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make_boot_tape(1M) make_boot_tape(1M)
The configuration already in /opt/ignite/boot/Rel_
release /*INSTALLFS is
used as a starting point in this case. The gateway specified is added to this data. If
your situation requires a netmask to be set (see
-m below), you will need to specify
a netmask with the
-m option. By default, when a gateway is specified with
-g,
any existing netmask in
/opt/ignite/boot/Rel_
release /*INSTALLFS will
be ignored.
-m netmask Specifies the default netmask for the client to use in reaching the Ignite-UX server.
This is necessary if your network uses subnetworks. The netmask is the same as
that supplied to the ifconfig command (see ifconfig(1M).) netmask may be sup-
plied either in dot notation (for example,
255.255.248.0
)orasahexadecimal
number with a leading 0x (for example,
0xfffff80
).
The configuration already in
/opt/ignite/boot/Rel_
release /*INSTALLFS is
used as a starting point in this case. The netmask specified is added to this data.
-t tmp_directory
Specifies that the directory tmp_directory be used to store all the temporary files
created by
make_boot_tape
. The default is /var/tmp. The disk space require-
ments for this directory vary somewhat, but typically 50MB of free disk space is
necessary.
-v Enables verbose mode. Information is written about the execution of the command
to stdout.
-? Displays the help screen.
International Code Set Support
Ignite-UX uses a variety of system commands to accomplish its functionality. Because the output of many
of these commands is parsed, Ignite-UX ensures that the POSIX locale is normally used by modifying
environment variables. Help text and some command output not parsed by Ignite-UX will be left in the
user’s specified locale.
RETURN VALUE
make_boot_tape will return 0 (zero) if the operation was successful. It will return non-zero if a
failure occurred.
EXAMPLES
Create a boot tape on the default tape drive (
/dev/rmt/0m).
make_boot_tape
Create a boot tape on a specified (non-default) tape drive. Create a DDS1 device file for the tape drive
first. Show as much information about the tape creation as is possible:
ioscan -fC tape # to get the hardware path
mksf -v -H <hardware path> -b DDS1 -n -a
make_boot_tape -d /dev/<devfile created by mksf> -v
Create a boot tape and replace the configuration information contained in the INSTALLFS file. Use the
/tmp directory for all temporary files instead of the default /var/tmp:
instl_adm -d > tmp_configuration_file
# edit tmp_configuration_file as appropriate
make_boot_tape -f tmp_configuration_file -t /tmp
Create a boot tape and specify a different gateway IP address. Set the netmask value as well. All other
configuration information is from what is already in the
/opt/ignite/boot/Rel_release /INSTALLFS file.
make_boot_tape -g 15.23.34.123 -m 255.255.248.0
NOTES
make_boot_tape is currently limited to PA-RISC systems only.
AUTHOR
Ignite-UX was developed by Hewlett-Packard Company.
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