Technical data

14 Chapter 1
Before You Install
Planning Your New Installation
The HP-UX 10.20 Install Media
The Install program software is a single, self-contained volume on
CD-ROM (combined with the HP-UX core) which contains the following
Install items:
Lif File Purpose
ISL The initial system loader.
HPUX A secondary loader.
AUTO The auto-boot file.
CONFIG The file that describes the default system
configurations which you can specify.
INSTALL The install kernel.
INSTALLFS Install RAM File System.
INSTCMDS A compressed tar-archive containing the commands
used during the install process in the RAM-FS.
SYSCMDS A compressed tar-archive containing the mini-system
that is extracted prior to running the SD-UX software
management commands.
See the Release Notes on your system (/usr/share/doc) for the list of
other patches and components on your Install and Core CD
There are separate CD-ROMs for HP Workstation (Series 700) and
Server (Series 800) hardware. For both, the delivery medium is
CD-ROM, except for certain custom deliveries.
On HP 9000 Workstations (Series 700), the Install Kernel can also be
loaded from a network source. See the section “Booting from a Network
(Workstation/Series 700, B, C J Only)”, in Chapter 2, “Installing
HP-UX,”for more information on network installations.
NOTE The ability to load the 10.20 install kernel from a network source is not
available on HP Server (Series 800) computers. For these computers, you
must load the install kernel from the physical media. You can, however,
then install Server OS and application products from a network SD-UX
server, once the install kernel has been loaded from local media.