Creating DVD recovery Media with Ignite-UX (C.6.2.241).

[Elvis M. Biggs]

How do you create a recovery DVD with Ignite-UX (C.6.2.241)? We have a ia64 hp server rx4640 running HP-UX 11.23 with a DVD R/W drive. Does anyone have a cookbook?

[Pete Randall]

Refer to Chapter 8 of the Administration Guide:

http://www.docs.hp.com/en/B2355-90875/ch08.html

particularly the section on Building an Installation DVD.


Pete

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi Elvis:

There are some pointers to documentation, including an example script, here:

http://www.docs.hp.com/en/IUX/whatsnew.html

Regards!

...JRF...

[Patrick Wallek]

RTFM.

The steps are outlined quite well in the Ignite documentation.

[Theodore Pardike]

I am not sure "RTFM" is particularly helpful or useful.

For reference, here is some documentation:
Document id: KBRC00016815

Ignite-UX Administration Guide:
Chapter 8 - Building an Installation CD

Below is what I determined was necessary to use with my rx4640:

a. Create a directory that will contain all required files
mkdir /depot/bootcd
cd /depot/bootcd

b. Build the minimal LIF-Header

For B.11.23 IPF:
make_medialif -v -m -r B.11.23 -o ipf -l bootlif

c. Check the contents of the bootlif file in the /depot/bootcd directory
lifls -l bootlif

Note: This information is displayed in the previous step, so I am not
sure how helpful this step is.

d. Copy the required EFI Partition:
cp /opt/ignite/boot/EFI_CD_image /depot/bootcd

e. Create the ISO-Image:
/opt/ignite/lbin/mkisofs -U -D -max-iso9660-filenames -no-emul-boot -b EFI_CD_image -eltorito-alt-boot -no-emul-boot -b bootlif -o /depot/bootcd/iuximage.iso /depot/bootcd

Note: Keep the order of the options as shown above!!!

f. Reposition of the LIF-Header:
/opt/ignite/lbin/instl_combine -C /depot/bootcd/iuximage.iso

g. Determine what "dev" is (to be used with cdrecord):
/opt/ignite/lbin/cdrecord -scanbus

Output was as follows:
Cdrecord-Clone 2.01 (--) Copyright (C) 1995-2004 Jörg Schilling
Using libscg version 'schily-0.8'.
scsibus0:
0,0,0 0) 'HL-DT-ST' 'DVD+RW GCA-4040N' '1.20' Removable CD-ROM
0,1,0 1) *
0,2,0 2) *
0,3,0 3) *
0,4,0 4) *
0,5,0 5) *
0,6,0 6) *
0,7,0 7) *


h) Burn the ISO-Image to CD/DVD media.
/opt/ignite/lbin/cdrecord -v -eject speed=8 dev=0,0,0 iuximage.iso

Note: The documentation states that the option -data is to be used,
this is the default, so I see no point in specifying it.


Ted