Ignite-UX Administration Guide for HP-UX 11i (B3921-90079, October 2013)

4. Create the installation tape.
This series of commands creates a tape with DDS-1 characteristics and copies the files in the
correct tape layout as described in “Possible Tape Contents” (page 177):
# mt -t /dev/rmt/0mn rew
# dd if=/var/tmp/lifvol of=/dev/rmt/0mn obs=2k
# dd if=/var/tmp/myOSarchive.gz of=/dev/rmt/0mn obs=10k
# dd if=/var/tmp/serialdepot of=/dev/rmt/0mn obs=10k
# mt -t /dev/rmt/0mn rew
NOTE: You must ensure you use a no-rewind device file, such as /dev/rmt/0mn. This
prevents the tape device from rewinding between the successive dd commands in this step
and overwriting files that were previously written to the tape.
The tape is now ready to use for the installation of PA-RISC systems.
Creating a Boot CD/DVD or an Installation DVD
You can use scripts supplied by Ignite-UX to create boot and archive-based CD/DVDs as outlined
in “Boot and Archive-Based CD/DVDs” (page 182).
To create depot-based installation DVDs, follow the procedures provided below in “Depot-Based
DVDs” (page 185).
Assumptions
This section assumes the system creating the media has a DVD writer.
If your system does not have a DVD writer, you can create the ISO image and then copy it to
another system equipped with a DVD writer to burn the media.
If your system is enabled with the HP Integrity Integrated Lights-Out Management Processor (iLO
MP) virtual media (vMedia) feature, you can generate an ISO image that can be used with iLO
vMedia virtual devices. For more information, see Appendix D (page 238) and the HP Integrity iLO
2 MP Operations Guide available at http://www.hp.com/go/hpsc.
File and ISO Image Size Considerations
The ISO image must fit on the DVD media (4.7 ).
Some implementations of ISO9660 limit the maximum file size to 2 .
Prior to Ignite-UX version C.6.5 for HP-UX 11i v2, and C.6.8 for HP-UX 11i v1, the total size of
the ISO image cannot be larger than 2 .
For more information, see the sections FILE SIZES and IMAGE SIZE at the start of the
make_media_install script.
Boot and Archive-Based CD/DVDs
With one simple command, a CD/DVD can be created that supports two-step media recovery.
Additionally, make_media_install can write archives to a bootable DVD.
All HP-UX 11i v2 and 11i v3 bootable CD/DVDs created with make_media_install support
both Itanium-based and PA-RISC boot.
The make_opticaldisc_recovery script can be used to create a recovery image and then
write it to a DVD. The script creates the recovery image with make_net_recovery, and then
calls make_media_install to write the recovery image to DVD. This script is to be run from the
client system and requires one argument — the hostname or IP address of the Ignite server. The
script first creates a recovery image of the client and stores it on the Ignite server. Then, the recovery
image is written to the Ignite server's DVD writer. The make_opticaldisc_recovery script
was introduced in Ignite-UX version C.7.2.
You can find both scripts in the directory
182 Creating Your Own Boot and Installation Media