HP-UX 11i v1 Installation and Update Guide, September 2005

Choosing an Installation Method
Supported Update Paths to HP-UX 11i v1
Chapter 352
NOTE If you attempt to update from this release (HP-UX 11i v1 September
2005) to an earlier HP-UX 11i v2 release, the update process will stop
and you will get the following message:
ERROR: You are attempting to update from your release of
HP-UX to a version of HP-UX that was released earlier in
time. This is not supported. The update process has stopped
without making any changes to your system. Please see the
'Supported Update Paths' section of the HP-UX 11i v2
Installation and Update Guide for more information.
What To Do
HP supports the following HP-UX 11i v2 (B.11.23) cold-install and
update paths for this release:
You can cold-install the May 2005 HP-UX 11i v2 (B.11.23) release.
You can update from HP-UX 11i v1 (B.11.11) December 2004 and
earlier HP-UX 11i v1 releases to the May 2005 HP-UX 11i v2 release.