cold install 10.20

[Tom Hipsz_1]

How can I cold install 10.20 on 715/100 which doesn't have cdrom nor floppy?
From manual I was able to find out I could do it over the LAN but it requires
HP-UX 10.20 server. All I have here is a w2k server and w95/98 workstations.
Tom.

[Dan Hull]

To install an HPUX OS on a system without a CDRom, you need another HPUX system
that's already running. There isn't any way around this.

You could use another HPUX system that can act as an ignite install server, or
use a make_recovery tape made from an identical system that already has the OS
on it.

[Clifford Smith]

1. Determine if Ignite is installed on the system:

swlist -l product | grep Ignite

2. If it's installed, make an image of the system:

/opt/ignite/bin/make_recovery -Av

This creates a bootable tape that can be used to turn up another machine.

3. Boot using this tape. Note that the tape will write an exact image to the
machine, so you'll need to edit some information:

hostname (/etc/hosts, /etc/rc.config.d/netconf)
tcp/ip addressing (/etc/, /etc/rc.config.d/netconf)
mac addressing (/etc/rc.config.d/) In this file, comment out the
line containing the MAC address and then reboot -- this file is rewritten and
then the proper mac address will appear.

Thanks,

ps: If Ignite is not installed, it's located on the third of the Applications
CD.

[Dave Wherry_1]

From your post it sounds like this is your only HP Unix system. Ignite is not
going to work for you without another system to use an Ignite server. And, you
can not make a make_recovery tape without another system.
Do you have a tape drive? If you do contact HP and try to get the 10.20
release on tape. If you do not have a tape drive you should try and get CD
drive. They really are not that expensive. Are there any other HP users in
your area? If they have a standalone CD maybe they could loan it to you. The
install would only take a couple of hours.

[Tom Hipsz_1]

I managed to get external cdrom.
After ESC I typed "b scsi.3.0 install"
For some reason it doesn't work, gives me "Boot process failed"

[Clifford Smith]

Does the host running HP-UX have a tape drive?

If yes, does that host have Ignite installed on it?

If yes, does the machine you wish to perform a cold install on have a tape
drive?

If yes, you can perform the cold install using make_recovery.

If no to any of the above, it probably will be easier to install a CD-ROM in
the destination host, and then boot that machine using the Core OS CD-ROM.

[Alan Riggs_1]

After escaping teh boot sequence you need to direct the boot to the hardware
path of the external CDROM. For instance: bo 10.4.8/0

If you do not know the hardware path then you can have the bootstrap process
search your scsi chain and find all bootable devices: sea

Then, simply direct the boot to the instance which corresponds to the CDROM:
bo p0

[Tom Hipsz_1]

After sea I get the list of devices. One of them is my external scsi cdrom,
which is scsi.3.0
Typing bo scsi.3.0 or scsi.3 results in the same error message: "Boot preocess
failed. press to Continue.

[Alan Riggs_1]

There should be an instance number in theleft hand column after you execute the
search. This will be p0, p1, . . .

Boot from that device with: bo p1 (or hwatever instance number is
appropriate)