This procedure is broken down into seven major steps:
Step 3. Initialize the Disk and Boot From Media
Perform the following steps to initialize and boot the target node in prepara-tion for installing Domain/OS. You initialize the target's disk using the invol program at the Mnemonic Debugger (MD) level. You then boot the node from the cartridge-tape boot volume. If you are installing Domain/OS (ver-sions 10.4 and greater) from magnetic-tape distribution media, you also boot from the cartridge-tape boot volume provided with the OS distribution media.
I Make sure the node is in NORMAL (versus SERVICE) mode.
The mode is usually controlled by a toggle switch on the back panel of the CPU. See the node's operating guide for more information.
2 Shut down the node to the Mnemonic Debugger (MD) level.
.. If the node is a workstation running the Display Manager (DM), press the
< CMD> key and enter shut at the DM prompt:
Command: shut
You can also enter shut at the DM login prompt.
.. If the node is a workstation that is not running the DM, log in as root and issue the appropriate UNIX shutdown command at a shell prompt:
jete/shutdown -y -gO -is jete/shutdown -h now
(SysVUNIX) (BSD UNIX)
.. If the target node is a DSp, enter shut in the emt or erp window.
In all cases, wait for the message SHUTDOWN SUCCESSFUL and for the Mne-monic Debugger (MD) prompt to appear. The prompt depends on the node firmware, but it always ends in a >.
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3 Reset the node.
To reset the node, enter the command RE (or RE W for Series 10000 work-stations), followed by a carriage return at the next prompt. For example,
> RE < RETURN>
> <RETURN>
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If the MD message does not appear after you press < RETURN> the sec-ond time, repeat the process.
4 Write-disable and physically mount the cartridge boot tape.
The cartridge-tape boot volume is labeled Make sure the boot tape is write-disabled. Then insert the tape in the drive.
To check that the tape is write-disabled, hold the tape cartridge so that the word "SAFE" embossed in the plastic casing is visible in the upper left cor-ner. Immediately to the left of the word "SAFE" is a plastic screw head, half of which is a semicircle and half of which is a triangle. If the apex of the tri-angle points to the word "SAFE," the tape is write-disabled. If the tape isn't write-disabled, use a tool to tum the screw head so it points to "SAFE."
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5 Select the cartridge-tape drive as the device from which to read.
To select the cartridge-tape drive on all nodes types except the Series 2500, enter the command
>DIC
On Series 2500 nodes, enter
>DIT
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6 Run the interactive calendar program to set the node's date, time, and time zone.
To start calendar, enter the command
> EX CALENDAR
Respond to the series of prompts. See Chapter 4 for a detailed description of the prompts. Running calendar at this point ensures that the disk initializa-tion program (invol) creates correct Unique Identifiers (UIDs) for the objects it creates on the disk.
7 When calendar completes, reset the node again:
> RE < RETURN>
> <RETURN>
[or RE W for Series 10000 workstations]
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8 Select the cartridge-tape drive again:
> DI C [or DI T for Series 2500 nodes]
9 Run the interactive invol program to initialize the node's disk and set the size of the OS paging file.
To start invol, enter the command
> EX INVOL
The main invol menu appears. If you are unfamiliar with the invol program, turn now to Chapter 3, which provides a detailed description of running invol in this context. When you finish with Chapter 3, go to step 10. If you don't use Chapter 3, use the following summarized account:
1 On the invol menu, select option 1 (ini tialize virgin physical volume) to initialize the entire disk (the typical response). Or, if you are initializing an existing disk that contains more than one logical volume, and you want to initialize and install Domain/OS on only one of the volumes, select option 3 (re-ini tialize an existing logical volume).
2 Respond to the subsequent prompts and wait for the disk initialization to complete. When asked,
Anything more to do?
enter y.
3 Select option 8 (create or modify an os paging file) on the invol menu, and respond to the subsequent prompts. Unless you have special paging size requirements, accept the default paging size. As of SR10A, Do-main/OS dynamically allocates paging file disk blocks as needed. The size you specify with invol is the initial size of the paging file, which then grows or shrinks as required.
[or RE W for Series 10000 workstations]
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11 Select the cartridge-tape drive again:
>DIC [or DI T for Series 2500 nodes]
12 Run the calendar program again:
> EX CALENDAR
Respond to the series of prompts. See Chapter 4 for a detailed description of the prompts. Running calendar at this point sets the correct time for objects subsequently installed on the disk.
13 Boot the node from the cartridge-tape boot volume.
To boot:
1 Enter the command
> EX DOMAIN_OS
2 After a few messages, this confirmation prompt appears:
***
This program will replace system software on your disk. Do you wish to proceed? (Y/N):Answer y in response.
The boot program then loads a subset of the operating system, enough to run the DM or Server Process Manager (SPM) process. A series of mes-sages appears during this process.
3 When the ) prompt appears, enter ) GO
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If you are at a node with a display, the DM is started and the login prompt appears. If you are at a DSp, the SPM is started. Several messages appear during this process. When the boot completes, remove the boot tape from the drive.
The node is now named Ilnode_node_id, where node_id is the hexadecimal node ID assigned to the node during the manufacturing process.
The boot procedure creates a minimal Authorized Area on the node. The Authorized Area is created at the node's entry directory (/). It contains the following components: the installation tools (in the linstaU/tools directory), the help files for the installation tools (/install/help directory), the Domainl OS release documentation (/install/doc/apollo directory), the Domain/OS selection and override files (/install/templates/apoUo/os.v.l0.4 directory), and the media's TOC file (/instaU/toc directory). (See Chapter 11 for more infor-mation about these components.) The Domain/OS product is not loaded into the Authorized Area at this time.
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