HP-UX 11i v2 Installation and Update Guide, March 2006

Updating to HP-UX 11i v2

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Step 1. Find the DVD-ROM device file name:

ioscan -C disk -f -n -k | more

A device name associated with your DVD device should be displayed. For

example:

/dev/dsk/c1t2d0

Step 2. Create the directory under root(/). For example:

mkdir /dvdrom

Step 3. Mount the DVD onto the new directory as a file system. For example:

mount /dev/dsk/c1t2d0 /dvdrom

Step 4. Using swinstall, install the latest version of the Update-UX bundle on

the target system.

NOTE Make sure you use the correct case to install the Update-UX bundle (in

title case). This bundle contains the update-ux command (lowercase).

From the DVD

Media

swinstall -s /dvdrom Update-UX

From a Depot The depot example uses the following syntax:

depot_server:depot_path.

swinstall -s depot_server:/var/depots/my_depot Update-UX