Create an 11.23 Boot Tape on an 11.11 System?

[Alzhy]

Is this possible?

I've an 11.11 Ignite-Server that hosts both 11.11 and 11.23 Gold and OE Environents. I only have an 11.11 Ignite Boot Tape - which I can't seem to use to install an 11.23 Gold or OE Image from my Igniet Server.

Thanks.

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom Nelson,

make_tape_recovery boot tapes are built from the local system.

You can not make a tape on an 11.11 system and decide that it will be an 11.23 image. That image and make_tape_recovery needs to be created on an 11.23 system.

To Install 11.23 from a Golden image you need to create the 11.23 image on an 11.23 system. It can then be placed on any supported Ignite server and then network boot can be used to boot the new 11.23 system. The Golden image will then be transmitted through the network.

Of course this requires a physical network connection. If you don't have that, you may need to create an Ignite server on the same network as the new 11.23 client you are trying to build.

docs:
http://docs.hp.com/en/5992-3336/ch09.html
http://docs.hp.com/en/5992-3336/ch01s02.html

SEP

[Alzhy]

I understand I cannot make a complete Ignite Boot Tape (make_tape_recovery).

What i am asking is if there's a recipe out there. I have an 11.23 OS depot and 11.23 golden image on an 11.11 Ignite-Server. But unfortunatey I don't have a bootable 11.23 CD or DVD, nor a running 11.23 System.

What I was specifically asking is "make_boot_tape" -- is there a way to create an 11.23 "Boot Tape" considering the above scenario. I need a boot tape for me to be able to Ignite 11.23 from my 11.11 Ignite-Server that already has an 11.23 OS Depot/Image.

Shalom SEP...

[Al Miller_1]

Use the make_media_install script, it is under /opt/ignite/data/scripts/examples.

[Emil Velez]

In the ignite FAQ there is a procedure to create a bootable tape from a ignite image on a ignite server. This should meet your needs. If I remember right it is a series of DD commands with a local tape drive using the recovery image you created and the boot file from the ignite server.

[Alzhy]

Hah!
Cracked it.

After observing the behaviour of make_boot_tape this led me to:

- Install the HP-UX 11.23 Ignite Release on 11.11
- This release will install/refresh Ignite-UX with the 11.23 as well as 11.11 /opt/ignite/data/RelXX and /opt/data/ignite/boot/RelXX trees.

Then:

Building the LIF file:

/opt/ignite/bin/make_medialif -m -l /var/tmp/new_lif_file -d
/var/tmp -r B.11.23 -R

Write the LIF File to Tape:

/usr/bin/dd if=/var/tmp/new_lif_file of=/dev/rmt/0m bs=2k


And Voila! An 11.23 Boot Tape created on an 11.11 System that can be used to access my 11.23 OE/Gold Image that's hosted on an 11.23 System!