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Setting Up Your Operating System Your system comes from the factory with the fundamental operating software (FOS) and your software applications already pre-installed onto the internal system disk. In addition, a tape containing a copy of the software has also been supplied with your system. This tape, called the factory preload tape (FPT), is not to be used during the standard installation procedures described in this manual. The FPT provides you with a complete system backup prior to beginning the installation process and should be used only by HP support personnel for recovery purposes. This tape has been customized to your order and contains the system files, store files, and default configuration files that have been loaded onto your system.
CAUTION If you have not been able to complete all of the procedures described in this chapter, call your service representative. It may be necessary to perform a recovery of your system software. Only a trained system manager or a Hewlett-Packard service representative should perform a recovery.
To begin the initial system load process Your system should be waiting for your response to the boot path prompt. The boot path is the path to follow to find the initial loading information and configuration files. If your screen is not displaying this prompt, return to Chapter 3, "Starting your Computer System," to follow the procedure for turning on your computer system. The process of loading the IPL software from the internal disk drive to the computer memory is complete when you see the ISL> prompt. 1. To start the system with the appropriate configuration file you need to know the total number of disks that you have. Your complete system model number is represented by the 9X7 shown in the configuration name CONF9X7n. Your configuration file is determined by how many disks you have connected to your system. Your internal disk always counts as one disk. It comes in the main computer box, so you cannot see it from the outside. If you have purchased external disks, add the number of external disks to one. Record your total number of disks (including your internal disk) here: 1 internal disk plus number of external disks is ___ total. 2. At the ISL> prompt, refer to the total number of disks that you just wrote down. If you have only your internal disk, use just the START command as shown below. ISL> START Return If you have more than one disk, you need to identify the proper configuration. Using the following command as an example, insert the number of disks that you have where you see the n. ISL> START GROUP=CONF9X7n NORECOVERY Return For example, an HP 3000 Series 937LX model with a total of two disks would be entered as follows: ISL> START GROUP=CONF9X72 NORECOVERY Return 3. After a few minutes, you are prompted to confirm the date and time as shown below. If you do not respond Y or N within fifteen seconds, the system accepts the displayed date and time by default and continues with the startup process. If the date and time displayed are accurate, respond Y and press Return. If they are not, respond N and press Return, and enter the correct date and time when prompted. Time must be entered in 24-hour format. (For example, 5:00 pm is entered as 17:00. Seconds default to 00 if not specified.) ________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | MPE/XL launch facility | | Initialize_genesis - Version : <<870204.1552>> | | TUE, AUG 11, 1991, 10:20:03 AM (y/n)? Y or N | | | | [TMUX_DAM] n n n n | | Initialize genesis completed. | | | | | ________________________________________________________________________ 4. The fundamental operating software is starting. You see several status messages on the screen of your system console. There are DCC Warning messages that appear the first time that you boot the system because the configuration process has not yet been completed. The messages are similar to the following: ________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | 13:31/24/ DCC warning 103-5, Add ldev to... | | 13:31/18/ DCC STARTUP - ERROR | | | | | ________________________________________________________________________ You need not be concerned with these particular messages because the software resolves itself when you perform a final validation of your configuration later in this chapter. When this process is complete, you are logged on to the system as OPERATOR.SYS. The usual prompt from within this account is the colon (:). If the colon blinks on the left side of your console screen below the status messages, press Return to continue. 5. The next steps require the capabilities of system manager. Thus you must log on to MANAGER.SYS. At the system prompt (:), type : : HELLO MANAGER.SYS;HIPRI Return If you have only your internal disk, you can skip the rest of this procedure and go directly to "Setting Up Your Terminals and Printers" to continue setting up your system. If you have external disks, continue to follow this procedure. To add external disks drives to the operating system If you have purchased any additional external disk drives, use the VOLUTIL utility to define and initialize them. 1. At the system prompt, type the following to get into VOLUTIL: : VOLUTIL Return 2. Use the VOLUTIL utility to identify each external disk drive separately. Because your internal disk always counts as the first disk drive, use number 2 for the first external disk drive. As an example, you would insert the disk drive number where you see the two n's: volutil: NEWVOL VNAME=MPEXL_SYSTEM_VOLUME_SET:MEMBERn LDEV=n Return For example, type the following and insert the disk drive number 2 for your first external disk drive where you see the two n's: volutil: NEWVOL VNAME=MPEXL_SYSTEM_VOLUME_SET:MEMBER2 LDEV=2 Return 3. The system displays a screen similar to the following each time that you initialize an external disk drive. Confirm that you want to initialize each new member volume by responding to the prompt as shown: ________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | volutil:NEWVOL VNAME=MPEXL_SYSTEM_VOLUME_SET:MEMBER2 LDEV=2 | | *Verify:Initialize new member volume | | MPEXL_SYSTEM_VOLUME_SET on ldev 2 [Y/N]?y | | Note:New member volume has been initialized on ldev2. | | | | | ________________________________________________________________________ 4. For each external disk drive, added to your system you need to type the information again. If you need to initialize three external disk drives to your system, enter the information three times by substituting the n with a 2, then with a 3, and then again with a 4, as shown here: volutil: NEWVOL VNAME=MPEXL_SYSTEM_VOLUME_SET:MEMBER2 LDEV=2 Return This adds the volume name MEMBER2 to the system volume set MPEXL_SYSTEM_VOLUME_SET. It also specifies this external disk drive as LDEV 2. Continue repeating this information to initialize all three of the external disk drives to your system, including responding to the question after each command (see example on step 4). volutil: NEWVOL VNAME=MPEXL_SYSTEM_VOLUME_SET:MEMBER3 LDEV=3 Return volutil: NEWVOL VNAME=MPEXL_SYSTEM_VOLUME_SET:MEMBER4 LDEV=4 Return 5. When you have no other disk drives to initialize, return to the system prompt (:). At the volutil: prompt, type: volutil: EXIT Return The system prompt should reappear.