Performing Updates or Installs [ AutoRestart/iX User's Guide ] MPE/iX 5.0 Documentation
AutoRestart/iX User's Guide
Performing Updates or Installs
Whenever you perform an update or install on a system where
AutoRestart/iX is configured, you should disable the autoboot flag at the
ISL prompt prior to invoking either UPDATE or INSTALL. This action
removes the possibility of the system invoking DUMP from the autoboot
file before you have completed the update or installation.
NOTE The dump-to-disk feature does not work immediately following an
update or install and prior to a startup. If a dump is attempted
at this time, the system dumps only to tape.
To disable autoboot, enter the following at the ISL prompt:
ISL> AUTOBOOT OFF
Remember to reenable the autoboot flag immediately after completion of
the update or installation and before you enter START -R. To reenable
autoboot, enter the following at the ISL prompt:
ISL> AUTOBOOT ON
If you did not disable the autoboot flag prior to installation or update,
then, upon an update or install completion, you should override the
autoboot sequence by pressing any key within 10 seconds after you see
this display on the console:
Autoboot from primary boot path enabled.
To override, press any key within 10 seconds.
If you are unable to press a key to override autoboot, and autoboot
proceeds to invoke the DUMP command located in the autoboot file, you
should ignore the dump to tape and, instead, perform a soft or hard
system reset from the console. Attempt again to override the autoboot
sequence, then restart the system using the -R option with START.
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