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Installing HP-UX
Loading the Core Operating System
selections in the View/Modify Basic Configuration screen (see Figure
2-15). While doing this, it displays the activity logs (monitoring the
install process as it happens) and the list of default values it uses to
install the software.
• If your server (or media) has needed applications on it, such as
multi-user licenses or a C compiler, you will want to interact with
swinstall. In that case, choose Yes (to load bundles/products
interactively). Then you will see the swinstall user interface.
Many system administrators or users may want to customize individual
products and filesets. This is easily done by interacting with the
swinstall utility which "reads" the list of software available on the
installation source and displays it. At this point, you may go through the
list and "mark" individual filesets for installation and ignore others. You
can also "open" bundles, products and filesets and list their contents,
using the interface. Each software object also has its own description file
which can be read to get more information about the item.
• If you are installing from the network, the install utility will also
request the SD-UX Server IP address and the SD-UX Server depot
directory. You can also have a depot set up on the server using
swcopy, and you can use swreg to register a mounted CD-ROM on
the server. See Managing HP-UX Software with SD-UX for this
version, for more information.
• After you indicate your choice, the install utility will proceed with
configuring your disk(s) and file systems.
Time Note • The initial configuration will require about five minutes.
• After the configuration is complete, the install process will proceed
with loading the software. The load process will require 30 to 60
minutes, depending on network performance and the number of
products to be loaded.
The system reboots after loading the software.
Specifying System Information
When the installation ends and the system reboots, you will see a system
information screen requesting the following system information. If you
are using a DHCP server, some of the IP address and host name
information will already be filled in. (See Appendix B, “Configuring for a
DHCP Server,” for further information on DHCP.)