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Page 3: ...Altos ComputerSystems Altos System V Series 386 Installation...

Page 4: ...except in U normal use of the software or to make a backup copy of each diskette you receive The Altos logo as it appears in this manual is a registered trademark of Altos Computer Systems Altos Syste...

Page 5: ..._ DOCUMENTER S WORKBENCH Part numbers 690 15843 nnn 690 15844 nnn I J Mm macros reference Nroff troff tbl eqn wi DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM Set part number 690 21585 000 Reference CP S F I Programming command...

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Page 7: ...you have purchased with your system NOTE The last section of this manual Change Information summarizes the changes that have been made to the manual since the previous version ORGANIZATION This manua...

Page 8: ...lation MANUAL CONVENTIONS This section describes documentation conventions used in this manual Symbol boldface type boldface type italic type reverse type Description What you type For example Type ta...

Page 9: ...le name xxxxxx ADDITIONAL REFERENCE MATERIALS For more information on your operating system see the following list of manuals To order a manual call 408 434 6688 ext 3004 and give the manual title and...

Page 10: ...22869 nnn and Altos System V Series 386 Reference M part number 690 22870 nnn describes the Altos Run time system commands and extended utilities sections C and M Altos System V Series 386 Development...

Page 11: ...1 28 Exiting the Port Configuration Program I 1 29 CREATING AND CHANGING USER ACCOUNTS jV 1 30 User Administration Commands 1 31 Creating a User Account 1 33 Guidelines 1 34 CHECKING THE FILE SYSTEM S...

Page 12: ...e to Altos System V Menu Port Configuration Screen User Administration Screen Example of Creating a New User Account Setting Up Multidrop SHUTKILL Powerdown SHUTSAVE Powerdown SHUTSAVE Power Restorati...

Page 13: ...anging a Port 1 23 Setting Up a Printer 1 23 Serial Printer 1 25 Parallel Printer 1 26 Remote Printer 1 27 Testing a Printer 1 28 Removing a Port from Use 1 28 Exiting the Port Configuration Program 1...

Page 14: ...9 Installing and Setting Up the Operating System BLANK 1 2...

Page 15: ...rs CAUTION The installation procedures described in this chapter erase all information on the hard disk If you are upgrading your existing op erating s yste use the procedures described in Chapter 2 H...

Page 16: ...loppy while you make the copy Always turn the power off for 30 seconds after using the system Diagnostics Use a soft tip pen to hand copy the label information Store the original in a safe place 6 Mak...

Page 17: ...ll the operating system for the first time If installation is interrupted the next time you work with the system a message will indicate the system was not shut down properly In this event refer to Re...

Page 18: ...menu Step 2 shows the first two items of the menu If you don t press a key in time the system will attempt to boot from the hard disk which doesn t have the Boot program on it To correct this tum the...

Page 19: ...o the screen that follows The screen displays messages that the system is load ing code the size of memory and the number of users licensed for the system This takes several minutes Then you are asked...

Page 20: ...rating System Figure 1 1 Welcome to Altos System V Menu Type a and press I d 4 The screen displays Because this is the first time you re installing the operating system the hard disk does not have any...

Page 21: ...area The system will prompt you through this procedure Refer to layont M in the Altos System V Series 386 Reference M for information about this command The system automatically calculates the default...

Page 22: ...te raw disk partition Such applications include INFORMIX Turbo or other programs that bypass the file system and perform raw disk I O Type y and press Itmg to create an extra partition If you do not w...

Page 23: ...e infor mation about the blocks on your system Then the computer checks the hard disk and makes the file system Next you will see messages that indicate this phase is going well This process takes sev...

Page 24: ...n step 9 below before rebooting as described in this step Otherwise the procedure remains the same 9 Next you are prompted to remove the Root floppy disk store it in a safe place and insert the Utili...

Page 25: ...bard disk from the tape the display of file names stops When this process bas completed the operating system is installed on the hard disk 10 Remove the Utilities tape and store it in a safe place Ins...

Page 26: ...ning When this part of the installation is finished a message tells you that the additional hard disk is correctly installed If you have a third hard disk the system will repeat the installation proce...

Page 27: ...te On Off console terminal alto S 9600 On parallel printer Off ttyOl printer local default 9600 Off tty02 terainal alto S 2 9600 On tty03 terminal alto S 2 9600 On tty04 terminal alto S 2 9600 On tty0...

Page 28: ...change a port s setting type y and press f N The next message refers to the type of terminal you are using where xxxxx is the name code of the terminal you are using Type I Sd if your terminal type i...

Page 29: ...port s settings or remove a port from use You can set up a port for use with a terminal printer or modem The top line of the screen displays the current date and tells you to press pOiSM to get Help T...

Page 30: ...remote printer or quit the program Other menus also appear on the Command line Note that the cursor is on the Add option and the Message line explains To add a new port to the list The Mes sage line...

Page 31: ...u Key to Press First letter of a command Action Key s to Press Select highlighted option current setting or default Move down in a column Move up in a column Move right in a row Move left in a row Go...

Page 32: ...e Terminal Printer Modem or Other Select the type of device you want to add and press Ismd 4 For terminals the screen displays a list of all valid terminals Select the terminal type or type its name a...

Page 33: ...al will be disabled however to stop printing and regain control of the terminal press Select a printer from the list and press t You are then prompted to type a printer name and printer number Valid n...

Page 34: ...name and pressing If d You are then asked questions about the de vice attached to that port 3 The screen displays the type of device connected to that port valid types are Terminal Printer Modem or O...

Page 35: ...er To answer these questions you can either select from a list move the cursor to the item you want press Itmo to leave the setting unchanged or type the required in formation Steps 6 12 in the previo...

Page 36: ...hanumeric characters The next prompt asks for a printer number 6 Type a number for the printer and press Itm Valid numbers are 0 through 255 The first default prfuter is printer 0 the second printer i...

Page 37: ...ter enter the type and press Itm You are then asked to supply a name for the printer 4 Type a name for the printer and press Itmd Valid names can be up to 14 alphanumeric characters The next prompt as...

Page 38: ...type a name and press t d Then you are asked to enter a number for the printer 3 Type a number for the printer and press t _ Valid numbers are 0 through 255 The first default printer is printer 0 the...

Page 39: ...he ports Testing a Printer After you set up a port for a printer it s a good idea to test it using the Ip program Do this after you finish the installation procedure For example with Ip as the default...

Page 40: ...he deletion select Yes If you don t want to remove the port select No At this point you can remove another port from use 4 To return to the Port Configuration Main menu select Quit Exiting the Port Co...

Page 41: ...EATING AND CHANGING USER ACCOUNTS This part of the installation deals with setting up users The screen displays the following message You should create a login account name for each person using the s...

Page 42: ...ping the first letter of each word A description of each command follows Command add user username add group groupnaune delete User username delete group groupnarnne show user usemaune show group grou...

Page 43: ...account follow in the next section To create a user account 1 Type a add appears at the bottom of the screen 2 Type u user appears next to add 3 Type a user name and press IG You can only enter one u...

Page 44: ...ll machines In the network 14 For example to add a user named beth enter the following a u beth fmM The system responds with The screen then displays the system settings for beth see Figure 1 4 to cha...

Page 45: ...t the user will enter it often Use lower case characters up to 8 letters or numbers no spaces The user should enter the name exactly as created 2 Do not use a name with any upper case letters unless t...

Page 46: ...hell After you set up user accounts installation continues If you need to add or change users in the future either Using the AOM Menu System or the Altos System V Series 386 Operations Guide will expl...

Page 47: ...m After the file system check the screen displays the date and asks for confirmation then it displays the time and asks for confirmation If the date and time are correct just press 61 The sequence loo...

Page 48: ...is interrupted you may receive the follow ing message after you restart the system Always allow the root file system to be cleaned This process begins automatically after a few seconds It validates th...

Page 49: ...he installation process you still can t install the operating system refer to your Owner s Guide for information on using Diagnostics to isolate the problem WHERE TO NEXT After successful system and o...

Page 50: ...the Altos System V Series 386 Operations Guide for tasks such as becoming the system admini strator adding new users changing the ports back ing up the file system shutting down the system and so fort...

Page 51: ...Chapter 2 Upgrading Your Operating System 2 3 INTRODUCTION 2 4 INSTALLING THE UPDATED VERSION 2 8 INSTALLING ADDITIONAL HARD DISKS 2 1...

Page 52: ...Upgrading Your Operating System BLANK 2 2...

Page 53: ...he media you are going to use and label each by hand You must have 9000 free blocks on the root file system type df to see the amount of free blocks you have During the upgrade the operating system Pr...

Page 54: ...ommand to back up all of your data on the hard disk s for example the usr files and special files Then assemble the media you are going to use for the upgrade and proceed as follows 1 Log in as root a...

Page 55: ...nu Step 6 shows the first two items of the menu If you didn t press a key in time tum the RESET RUN key to RESET then back to RUN and press a key when prompted NOTE Make sure your copy of the floppy d...

Page 56: ...e on the screen may prompt you to back up your files if you have not already done so 8 You will see messages as the upgrade continues First the file system is checked Then the upgrade procedure saves...

Page 57: ...message asks you to remove the Utilites tape 10 Remove the Utilities tape and store it in a safe place Next the other system fDes are configured and then the local fDe system is restored After this p...

Page 58: ...the second hard disk creates the bad sector table and creates the file system At times you will be prompted for information to enter e g if you want to change the size of the swap area If you need to...

Page 59: ...Chapter 3 Setting Up Your Multidrop System 3 3 INTRODUCTION 3 3 CALCULATING PORT ADDRESSES 3 7 SET UP PROCEDURE SUMMARY 3 1...

Page 60: ...Setting Up Your Multidrop System BLANK 3 2...

Page 61: ...TCU address are synony mous Currently Altos offers three types of communications boards a Serial Input Output 510 board a Multidrop Communications MDC board and the Advanced Communica tions Processor...

Page 62: ...ilable all SIO ports are RS 232 ports ACPA boards however address ports just like an MDC 64 maxiumum ports with the first 5 as RS 422 ports and the remainder as RS 232 An ACPA for a 386 Series 2000 ot...

Page 63: ...IO third board 128 137 128 137 RS 232 EXAMPLE 2 SIO primary board 00 09 00 09 RS 232 MDC second board 10 73 10 14 RS 232 15 73 RS 422 EXAMPLE 3 ACPA primary board 00 63 00 04 RS 232 05 63 RS 422 SIO s...

Page 64: ...1 63 RS 422 To see the first and last port number you can use on the communications boards loaded on your system log in as root and use the deviofo command as shown below devlnfo and press I IN For ex...

Page 65: ...ribed in Chapter 1 of this manual under Setting Up the Ports for Terminals and Printers You can find similar information in Chapter 8 of the Altos System V Series 386 Operations Guide Using Peripheral...

Page 66: ...e Installing Ji I Multidrop On Your System I lilJ1i C sO r 0 1 LAJTCU 8 Hard re Setup Guide Iii Ii II I o tCOMOLEI MOLDED _CABLE Set the TCU 8 switches MOLDED DROPCAIILE Figure 3 1 Setting Up Multidro...

Page 67: ...01 tty 02 tty 03 FIRST FOUR 1Is DZ POlITI ON THE MULTIDROP aARD tty 04 3Z OR WORKNU PORTlI I AND 7 ARE Setting Up Your Multidrop System RESERVED OR RaoCZ2 TERMIMALI Porta Oa 1S tty Oa lS II Porta 16 Z...

Page 68: ...Setting Up Your Multidrop System BLANK 3 10...

Page 69: ...Chapter 4 Uninterruptible Power Supply UPS 4 3 INTRODUCTION 4 3 SHUTKILL 4 5 Sf nJTSAVE 4 8 INSTALLATION CONSIDERATIONS 4 1...

Page 70: ...Uninterruptible Power Supply UPS BLANK 4 2...

Page 71: ...on your system and a power failure occurs the system can either Execute a SHUTKILL which causes a standard operat ing system shutdown killing all processes in a con trolled fashion sending a sync C c...

Page 72: ...4 1 SHUTKILL Powerdown 2 3 If power ia reatored before fai1tiae expires the power fai1ure ia ignored If the power fails more than pwrcnt tiaes see shutype M SHUTKILL occurs even if the power coaea ba...

Page 73: ...s to disk with a sync C command idles the system and attempts to turn off the battery NOTE Only an Altos UPS can have its batteries turned off at _shutdown When power is restored the state of processe...

Page 74: ...ai1time expires the power fai1ure is ignored If the power fails more than pwrcnt times see shutype M SHUTKILL occurs even if the power comes back on If power is restored after failtime expires the SHU...

Page 75: ...the signal and had time to do any desired cleanup then saves all processes in the restart partition on the hard disk The SIGPWR signal is ignored if not caught by a process When power is restored the...

Page 76: ...em in the future you should create a larg er restart partition at the time of installation You can do this by answering yes to the ques tions about the restart partition and nonstandard layout The app...

Page 77: ...he system is brought to Multiuser mode At that time the system will revert to the default SHUTKILL To select SHUTSAVE permanently edit the etc brc file by adding the following line ahutype tahutaave F...

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Page 79: ...ard disk 1 7 2 5 Bourne shell 1 34 change port 1 22 IN 1 A parallel printer 1 25 remote printer 1 26 serial printer 1 23 terminal 1 22 user account 1 29 check files 1 34 1 37 commands user administrat...

Page 80: ...rrupted power 4 1 L l account 1 29 display 1 36 IN 2 M memory size 1 10 menu Welcome to UNIX 1 8 2 6 modem 1 20 Multidrop 3 3 N new version of the operat ing system 2 3 p parallel printer 1 25 partiti...

Page 81: ...tware installation 1 3 2 3 swap size 1 9 system shutdown 1 8 2 3 T terminal description 1 15 type 1 16 1 29 test diagnostic 1 3 printer 1 27 troubleshoot a printer 1 27 turn off the system 1 8 2 3 IN...

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Page 83: ...ption of how to include an extra disk partition while installing the operating system On page 2 3 made it clear that any communication products or applications must be re installed after upgrading the...

Page 84: ...le containing COMM board configurations and addresses Also addded some additional examples and split it into two spearate tables On pages 4 8 and 4 9 correctedtheshutype t for mat there should be no s...

Page 85: ...ThIs Manual Completeness of information Organization of manual Adequate illustrations Overall manual Excellent Good Average Fair Poor Do you find any of the chapters confusing or difficult to use If...

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