HP-UX 11i v3 Installation and Update Guide, March 2012

You might need to select or specify other available networking drivers to enable other cards on
your system.
1. To use a keyboard on this interface, you must specify a language mapping to be used by X
Windows and the Internal Terminal Emulator (ITE). Choose the appropriate language. For
English, select number 26.
2. You are prompted to answer a few questions before you can use the system. The first is whether
or not you plan to use the system on a network. If you completed the pre-install data collection
tables (see “Collecting information about your system” (page 34)), you have all the information
you need for set_parms, so answer Y for yes.
3. Enter the basic network information that you collected in Table 7: “Miscellaneous data” on
the screens that are displayed.
4. Confirm your choices. You are now finished with the install procedures and presented with a
login screen. Log in to the system as root.
Completing the cold-install process
The following section describes a task you might need to take to complete your cold-install process.
Upon completing this task (if necessary), proceed to the next chapters:
• (optional) Chapter 7: “Installing applications and patches” (page 59)
• Chapter 8: “Post-install/update tasks and troubleshooting” (page 64)
TIP: After completing the installation, store the HP-UX DVDs in a safe place. You might need them
later to install additional drivers or other software.
Retrieving configuration files after cold-installing
If you previously saved your configuration files on another system (see “Backing up your
configuration files” (page 34)), you can now retrieve them.
Creating a new root home directory
Consider creating a root home directory that is not /. Doing this keeps the user root dot files out
of the / directory. Make sure it is on the root volume by calling it something like /homeroot.
Doing this is especially important if you are using Logical Volume Manager (LVM) and /home is
a separate volume.
1. Log in as root.
2. Except on trusted systems, edit /etc/passwd to change the home directory from root to
/homeroot and save it.
3. Create the /homeroot directory:
mkdir /homeroot
4. Move root’s personal files (files beginning with . ) to /homeroot:
mv /.[!.]* /homeroot
5. Exit and log in again as root.
Recovering customized and personal files
Recover all the customized and personal files that you saved previously by merging them manually.
For example, do not overwrite /etc/passwd with your old version. Instead, either paste in entries
from your old files or merge the old information into the new files.
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