Setting The Date; Loading The Root File System - Sun Microsystems Sun Workstation 100U System Manager's Manual

Installing UNIX for the First Time
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4.3.7.
Setting the Date
Now the mini-UNIX system starts up and displays its prompt sign: a
*
character. Set the
correct system date and time by using date(l):
*
date wnmddlahmm(.,,)
1111
here is the last two digits of the year; mm specifies month; dd designates day of the month;
Iala is hour (on a 24-hour clock); the next mm is minutes elapsed; and the optional." specifies
seconds. The system echoes the date set back to you.
4.3.8.
Loading the Root File System
Next, tell the mini-UNIX system to extract the real root file system from the tape with the fol-
lowing sequence:
:/1=
diac==di,k tape==tape xtr
Replace di,k with
xy
for the Xylogics disk controller, or
ip
for the Interphase disk controller.
Replace tape with mt for the nine-track tape, or ar for the Archive quarter-inch tape. The
:dr
command is a shell script which creates a root file system and extracts it from the tape. The
:dr
shell script displays a lot of messages which look something like this:
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