User`s guide

HP-UX Versions
9.x and 10.x
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UNIX Utilities
HP-UX Versions 9.x and 10.x
Because the QMS UNIX Host Software supports HP-UX Versions 9. x
and 10.
x , this section lists the major differences between HP-UX
Version 9.
x and HP-UX Version 10. x . For more complete information
see Hewlett-Packard’s
Release Notes for HP-UX 10.x .
n The minimum memory configuration for Version 10.
x is 16 MB.
n Version 10.
x uses a new file system layout based on the industry-
standard Novell USL and OSF/1 (often called a V.4 file system).
In particular, file/directory locations and system startup/shutdown
control have changed. Source files, shell scripts, binaries, build
and test environments, documentation, and environmental
variables with embedded pathnames may be affected by these
file and directory location changes.
n The file system table /etc/checklist is not /etc/fstab.
n The default location for users’ home directories has changed from
/users to /home.
n Version 10 supports the following new HP 9000 computers:
Series 800 Model K and Series 700 Model J.
n Version 10 supports all Series 700/800 computer’s running Ver-
sion 9.
x except the following:
- Series 700 (Models 705, 710, 730, and 750)
- Series 600/800 (Models 635SV, 645SV, 808, 815, 822S,
825S, 832S, 835S, 835SE, 840S, 842S, 845S, 850S, 852S,
855S, 860S, 865S, 870S/100, 870S/200/300/400)
- Any Series 800 with an 8 MB memory card in the first slot.
n Version 10.
x provides HP Software Distributor, a new tool for
installing and updating software
n In Version 10.01 and later, NFS Diskless replaces Version 9.
x ’s
DUX Diskless. Neither NFS Diskless nor DUX Diskless is sup-
ported in Version 10.0.
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