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

Choosing an Installation Method
Deciding Which Method to Use
Chapter 354
Additional Cold-Install Considerations
The following sections provide additional information to assist you in
deciding whether to cold-install HP-UX 11i v2.
HP Service Partition (Itanium-based Systems Only)
During cold-install or recovery on Itanium-based systems only, Ignite-UX
changes the boot disk partition layout to create a new HP Service
Partition (HPSP). Online and Offline Diagnostics use this 400MB
partition created at the end of the boot disk to hold tools and system
data.
The order of the partitions on the boot disk will be:
1. EFI OS Boot Partition (ESP)
2. HP-UX File System (HPUX)
3. HP Service Partition (HPSP)
During backup and recovery operations, Ignite-UX does not save or
restore any changes you make to the HPSP.
Using the HP-UX 11i v2 DVDs on an HP-UX 11i v1 (B.11.11)
System
If you plan to read the HP-UX 11i v2 DVDs on an HP-UX 11i v1 system,
or to cold-install HP-UX 11i v2 from a depot on an HP-UX 11i v1 system,
then you need to install the PHKL_28025 patch.
The PHKL_28025 patch is in the GOLDBASE11i bundle as of June 2003,
which you can find on the Support Plus media for HP-UX 11i v1 or at the
IT Resource Center Web site:
http://itrc.hp.com
The PHKL_28025 patch supersedes PHKL_25760.