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Table of Contents
Audience
New and Changed Features
Organization
Related Documentation
Reader's Comments
Conventions
1 Installation Overview and Preinstallation Tasks
1.1 Quick Start for Experienced Users of the Full Installation
1.2 Software Distribution Media
1.3 Types of User Interfaces: Graphical and Text Based
1.4 Preinstallation Tasks
1.4.1 Check the Hardware for Installation Readiness
1.4.1.1 Configuring ISA Devices Before the Installation
1.4.1.2 Installing ATM Adapters Before the Installation
1.4.1.3 Installing on SCSI RAID Devices
1.4.2 Check the Software Distribution Kit
1.4.3 Check Network Connections for RIS Installations
1.4.4 Read the Digital UNIX Release Notes
1.4.5 Back Up the System
1.4.5.1 Special Considerations for Systems Running LSM, LVM, Prestoserve, and
AdvFS
1.4.6 Update System Firmware
1.4.6.1 Updating Firmware on AlphaPC64, AlphaPC164, EB64+, EB66+, and EB164 Single-Board Computers
1.4.7 Run Hardware Configuration Utilities
1.4.7.1 Minimum EISA Configuration Utility (ECU) Firmware Revision Level
1.4.7.2 Minimum RAID Configuration Utility (RCU) Revision Level
1.4.7.3 Updating the Advanced RISC Computing (ARC) Console
1.4.7.4 Updating the System Reference Manual (SRM) Console
1.5 Installation Types: Update, Full, and Cloned
1.5.1 Description of an Update Installation
1.5.2 Description of a Default Installation
1.5.3 Description of a Custom Installation
1.5.4 Description of a Cloned Installation
1.6 UNIX Shell Option
1.7 Summary of the Installation Procedure
1.8 If Your System Has Factory Installed Software (FIS)
1.9 Installing Worldwide Language Support Software
2 Performing an Update Installation
2.1 Quick Start for Experienced Users
2.2 What Is an Update Installation?
2.2.1 Completion Time for an Update Installation
2.2.2 How Existing Files Are Affected During an Update Installation
2.3 Source of the Update Installation
2.4 Summary of the Update Installation Procedure
2.5 Preparing for an Update Installation
2.6 Running the Update Installation from CD-ROM
2.6.1 Before You Start
2.6.2 Starting the Update Installation from CD-ROM
2.7 Running the Update Installation from a RIS Server
2.7.1 Before You Start
2.7.2 Starting the Update Installation from a RIS Server
2.8 What Happens During the Update Installation Process
2.8.1 Verifying the System State
2.8.2 Checking for Layered Products
2.8.2.1 Layered Products That Halt the Update Installation
2.8.2.2 Layered Products That Do Not Halt the Update Installation
2.8.3 Checking the System Status
2.8.4 Checking for File Type Conflicts
2.8.5 Checking File Space Requirement
2.8.5.1 System Has Sufficient Disk Space
2.8.5.2 System Has Insufficient Disk Space
2.8.5.3 Deleting Individual System Files Does Not Free Space for the Update
2.8.5.4 How to Obtain Additional Space
2.8.6 Detecting Unprotected Customized File
2.8.7 Loading Software Subsets
2.8.8 Recovering from Failures During Loading of Subsets
2.9 Merging Software Subsets
2.10 Configuring Software Subsets and Merging
2.11 Building the Kernel
2.11.1 Manually Adding Special Configuration Options to the Kernel
2.11.2 Recovering from Kernel Build Failures
2.12 Logging In After the Update Completes
2.13 Device Special File Name Changes
2.14 Postinstallation Tasks
2.14.1 Reviewing Update Installation Log Files
2.14.2 Manually Merging Customizations
2.15 Using the Update Administration Utility After the Update Installation
2.15.1 Invoking the Update Administration Utility
2.15.2 File Administration Menu Options
2.15.3 Save Files Option
2.15.4 Delete Files Option
2.15.5 View List of Files Option
2.15.6 Messages and Archive Options
3 Planning Disk Space for a Custom Installation
3.1 Commonly Used Terms
3.2 Using the Default Disk Partitions and the Default File System Layout
3.3 When to Perform Disk Planning Exercises
3.4 Choosing the Disk for the root File System
3.5 Recording Disk Partition Sizes
3.5.1 Completing the Disk Configuration Worksheet
3.5.2 Reviewing Existing Disk Labels to Determine Disk Layout
3.5.3 Using the disklabel Command in the UNIX Shell to View Disk Labels
3.6 File System Overhead
3.7 Planning the /usr File System
3.7.1 Software Subsets Within the /usr File System
3.7.2 Space for Users' Accounts and Files
3.7.3 Completing the /usr Worksheet
3.8 Planning the /var Area
3.8.1 Crash Dump Space
3.8.2 Error Logger and syslog Files
3.8.3 System Accounting Files
3.8.4 Size of the /var/adm/ris Directory
3.8.5 Size of the /var/adm/dms Directory
3.8.6 Completing the var Worksheet
3.8.7 Placing the var Area in the /usr File System
3.9 Planning the Swap Space
3.10 Finalizing the File System Layout
4 Processor-Specific Boot Instructions for Full Installations
4.1 Shutting Down and Booting the Processor
4.2 Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI) Boot Instructions
4.3 AlphaServer 300 and AlphaServer 400 Processors
4.3.1 Setting the Console Flags
4.3.2 Booting from the CD-ROM Optical Disc Kit
4.3.3 Booting from the Network
4.3.3.1 Booting from a Digital UNIX Server
4.4 AlphaServer 1000 and AlphaServer 1000A Series Processors
4.4.1 The bus_probe_algorithm Environment Variable
4.4.2 Setting the Console Flags
4.4.3 Booting from the CD-ROM Optical Disc Kit
4.4.4 Booting from the Network
4.4.4.1 Booting from a Digital UNIX Server
4.5 AlphaServer 2000 Series Processors
4.5.1 The bus_probe_algorithm Environment Variable
4.5.2 Setting the Console Flags
4.5.3 Booting from the CD-ROM Optical Disc Kit
4.5.4 Booting from the Network
4.5.4.1 Booting from a Digital UNIX Server
4.5.5 Prestoserve Option
4.5.5.1 The prcache Command
4.6 AlphaServer 2100 Series, AlphaServer 2100A Series, AlphaServer 4000/4100 Series, and Digital Alpha VME 2100 Series
Processors
4.6.1 The bus_probe_algorithm Environment Variable
4.6.2 Setting the Console Flags
4.6.3 Booting from the CD-ROM Optical Disc Kit
4.6.4 Booting from the Network
4.6.4.1 Booting from a Digital UNIX Server
4.6.5 Prestoserve Option
4.6.5.1 The prcache Command
4.7 AlphaServer 8200 and AlphaServer 8400 Series Processors
4.7.1 Setting the Console Flags
4.7.2 Booting from the CD-ROM Optical Disc Kit
4.7.3 Booting from the Network
4.7.3.1 Booting from a Digital UNIX Server
4.8 AlphaStation 200 Series, AlphaStation 250 Series, AlphaStation 255 Series, and AlphaStation 400 Series Processors
4.8.1 Setting the Console Flags
4.8.2 Booting from the CD-ROM Optical Disc Kit
4.8.3 Booting from the Network
4.8.3.1 Booting from a Digital UNIX Server
4.9 AlphaStation 500 and AlphaStation 600 Series Processors
4.9.1 Setting the Console Flags
4.9.2 Booting from the CD-ROM Optical Disc Kit
4.9.3 Booting from the Network
4.9.3.1 Booting from a Digital UNIX Server
4.10 AXPvme 64, AXPvme 100, AXPvme 160, AXPvme 166, AXPvme 230, Alpha VME 4/224, Alpha VME 4/288, and Alpha VME 5/nnn Single-Board Computers
(SBCs)
4.10.1 Setting the Console Flags
4.10.2 Booting from the CD-ROM Optical Disc Kit
4.10.3 Booting from the Network
4.10.3.1 Booting from a Digital UNIX Server
4.11 AXPpci 33 Single Board Computer (SBC) and Digital PICMG Alpha CPUs
4.11.1 Setting the Console Flags
4.11.2 Booting from the CD-ROM Optical Disc Kit
4.11.3 Booting from the Network
4.11.3.1 Booting from a Digital UNIX Server
4.11.4 Booting Considerations
4.11.5 Booting from a PCI Tulip or ISA LeMAC Ethernet Card
4.12 AlphaPC64, AlphaPC164, EB64+, EB66+, and EB164 Single-Board Computers
4.12.1 Setting the Console Flags
4.12.2 Booting from the CD-ROM Optical Disc Kit
4.12.3 Booting from the Network
4.12.3.1 Booting from a Digital UNIX Server
4.13 DEC 2000 Series Processors
4.13.1 Setting the Console Flags
4.13.2 Booting from the CD-ROM Optical Disc Kit
4.13.3 Booting from the Network
4.14 DEC 3000 Series Processors
4.14.1 Setting the Console Flags
4.14.2 Booting from the CD-ROM Optical Disc Kit
4.14.3 Booting from the Network
4.14.3.1 Booting from a Digital UNIX Server
4.14.4 Booting from the SCSI TURBOchannel Option Card
4.14.5 Booting from an FDDI Network Interface
4.15 DEC 4000 Series Processors
4.15.1 Setting the Console Flags
4.15.2 Booting from the CD-ROM Optical Disc Kit
4.15.3 Booting from the Network
4.15.3.1 Booting from a Digital UNIX Server
4.15.4 Prestoserve Option
4.15.4.1 The prcache Command
4.16 DEC 7000 and DEC 10000 Series Processors
4.16.1 Setting the Console Flags
4.16.2 Booting from the CD-ROM Optical Disc Kit
4.16.3 Booting from the Network
5 Performing Default, Custom, and Cloned Installations
5.1 What You See After Booting the System
5.1.1 If Your System Has Graphics Capabilities
5.1.1.1 Unique Features of the Graphical User Interface
5.1.2 If Your System Does Not Have Graphics Capabilities
5.1.2.1 Unique Features of the Text-Based Interface
5.1.3 If You are Performing a Cloned Installation
5.1.3.1 Successful CDF Validation
5.1.3.2 CDF Validation Failures
5.2 Summary of User Input
5.3 Choosing the Installation Type
5.3.1 Navigating Through the Installation Setup Window
5.4 Specifying a Host Name
5.5 Specifying a Root Password
5.6 Entering the Date and Time
5.7 Entering the Location and Time Zone
5.8 Choosing the Disk for the Root File System
5.8.1 Disk Size Restrictions
5.8.2 Disk Label Handling
5.8.3 Preserving Data on an Existing Disk
5.8.4 ULTRIX Partition Tables
5.8.5 Using the Default or Existing Disk Partition Table
5.9 Description of File System Types: UFS and AdvFS
5.10 Choosing the Location and File System Type for /usr
5.11 Choosing the Location of the var Area
5.12 Choosing the Location of Swap Space
5.12.1 Allocating a Second Swap Area
5.13 Installing Mandatory Software Subsets
5.14 Selecting Optional Software Subsets
5.14.1 Selecting Optional Software Using the Text-Based Interface
5.14.1.1 If File Systems Are Full After Selecting Optional Software
5.14.2 Selecting Optional Software Using the Graphical User Interface
5.14.2.1 If File Systems Are Full After Selecting Optional Software
5.15 Verifying the Start of the Installation Procedure
5.16 File System Creation
5.17 Loading Software Subsets
5.18 Rebooting the System
5.19 Software Configuration
5.19.1 Configuring Kernel Device Driver Graphics Kits
5.19.2 Configuring Base Operating System Software Subsets
5.20 Building the Kernel
5.20.1 Selecting Kernel Options
5.20.2 Editing the Configuration File
5.20.2.1 Enabling Realtime Preemption
5.20.3 Kernel Build Messages
5.21 Logging in to the System for the First Time
6 Postinstallation System Setup and Viewing Online Documentation
6.1 Setting Up the System from the SysMan Configuration Checklist
6.1.1 For More Information About System Setup
6.2 Setting Up the System from the Command Line
6.3 Files Left on Your System After the Installation
6.3.1 Installation Log Files
6.4 Enabling Realtime Preemption After the Installation
6.5 Enabling Unattended Reboots on Multiprocessor Systems
6.6 Invoking Netscape Navigator to View Digital UNIX Documentation
6.6.1 Copying HTML Files from CD-ROM to Disk
6.6.2 Invoking the Bookreader Application to View Documentation
6.6.2.1 Accessing Online Documentation from a Workstation
6.6.2.2 Accessing Online Documentation from a Server
6.6.2.3 Copying Bookreader Files from CD-ROM to Disk
7 UNIX Shell Option
7.1 What Is the UNIX Shell Option?
7.2 Invoking the UNIX Shell
7.2.1 Invoking the UNIX Shell from the Text-Based Interface
7.2.2 Invoking the UNIX Shell from the Graphical Interface
7.3 UNIX Shell Capabilities
7.4 Creating Swap Space
7.5 Accessing Devices
7.6 Mounting File Systems
7.7 Restoring File Systems
7.7.1 Restoring UNIX File Systems (UFS)
7.7.2 Restoring Advanced File Systems (AdvFS)
7.8 Changing the Size of a Disk Partition
7.9 Starting the Logical Storage Manager
7.10 Using a Disk That Contains ULTRIX Partition Information
7.11 Returning to the Installation Procedure from the UNIX Shell
8 Using setld to Install and Remove Software Subsets After an Installation
8.1 Using the setld Command
8.2 Displaying Subset Inventories
8.3 Installing a Software Subset
8.4 Installing Software Subsets with Dependencies
8.5 Rebuilding the Kernel After Installing Kernel Build Environment Subsets
8.6 Rebuilding the Kernel After Installing ATM Adapters
9 Performing a Worldwide Installation
9.1 Preparing for a Worldwide Installation
9.2 Dependencies on Digital UNIX Base Software Subsets
9.3 Increasing Available Disk Space
9.4 Starting the Worldwide Installation
9.4.1 Installing from a CD-ROM
9.4.2 Installing from a RIS Server
9.5 Responding to the wwinstall Script
9.5.1 Selecting Worldwide Software Subsets
9.5.2 Loading Worldwide Software Subsets
9.5.3 Configuring Worldwide Software Subsets
9.5.4 Building the Kernel
9.6 Building an Asian Kernel After the Installation
9.6.1 Reconfiguring the Kernel to Support the Asian Terminal Driver and Daemons
9.7 Setting up the sendmail Daemon and wnn
9.8 Backup Files Created by the Installation
9.9 Working in a Worldwide Environment
10 Performing a Worldwide Update Installation
10.1 What Is an Update Installation of Worldwide Support Software?
10.2 Preparing for the Worldwide Update Installation
10.3 System Files Affected in an Update Installation of Worldwide Support
10.4 System Backup
10.5 If You Encounter Problems During the Update Installation of the Base
System
10.6 Required Disk Space
10.7 Running wwinstallupdate from CD-ROM Media
10.8 Running wwinstallupdate from an NFS Server System
10.9 What Happens During the Worldwide Update Installation
10.10 Installing Worldwide Subsets and Building the Asian Kernel
A Preinstallation Tasks for Systems Running LSM, LVM, Prestoserve, and
AdvFS
A.1 Preparing for a Full Installation if Using LSM
A.2 Preparing for a Full Installation if Using LVM
A.3 Preparing for a Full Installation if Using Prestoserve
A.4 Preparing for a Full Installation if Using AdvFS
B Compact Disc Overview
B.1 Loading a CD-ROM in a Caddy
B.2 Inserting and Removing a CD-ROM
B.3 Mounting a CD-ROM
B.4 Unmounting a CD-ROM
C Installation Enhancements
C.1 Installation Cloning Overview
C.1.1 Prerequisites for Installation Cloning
C.1.2 Benefits of Installation Cloning
C.1.3 Installation Cloning Features
C.2 Overview of Support for User-Supplied Files
C.3 Relationship Between CDFs and User-Supplied Files
C.4 Role of the Administrator
C.5 Theory of Operation
C.6 Description of the Configuration Description File
C.6.1 Sample Configuration Description File
C.6.2 Attribute-Value Pair Definitions
C.6.2.1 Attributes in the Inst_islinfo Item
C.6.2.2 Attributes in the Inst_filesystem Item
C.6.2.3 Attributes in the Inst_subsets Item
C.6.2.4 Attributes in the Inst_cinstall Item
C.7 Generating or Selecting an Appropriate CDF
C.7.1 Acceptable Differences in Disk Configurations
C.7.2 Considering Differences in Graphics Adapters
C.7.3 Considering Differences in Font Size
C.7.4 Considering Differences in Keyboard Type
C.8 Modifying Attributes in the CDF to Achieve Unattended Installations
C.8.1 Errors in the CDF
C.8.2 Modifying the CDF Confirmation Attribute
C.8.3 Modifying the Tailored Kernel Build Attribute
C.8.4 Modifying Site- and System-Specific Attributes
C.9 Creating preinstall Files
C.10 Creating postload Files
C.11 Moving the CDF and Files to the Appropriate Destination
C.11.1 Moving the CDF and Files to a Diskette
C.11.2 Moving the CDF and Files to a RIS Server
C.11.2.1 Moving Files to an Extracted RIS Area
C.11.2.2 Changes to the RIS Interface
C.11.2.3 Registering a RIS Client to a Profile Set
C.11.2.4 Determining Registration for RIS Clients
C.11.2.5 Removing a RIS Client from Profile Set Registration
C.11.2.6 Deleting Profile Sets from the RIS Server
C.11.3 Moving the CDF and Files to the /var/tmp Directory
C.11.4 Burning the CDF and Files on to a CD-ROM
D Base Operating System Software Subset Descriptions
D.1 Mandatory Software Subsets
D.2 Optional Software Subsets
D.2.1 General Applications Software Subsets
D.2.2 Kernel Build Environment Software Subsets
D.2.3 Kernel Software Development Software Subsets
D.2.4 Mail Applications
D.2.5 Network-Server/Communications Software Subsets
D.2.6 Printing Environment Software Subsets
D.2.7 Reference Pages Software Subsets
D.2.8 Software Development Software Subsets
D.2.9 Supplemental Documentation Software Subset
D.2.10 System Administration Software Subsets
D.2.11 Text-Processing Software Subsets
D.2.12 Windowing Environment Software Subsets
D.2.13 Windows Applications Software Subsets
E Associated Product Descriptions
E.1 General Instructions for Installing Associated Products
E.1.1 Updating the whatis Database After Installing Reference Pages for Associated
Products
E.2 Common Desktop Environment (CDE) Instructional Video
E.3 Development Enhancements for Digital UNIX Alpha Systems
E.4 DEC Ada Run-Time Library Support for Digital UNIX Alpha Systems
E.5 DEC C++ Class Library for Digital UNIX Alpha Systems
E.6 DEC COBOL Run-Time Support Library for Digital UNIX Systems
E.7 DECevent Management Utility
E.8 DEC Fortran for Digital UNIX Alpha Run-Time Support
E.9 DEC Pascal for Digital UNIX Alpha Run-Time Support
E.10 DECtalk Software for Digital UNIX
E.11 Free Software Foundation GNU Source for Digital UNIX
E.12 Netscape FastTrack Server V2.0
E.13 NetWorker SingleServer Save and Restore
E.14 Sort Run-Time Library
E.15 PanoramiX Xserver Extension Advanced Developer's Kit
E.16 Performance Manager for Digital UNIX
E.17 Digital Porting Assistant
E.18 Multimedia Services for Digital UNIX
E.19 POLYCENTER Advanced File System Utilities
E.20 System V Environment
E.21 TruCluster
F Worldwide Software Subset Descriptions
F.1 Worldwide Support Software Descriptions
F.2 Czech Support
F.3 German Support
F.4 Greek Support
F.5 Spanish Support
F.6 French Support
F.7 Hungarian Support
F.8 Italian Support
F.9 Hebrew Support
F.10 Japanese Support
F.11 Korean Support
F.12 Polish Support
F.13 Russian Support
F.14 Slovak Support
F.15 Swedish Support
F.16 Thai Support
F.17 Turkish Support
F.18 Chinese Support
F.19 Catalan Support
F.20 Lithuanian Support
F.21 Slovene Support
G Software Subset Sizes
G.1 Disk Space Required for Software Subsets
G.2 Disk Space Required for Update Installations
G.3 Disk Space Required for RIS Areas
G.4 Disk Space Required for Documentation
H Default Disk Partitions
H.1 DSA Disk Drives
H.2 SCSI Disk Drives
J Sample Text-Based Installations
J.1 Sample Text-Based Default Installation
J.2 Sample Text-Based Custom Installation
J.2.1 Optional Software Subsets for a Custom Installation
J.2.2 File System Creation and Software Subset Load
J.2.3 Kernel Build Procedure