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.
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2.
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