Important:

HP-UX does not currently support writing to USB DVD writers. This currently affects the built-in DVD writers on the rx3600 and rx6600 systems and is expected to be resolved on both HP-UX 11i v2 and 11i v3 with OE updates during 2007.

Although this question does not appear to be related to custom configuration, you can place custom configuration in the installation file systems contained on a custom installation CD that you create.

The following example instructions were developed using Ignite-UX version B.5.4. These instructions are applicable to Ignite-UX version C.6.0 and greater, however you will need to select an operating system revision using the -roption.

With Ignite-UX version B.5.4 this method creates a CD that can boot HP-UX 11i v1 systems and Itanium®-based systems running HP-UX 11i v2 (running OEs released before September 2004). With Ignite-UX C.6.0, you are queried for the HP-UX release so you can create a CD that supports Itanium®-based and PA-RISC systems running 11i v2; you must create a different CD to support PA- RISC systems running 11i v1.

You must install the correct Ignite-UX software to support the HP-UX revision for which you wish to create these CDs. For example, if you install the HP-UX 11i v1 bundles for Ignite-UX C.6.0, you will not be able to create a CD supporting 11i v2 since you have not installed the software supporting that release of HP-UX.

Create a LIF. If you are using Ignite-UX versions before C.6.0, enter:

# make_medialif -m -l ./my_lif

If you are using Ignite-UX versions C.6.0 and later, enter:

# make_medialif –m –r B.XX.YY –l ./my_lif

where, B.XX.YY is the release of HP-UX for which you want to create the LIF. See Column 1 in Table 2 for a list of HP-UX releases you can use and what it will allow you to install or recover.

To verify the lif contents, use the following commands:

# lifls -l ./my_lif

volume ISL10 data

size 804676 directory size

3 04/11/15 13:57:02

filename type

start

size

implement

created

===============================================================

ISL

-12800

16

306

0

04/11/15 13:57:03

AUTO

-12289

328

1

0

04/11/15 13:57:03

HPUX

-12928

336

848

0

04/11/15 13:57:03

FWWKAR4

BIN

1184

1

0

04/11/15 13:57:03

FWWKAR5

BIN

1192

1

0

04/11/15 13:57:03

FWWKAR6

BIN

1200

1

0

04/11/15 13:57:04

FWWKAR7

BIN

1208

1

0

04/11/15 13:57:04

FWWKAR8

BIN

1216

1

0

04/11/15 13:57:04

INSTALL

-12290 1224

68184

0

04/11/15 13:57:09

INSTALLFS

-12290

69408

35840

0

04/11/15 13:57:12

VINSTALLFS

-12290

69408

35840

0

04/11/15 13:57:12

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