Ignite-UX Reference (March 2010, B3921-90005)

instl_combine(1M) instl_combine(1M)

created in El-Torito format.

Example 4

Create an Ignite-UX LIF image suitable for use on Itanium®-based architecture systems. Note that

make_medialif by default creates a LIF_volume that matches the system on which the command is

run. This example works even when run on a PA-RISC system to create media for an B.11.23 Ita-

nium®-based system, but requires specifying the -o ipf -r B.11.23 options.

make_medialif -c "B.11.23 CD cfg"-oipf -r B.11.23 \

-l /var/tmp/IPF.lif

Example 5

Create a bootable CD/DVD for Itanium®-based architecture systems. Note that Itanium®-based systems

require an ISO9660 El-Torito format CD/DVD.

Step 1: Create a pseudo-root directory containing the ﬁles to be copied to the CD/DVD ﬁle

system. For example:

mkdir /var/tmp/cdroot

cp goldenimage.tar.gz /var/tmp/cdroot

Step 2: Copy the LIF_volume created by make_medialif into the pseudo root. (See the

example above for creating a LIF_volume for Itanium®-based systems.)

cp /var/tmp/IPF.lif /var/tmp/cdroot/IPF.lif

Step 3: Copy the generic Itanium®-based boot partition into the pseudo root:

cp /opt/ignite/boot/Rel_release/EFI_CD_image \

/var/tmp/cdroot/EFI_CD_image

Step 4: Run mkisofs to create the ﬁle system image and save it in the ﬁle: /var/tmp/cdfs.iso.

This command line will create two boot partitions in the image: one to contain the Ita-

nium®-based boot partition and another to contain the LIF_volume. Note that even

with the -U, -max-iso9660-filenames, and -D options, there are limitations to

the lengths of ﬁle names, etc. See the mkisofs(8) manpage for details.

mkisofs -U -max-iso9660-filenames -D \

-o /var/tmp/cdfs.iso \

-no-emul-boot -b EFI_CD_image -eltorito-alt-boot \

-no-emul-boot -b IPF.lif /var/tmp/cdroot

Step 5: Run instl_combine to relocate the LIF header to the beginning of the ISO9660

image:

instl_combine -C /var/tmp/cdfs.iso

Step 6: Now write this /var/tmp/cdfs.iso image as a raw ﬁle using open source software such as

cdrecord or software that comes with CD/DVD writers.

DEPENDENCIES

The latest cdfs driver patch may be needed when accessing media created by the mkisofs command. If

the system experiences problems such as the time stamps of ﬁles being off by a few hours, or ﬁles that can-

not be accessed but appear to be there, make sure the system has the latest cdfs driver patch such as

PHKL_34153 (B.11.11). The kernel(s) used by Ignite-UX should have these patches included for use dur-

ing the install. It is up to the user to ensure the patches are loaded on systems on which the media will be

manually mounted.