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Adding the Autoboot File to Your System's Configuration
This section describes the steps necessary to do the following:
* Add an autoboot file to a system without one.
* Replace an existing autoboot file with the AutoRestart/iX autoboot
file.
* Perform a configuration update to your system.
NOTE This manual assumes that you are making configuration changes to
the default configuration group of the 900 Series HP 3000 system
that you are currently logged on to. If you plan to make
configuration changes to a group other than the default
configuration group (CONFIG.SYS), refer to instructions in the
System Startup, Configuration, and Shutdown Reference Manual
(32650-90042).
To add the AutoRestart/iX autoboot file to your system's configuration,
perform the following steps:
1. Log on to the console as MANAGER.SYS. At the system prompt, enter:
:HELLO MANAGER[/userpass].SYS[/acctpass]
2. Invoke SYSGEN. At the system prompt, enter:
:SYSGEN
3. Access the SYSFILE configurator. At the SYSGEN prompt, enter:
sysgen> SYSFILE
4. Use the SHOW command to confirm that a disk autoboot file is not
currently configured on your system. At the SYSFILE prompt,
enter:
sysfile> SHOW AUTO
If a disk autoboot file has not already been installed on your
system, SYSGEN displays the following:
DISK AUTOBOOT = NONE
If a disk autoboot file has been installed on your system, SYSGEN
displays the following:
DISK AUTOBOOT = filename.grpname.acctname
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NOTE If a disk autoboot file is already installed on your system,
skip step 5 and proceed to step 6 for directions on
replacing your current autoboot file with the AutoRestart/iX
autoboot file.
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5. If you do not have an autoboot file installed on your system, use
the AAUTO command to add the AutoRestart/iX autoboot format file
AUTOOUT.HP36375.TELESUP to your system's configuration. The FILE=
parameter specifies the autoboot format file. The TYPE=DISK
parameter indicates that the autoboot file contents will be
invoked only during a boot from disk. At the SYSFILE prompt,
enter:
sysfile> AAUTO FILE=AUTOOUT.HP36375.TELESUP TYPE=DISC
Go to step 7.
6. If you already have an autoboot file installed on your system, use
the RAUTO command to replace the existing autoboot file with the
AutoRestart/iX autoboot format file AUTOOUT.HP36375.TELESUP. The
FILE= parameter specifies the autoboot format file. The TYPE=DISK
parameter indicates that the autoboot file contents are invoked
only during a boot from disk. At the SYSFILE prompt, enter:
sysfile> RAUTO FILE=AUTOOUT.HP36375.TELESUP TYPE=DISC
7. Use the SHOW AUTO command to confirm that SYSGEN has accepted
AUTOOUT.HP36375.TELESUP. At the SYSFILE prompt, enter:
sysfile> SHOW AUTO
The SYSGEN utility displays the following:
DISC AUTOBOOT = AUTOOUT.HP36375.TELESUP
8. Use the HOLD command to temporarily hold the changes that you made
in the SYSFILE configurator. At the SYSFILE prompt, enter:
sysfile> HOLD
9. Exit the SYSFILE configurator to return to the SYSGEN menu. At
the SYSFILE prompt, enter:
sysfile> EXIT
10. Use the KEEP command to store to disk the changes that you have
made to your system's configuration. At the SYSGEN prompt, enter:
sysgen> KEEP
The SYSGEN utility saves to the default configuration group the
configuration changes made in the SYSFILE configurator. Respond Y
when SYSGEN asks if it should overwrite that group:
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| keeping to group CONFIG.SYS |
| Purge old configuration (yes/no)? Y |
| ** configuration files successfully saved ** |
| |
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11. Mount a write-enabled tape on the tape drive. Put the tape drive
on-line.
12. Use the TAPE command at the SYSGEN prompt to generate a customized
system load tape (SLT), sometimes called a boot tape, that
includes the system autoboot file. Enter:
sysgen> TAPE
13. Reply to the tape request. The system tells you that it has
completed the tape:
**Boot tape is successfully built**
After all of the files are stored, remove the write ring from the
tape. This is your system's new SLT. Label the tape in
preparation for a configuration update to complete installation of
the autoboot file.
14. Exit SYSGEN after building the SLT. Enter:
sysgen> EXIT
15. You now must halt system activity before you perform a
configuration update.