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

Preparing to Install or Update to HP-UX 11i v1
Cold-Install Tasks
Chapter 4 61
Colors and Fonts If you want to preserve your colors and fonts in CDE, execute the
following command on the system you are updating:
xrdb -q > xrdb.save
Then save the xrdb.save file in your backup directory.
Task 2: Backing Up Your System
Back up your system before performing a cold-install, and again after the
cold-install is complete. If a problem occurs, you can easily restore the
system to its original state. See “Backing Up Your System” on page 64 for
more information.
Task 3: Updating Your Ignite-UX Server
If you intend to cold-install HP-UX 11i v1 on more than one system,
update your Ignite-UX server first.
TThe HP-UX 11i v1 DVD contains the complete Ignite-UX product.
When you cold-install HP-UX 11i v1 from the media, a subset of
Ignite-UX is used to perform the installation on a single system.
Updating your Ignite-UX server and using it to update other systems
ensures that:
• You keep consistent kernel configuration with specific drivers,
daemons, and kernel tunables on all systems.
• You have the following commands to create an operating system
recovery archive: make_net_recovery and make_tape_recovery.
Refer to the make_net_recovery (1M) and make_tape_recovery (1M)
manpages for information.
You can also download the latest Ignite-UX software and documentation
from the Ignite-UX Web site:
http://docs.hp.com/en/IUX/
Task 4: Locating Source Media and Codewords
Locate the source media needed for the cold-install. See “Locating Source
Media and Codewords” on page 68 for instructions.