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Installing HP-UX

Installing and Conﬁguring the Operating System

HP-UX INSTALLATION UTILITY NETWORK CONFIGURATION

This system's hostname:______________

Internet protocol address (eg. 15.2.56.1) of this host:______________

Default routing internet protocol address:______________

The subnet mask (eg. 255.255.248.0 or 0xfffff800):______________

Internet protocol address of the Install Server System:______________

Is this networking information only temporary? [ No ]

[ OK ] [ Cancel ] [ Help ]

3. If not already ﬁlled in, this information must be entered, if you plan to

use the network to install any portion of the operating system or

application products. (This information will not be required if you are

installing the entire system from CD-ROM). An additional

line,("…Install Server System"), appears only when booting from

a network.

4. For the question about the network information being temporary:

"temporary" means that the network IP address will be used as

default information during the install process and to ﬁll in the ﬁelds

of the system conﬁguration screens. The "temporary" status will also

prevent DHCP from retaining the "lease" on this IP, as it would if the

network information were marked "permanent". See Appendix B,

“Conﬁguring for a DHCP Server,” for detailed information on what

leasing entails.

You will see the system conﬁguration screens after the OS is installed

and the system reboots.

The default response for this question is "no". If you press the space

bar (or Enter) when the cursor is on this ﬁeld, "yes" will be displayed.

5. Choose OK when you have ﬁnished with this screen.