Question on lif files

[Etienne Holm]

If you do a lifls you get a list of files
Can any boddy tell me what the following files are and forwhat are they used for.
PAD LABEL
MAPFILE SYSLIB CONFIGDATA SLMOD2 SLDEV2 SLDRV2 SLSCSI2 PVCU SSINFO

[harry d brown jr]

Etienne,

You won't find true documentation on them, but in this thread John Palmer explains it well:

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0x8db079bffde7d4118fef0090279cd0f9,00.html

live free or die
harry

[federico_3]

the LIF area is a primitive, flat file system that holds boot utilities. It has a size of 2 MBs. The critical boot utilities found in the LIF area are:
ISL Loads secondary loader
HP-UX loads Operating System
AUTO FILE contains string of secondary loader
LABEL file Contains pointers to boot file system ( That contains the kernel file vmunix)

[Etienne Holm]

I know what AUTO ILS HPUX ODE is for but the rest I mnetioned above I still have no clue to waht they do.