HP Model 720 - Workstation, Owner'S Manual

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ll /dev (if all y our device les are in the /dev directory).
ll /dev/rct (if y our device les are group ed in sub-directories).
If Y ou Are Updating from a Netw ork Serv er. Before y ou can up date o v er the
net w ork, y ou m ust set up the netdist serv er. See the section \Setting Up
a Net w ork Serv er to Up date HP-UX Applications" later in this c hapter for
instructions. If y our serv er is already set up and y ou are ready to up date,
y ou need to nd out the hostname of the netdist serv er from whic h y ou
will up date, and the p ort n um b er. Y ou can nd the p ort n um b er in the
/etc/services le on the netdist serv er (typically , this n um b er is 2106 ). T o
nd the hostname, en ter hostname on the netdist serv er. Then con tinue with
this pro cedure.
Check the file systems to be mounted.
The /etc/update facility will moun t all le systems listed in /etc/checklist .
If y ou don't w an t a le system to b e moun ted (for example, /users ), commen t
out the line in /etc/checklist b efore y ou start the update program. Lea v e
NFS le systems (if an y) in the c hec klist le.
Protect y our user's sessions.
Y our w orkstation may b e running programs for other users. If y ou will b e
adding an application that requires a reb o ot during its installation, y ou m ust
put the system in to its single-user state . In this state, only y ou will b e able to
run programs on y our system; the users' programs will b e terminated. Y ou
ha v e a resp onsibilit y to w arn them that y our w orkstation will so on b ecome
una v ailable. Consult the application's installation do cumen tation to see if a
reb o ot is required.
More Tips on Updating
Ensure that y our TERM en vironmen t v ariable is set correctly; otherwise the
display might b eha v e strangely during the in teractive up date pro cess (setting
the TERM v ariable is describ ed in A Be ginner's Guide to HP-UX ). Y ou can
use 4 CTRL 5-4 L 5 to refresh the screen except when update is loading lesets.
Don't run console jobs in the bac kground during an up date: unexpected
output to the terminal might result in unreadable up date screens.
4-4 Putting New Applications on Y our W orkstation