C LIF volume contents

The logical interchange format (LIF) volume contains portions of content needed for boot and installation, and is required on any medium used for Ignite-UX boot, installation and recovery, including network server, root disk (bootsys), tape, and CD/DVD.

The make_medialif command creates the LIF volume. For more information on creating a LIF volume, see make_medialif(1M).

A Description of the files in the LIF volume.

To list the contents of a LIF volume, use the lifls -llif_volume command. Example output from lifls -land descriptions of the files that can be in a LIF volume follow:

# lifls -l /var/tmp/lif

 

 

 

volume ISL10 data

size 1953114

directory size

3 07/03/07 10:12:02

filename

type

start

size

implement

created

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

ISL

-12800

16

242

0

07/03/07 10:12:02

AUTO

-12289

264

1

0

07/03/07 10:12:02

INDEX

BIN

272

1

0

07/03/07 10:12:02

CONFIG

BIN

280

84

0

07/03/07 10:12:02

HPUX

-12928

368

1024

0

07/03/07 10:12:02

FWWKAR6

BIN

1392

1

0

07/03/07 10:12:02

FWWKAR7

BIN

1400

1

0

07/03/07 10:12:02

FWWKAR8

BIN

1408

1

0

07/03/07 10:12:02

WINSTALL

-12290

1416

130092

0

07/03/07 10:12:04

WINSTALLFS

-12290

131512

128000

0

07/03/07 10:12:04

IINSTALL

-12290

259512

544598

0

07/03/07 10:12:09

IINSTALLFS

-12290

804112

239616

0

07/03/07 10:12:09

RECCMDS

BIN

1043728

1158

0

07/03/07 10:12:09

RECCMDSIA

BIN

1044888

2210

0

07/03/07 10:12:09

INSTCMDS

BIN

1047104

55663

0

07/03/07 10:12:09

SYSCMDS

BIN

1102768

127867

0

07/03/07 10:12:09

INSTCMDSIA

BIN

1230640

116929

0

07/03/07 10:12:09

SYSCMDSIA

BIN

1347576

214290

0

07/03/07 10:12:10

SCRIPTS

BIN

1561872

45

0

07/03/07 10:12:10

PAD

BIN

1561920

256

0

07/03/07 10:12:10

#

 

 

 

 

 

The following list describes the files that can be in a LIF volume and, when applicable, identifies the make_medialif options to include them.

•ISL — Initial system loader. The ISL implements the operating system independent portion of the bootstrap process on PA-RISC systems. It is loaded and executed after self-test and initialization have completed successfully. If it is run interactively, it issues a prompt and waits for user interaction. Otherwise it looks for the AUTO file. It is extracted by make_medialif from the default boot file: /opt/ignite/boot/boot_lif See isl(1M) for more information.

•AUTO — Autoexecute file. A file that defines default boot behavior. For PA-RISC systems the AUTO file is in the LIF volume. For Itanium-based systems, the AUTO file is located in the /opt/ ignite/boot directory. See auto_adm(1M) for more information.

•INDEX — Default INDEX file. It groups references to configuration files in clauses in order to define installation behavior.

•CONFIG — Typically contains all the software configuration information and the default file system layout information. It includes default configuration information for the operating system release, user-defined configuration information, and information regarding archives and depots. To create a CONFIG file, you must begin with the default configuration file for the release. For example, for HP–UX 11i v3 use /opt/ignite/data/Rel_B.11.31/config.

A Description of the files in the LIF volume. 239