Administrator's Guide

Figure 98 Possible PA-RISC installation tape layouts
Logical interchange format
The first file on a PA-RISC bootable tape is a logical interchange format (LIF) volume containing all
the components required to boot from the tape. It also includes the Ignite-UX toolset and configuration
information that controls how Ignite-UX will operate. Additionally, this tape file will include
configuration files that describe installation functionality. See Appendix C (page 239) for information
regarding the contents of a LIF volume.
For PA-RISC systems you can create a boot tape that is made up of the LIF volume only. This boot
tape can then be used to boot a system, and then the software can be downloaded over the
network.
The make_medialif command creates the LIF volume. A typical LIF volume would have the
following contents:
• ISL
• AUTO
• INDEX
• CONFIG
• HPUX
• [W|V|I]INSTALL
• [W|V|I]INSTALLFS
• INSTCMDS
• INSTCMDSIA
• SYSCMDS
• SYSCMDSIA
• RECCMDS
• RECCMDSIA
• SCRIPTS
See Appendix C (page 239) for a full description of LIF contents.
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