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Step 1: Getting Your System Ready
The following table describes what you must do to get your system ready for
an installation:
Type of System
Your Actions and Requirements
New hardware
Turn OFF your computer and all peripherals.
No operating system
Old operating system
l.
Become superuser (login as root) if the old system is
(HP-UX 6.2 or older)
HP-UX.
2. Back up any files you want saved (for example, use tar
to archive them to a tape; see
tar(l)
in the
HP-UX
Reference).
For an existing HP -UX system, at least
backup /users (all pre-existing data on the disk will be
overwritten by the installation process).
3. Make printouts of all your customized files (for example,
/ete/re, /ete/passwd, jete/hosts .loeal), so you can
easily restore the customizations on the new system.
(You could collect the files in a special directory,
use tar to make a tape archive, and restore them
later, making adjustments that accommodate the new
release.)
4. Shut down the system as specified in its documentation.
For an existing HP-UX system, you could use:
fete/shutdown -h
5. When the shutdown is complete, turn OFF the
computer and all peripherals.
Go on to Step 2.
2-2
Installing the HP-UX Operating System
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