Installing HP-UX 11.0 and Updating HP-UX 10.x to 11.0 HP 9000 Computers Edition 1

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Updating an Existing Operating System and Software
HP-UX Update Requirements
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Requirements
Refer to the current System Administration Tasks manual and the
Release Notes for HP-UX 10.x for additional information on peripherals
and disk space.
Source Media
The general names applied to the HP-UX source media are as follows:
CD-ROMs Used • CORE
• Applications.
• Support.
• HP-UX Extension Software (Includes essential patches).
NOTE If you are updating any networking products, such as FDDI or
Token-Ring, which are not on the HP-UX Runtime CORE CD, please see
“Networking Products on Additional Media”, in this chapter.
Mounting the Source
Media
1. Note that your multi-user license is typically supplied on separate
media.
2. Ensure that you have made a backup tape of your present system.
3. Ensure that your system is booted and running HP-UX 10.x. You
should have a term window opened.
4. Turn on the CD-ROM drive, if it is external to your HP-UX 10.x
system.
5. Insert the CD-ROM into its drive.
6. Wait for the busy lights to stop blinking.
7. If necessary, identify the drive device, using the following command:
/etc/ioscan -fn
8. If you are using a single local CD-ROM, note that swinstall will
automatically mount the disk in the drive. Otherwise, you may have
to first mount the disc, using SAM or the mount(1M) command. If you
do not use SAM, you can do the following to mount the disc:
a. Put the CD into the CD-ROM drive. CD-ROM "busy light" should
blink.
b. Open a term window and, at the shell prompt, type the following: