HP-UX Operating System Installation

Boot from the Install HP-UX CD-ROM

Prior to HP-UX Relese 10.20 the installation media included two CD-ROMs identified as Install and CoreOS. However, HP-UX Release 10.20, require only a single CD-ROM for installation.

Once you power on the system, press the Esc key to get to the Boot_Admin> prompt. Load the HP-UX Install Disc into a caddy, if required, and put into the CD-ROM drive. To boot from CD-ROM, search for the bootable devices. At the Boot_Admin> prompt, type search>:


	
	Boot_Admin> search [return]

This will return the list of scsi devices that are bootable:



Device Path		Device Type
----------------	-----------------
scsi.6.0		HP C3324A

scsi.2.0		TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-340ITA

Enter the command to boot HP-UX from the CD-ROM.


        Boot_Admin>boot scsi.2.0   [return]

When prompted, select PS2_DIN_US_English for language mapping.

Installing HP-UX on the system drive

When the Install kernel is loaded, a special User Interface will appear:

 
                     Welcome to the HP-UX installation process!

          Use the <tab> and/or arrow keys to navigate through the following menus,
         and use the <return> key to select an item.  If the menu items are not
         clear, select the "Help" item for more information.

                            [      Install HP-UX       ]

                            [   Run a Recovery Shell   ]

                            [    Cancel and Reboot     ]

                            [    Advanced Options      ]

                                   [   Help    ]

Choose Install HP-UX and the system will ask you:

 
     If you plan to use a network software depot to load the operating
     system, you will need to enable networking at this time.

     Would you like to enable networking now?[y]

Answer n as we are installing from local media.

Select Whole-System Configuration

The install will then present the "HP-UX Install Utility - Select Whole-System Configuration" screen. The system has already probed to find the available hard drives.

Select Standard LVM Configuration.

In general, the default installations is the non-LVM configuration. However, the LVM configuration allows for separate logical volumes to contain (at least) /, /usr, /opt, /var, /tmp, and primary swap. Because of this, it is recommend that you choose the Standard LVM configuration.
Use the "tab" key to move to the OK button and press "Return".

View/Modify Configuration

After you have selected the root disk configuration and file system layout, you can modify several basic configuration parameters and choose the HP-UX software bundle. Help is available for each parameter by pressing F1 or CTRL-F with the cursor positioned on the parameter of interest.
For software selection, choose CDE Runtime Environment.
For /home Configuration, choose All Remaining disk space.

When all the parameters are correct (and you choose OK), the System Configuration screen summarizes the configuration and asks if you want to create a custom configuration (the Modify Disk/FS Parameters button) which gives you additional parameters to change. None of these should require modification.
Press OK and the system will check for any problems and display them for you to correct before proceeding.

To install the required bundles/products, the install process invokes the swinstall command. The next screen lets you choose to work with this new utility interactively or non-interactively.
Choose no for the non-interactive install.

The non-interactive install will load the indicated software and display activity logs which can be used to monitor the process. This process takes from 30 to 60 minutes. When installation has completed, the system will automatically reboot from the new system disk.