned onto a CD-ROM.

A Creating a Consolidated CD-ROM

A.1 Build Instructions

A.1.1 How to Prepare for the Build

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A.1.2 How to Build a Consolidated CD-ROM

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A.2 Sample Build Session

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A.2.1 Preparing for the Build Session

A.2.2 Building a Consolidated CD-ROM

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