HP-UX 11i Version 2 Installation and Update Guide, September 2004

Cold-Installing HP-UX 11i v2
Retrieving Information After Cold-installing
Chapter 5100
Retrieving Information After Cold-installing
After completing the cold-install, you can retrieve the information you
had previously saved onto another system.
Create a New Root Home Directory
Consider creating a root home directory that is not /. Doing this keeps
the user root dot files out of the / directory. Make sure it is on the root
volume by calling it something like /homeroot. Doing this is especially
important if you are using Logical Volume Manager (LVM) and /home is
a separate volume.
1. From the
CDE login screen, select Options -> Command Line
Login and log in as root.
2. Except on trusted systems, edit /etc/passwd to change the home
directory from root to /homeroot and save it.
3. Create the /homeroot directory:
mkdir /homeroot
4. Move root’s personal files (files beginning with . ) to /homeroot:
mv /.[a-zA-Z]* /homeroot
5. Exit and log in again as root.
Recover Files
Recover all the customized and personal files that you saved previously
by merging them manually. For example, do not overwrite /etc/passwd
with your old version. Instead, either paste in entries from your old files
or merge the old information into the new files.