SYSGEN AND SYSGEN-RELATED PROCEDURES
Steps to perform an online update sysgen (continued)
Step
Action
System response
16.
Enter Y or N and <ENTER>.
A Y and <ENTER> response causes the change menu to
display. Each time a change is made, the change
question is asked until an N and <ENTER> is entered,
and the sysgen program continues with the following.
Do you want to discard the changes you just made? Enter
'y' or 'n'
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17.
To discard the changes you just
made and continue sysgen, enter Y.
To save the changes you just made
and continue sysgen, enter N.
Is continuation of sysgen required? (y or n)
Enter Y and <ENTER>.
Should sysgen read from host or tape? 'h' or 't'
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18.
For an online sysgen, enter H (host)
Waiting to read files from host.
and press <ENTER>.
19.
Request the host operator to vary
You can then submit a job from the host to transmit the
the printing system online.
last SST file to the printing system. This file contains a
concatenation of all system files on the SST. The new
Note: The host job is identical to
sysgen processor uses these files to build a new
the one used in step 10, except
operating system on the LPS system disks.
that it spaces one file farther
down the SST.
System files are listed as they are read in from the host
onto the system disks.
End of tape found. Is another tape to be sent? y or n
20.
Enter Y or N depending on whether
When N is selected the following is displayed.
additional data is to be transmitted.
Vary offline at host. Then enter 'C'
21.
Request the host operator to vary
The sysgen finishes processing and the
the printing system offline, then
enter C and press <ENTER>.
* Sysgen process successful *
* Sysgen program off *
Enter Cmd ['C' for Menu]>
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