HP-UX 11i September 2002 Release Notes

Installation
Cold Install Changed
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Cold Install Changed
new at 11i
original release
The HP-UX operating system is now delivered as part of an operating environment; see
“The HP-UX 11i Operating Environments (OEs)” on page 39 in Chapter 1 for details.
Although HP-UX 11i can be cold-installed with or without an Operating Environment
(OE), HP strongly recommends installing a complete OE. If you choose to install without
an OE, a minimum OS installation must include the following bundles: HPUXBase32 or
HPUXBase64, HPUXBaseAux, and OnlineDiag.
CAUTION Omitting the OnlineDiag bundle may prevent some of your peripheral devices from
working since they require the hardware monitors included with the Online Diagnostics.
Installing or removing individual products in the OE may lead to dependency issues.
The cold install program is used on all HP-UX systems to initialize a system from
scratch. The program is supplied as part of the bootable core/install CD-ROM media set
and is the first interaction in the install process.
The major changes to cold install are in response to the changing media structure and
the new Operating Environments. Key differences from pre-HP-UX 11i cold install
include the following:
• There is no longer a single core/install CD-ROM. Instead, there are two-CD-ROMs
and with most installations, software will be loaded from both. The user is prompted
when to insert the second CD-ROM.
• In addition to the base operating system, you can also select:
— Operating Environments
— some additional networking drivers previously available only on the Application
Release media
— other optional products previously available only on the Application Release
media
• Other assorted software will always be loaded and will not be de-selectable.