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Table of Contents
Audience
Organization
Related Documents
Reader's Comments
Conventions
1 Introduction
1.1 Product Types
1.2 Kit Formats
1.3 Kit-Building Process
1.4 Sample Products
2 Creating the Kit Directory Structure
2.1 Designing the Customer's Directory Structure
2.2 Creating a Kit-Building Directory Structure
2.2.1 Directory Structure for a User Product Kit
2.2.2 Directory Structure for a Kernel Product Kit
2.2.3 Directory Structure for a Foreign Device Kit
2.2.3.1 The name.kit File
2.2.3.2 The kitname.kk File
3 Creating Subset Control Programs
3.1 Common Characteristics of a Subset Control Program
3.1.1 Creating Subset Control Program Source Files
3.1.2 Including Library Routines
3.1.3 Invoking Subset Control Programs
3.1.4 Aborting the Program
3.1.5 Setting Global Variables
3.1.6 Working in a Dataless Environment
3.2 Tasks Associated with Installation Phases
3.2.1 Displaying the Subset Menu (M Phase)
3.2.2 Before Loading the Subset (PRE_L Phase)
3.2.3 After Loading the Subset (POST_L Phase)
3.2.3.1 Creating Forward Links
3.2.3.2 Creating Backward Links
3.2.3.3 Locking Subsets
3.2.4 After Securing the Subset (C INSTALL Phase)
3.2.5 Verifying the Subset (V Phase)
3.2.6 Before Deleting a Subset (C DELETE Phase)
3.2.7 Before Deleting a Subset (PRE_D Phase)
3.2.8 After Deleting a Subset (POST_D Phase)
3.3 Subset Control File Flag Bits
3.4 User Product Subset Control Program
3.5 Kernel Product Subset Control Program
3.6 Foreign Device Subset Control Program
4 Building Subsets and Control Files
4.1 Creating the Master Inventory File
4.2 Creating the Key File
4.3 Running the kits Utility
4.3.1 Compression Flag File
4.3.2 Image Data File
4.3.3 Subset Control Files
4.3.4 Subset Inventory File
5 Producing Distribution Media
5.1 Editing the /etc/kitcap File
5.1.1 Tape Media kitcap Record Format
5.1.2 Disk Media kitcap Record Format
5.2 Building a Kit on Magnetic Tape Media in tar Format
5.3 Building a Kit on Disk Media
5.3.1 Preparing a Kit in tar Format
5.3.2 Preparing a Foreign Device Kit in DCD Format
6 Testing the Installation of a Kit
6.1 Installing a User Product
6.2 Installing a Kernel Product
6.3 Installing a Foreign Device Kit
6.4 Installing a User or Kernel Product into a RIS Area
6.5 Installing a Foreign Device Kit into a RIS Area
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