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

make_medialif(1M) make_medialif(1M)
NAME
make_medialif − create bootable Ignite-UX LIF media image file
SYNOPSIS
/opt/ignite/bin/make_medialif
−f config_file [ -f config_file ...] |
−F config_file [ -F config_file ... −C cfg_clause ...] | −c cfg_clause
[ -C cfg_clause ]
[ -r release ][-o 32|64v|64w|IA | -a]
[ -s script_file ...] [ -S]
[ -l LIF_file ][-vVR][-d tmpdir ][-?]
/opt/ignite/bin/make_medialif −m
[ -r release ][-o 32|64v|64w|IA]
[ -l LIF_file ][-vVR][-d tmpdir ][-?]
DESCRIPTION
make_medialif creates a bootable LIF media image file (a Logical Interchange Format volume inside
an ordinary file). This image file may be copied to a DDS tape or to a writable CD or DVD to create Ignite-
UX install media.
Errors are always logged to stderr.
Options
make_medialif recognizes the following options:
−f config_file Specifies an Ignite-UX config file to put in a LIF file named CONFIG in the
LIF volume. If multiple -f options are given, the specified files are concate-
nated into CONFIG in the order they appear on the command line. (This CON-
FIG file is referenced in a cfg clause in an Ignite-UX INDEX file also
placed in the LIF volume; this cfg clause uses a default description
string.) Either this option or one of the −F, −c,or−m options is required.
−F config_file Specifies an Ignite-UX config file similar to −f, but creates multiple CON-
FIG1,2,... LIF files in the LIF volume, each with a corresponding cfg clause in
the INDEX file whose tag-string is based on −C options intermixed with −F
options. Either this option or one of the −f, −c,or−m options is required.
−c cfg_clause Specifies an Ignite-UX cfg clause (tag-string) in the
/var/opt/ignite/data/INDEX file from which to get config file infor-
mation. (Enclose cfg_clause in quotes if it contains whitespace.) All con-
fig files listed in this clause are concatenated together in the order specified in
the INDEX file to form a single config file named CONFIG in the LIF volume.
If there is a description for this cfg clause, it is preserved in the INDEX file
in the LIF volume; otherwise a default is provided. Either this option or one of
the −f, −F,or−m options is required.
−C cfg_clause Specifies the tag-string to use in the INDEX file in the LIF volume for the cfg
clause that references the CONFIG file (or with −F, the next CONFIG1,2,...
file). (Enclose cfg_clause in quotes if it contains whitespace.) With one
or more -f options, the default tag-string is "HP-UX release Default", where
release is as described in the -r option. With the -c option, the default tag-
string is the same as the one specified with -c.
−r release Specifies the OS release for this LIF volume (boot image), such as B.11.23.
Physical media can only be used to boot one HP-UX OS release, although mul-
tiple types of install kernels and RAM file system files may be included for that
release using the -a option. The default release is the output of uname -r,
that is, matching the release of the HP-UX system on which the command is
run.
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