Installing and Configuring the Operating System

After you have booted the Install program, from the network or from the install media, as previously described, you will first see a warning message, and then the install interface will automatically be displayed as follows:
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This Welcome screen is the first of several screens that will guide you through the installation process. Use your Tab key to highlight items on the screen. Press Enter to choose or activate the highlighted item.
Select Install HP-UX.
The Install program will continue.

Configuring for Network Installation

In the following screen, you will be asked for information about networking.

If the system is NOT currently booted from a network, it will display the following:

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If you plan to use a network software depot to load the operating
system, you will need to enable networking at this time.
 
Would you like to enable networking now?[y]

Answering "n" means that you intend to install entirely from the media and the Install Kernel continues to load.

Answering "y" brings up the following screen if you have more than one LAN card:

(If you have only one LAN card, you will see the Network Configuration screen next (Figure 2-9 “Title not available (Configuring for Network Installation )”).

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Choose the LAN interface that you will be using for this installation. (Note that only Ethernet can be used for installation.)

You will next see the following Network Configuration screen. Some of this information will have been filled in for you if you have configured the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP). See Appendix B “Configuring for a DHCP Server ” for more information.

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              HP-UX INSTALLATION UTILITY  NETWORK CONFIGURATION
 
                                  This system's hostname:______________
 
  Internet protocol address (eg. 15.2.56.1) of this host:______________
 
               Default routing internet protocol address:______________
 
       The subnet mask (eg. 255.255.248.0 or 0xfffff800):______________
 
  Internet protocol address of the Install Server System:______________
 
 
          Is this networking information only temporary?  [ No  ]
 
 
 [  OK  ]               [ Cancel ]                [ Help ]

If not already filled in, this information must be entered, if you plan to use the network to install any portion of the operating system or application products. (This information will not be required if you are installing the entire system from CD-ROM). An additional line,("Install Server System"), appears only when booting from a network.
For the question about the network information being temporary: "temporary" means that the network IP address will be used as default information during the install process and to fill in the fields of the system configuration screens. The "temporary" status will also prevent DHCP from retaining the "lease" on this IP, as it would if the network information were marked "permanent". See Appendix B “Configuring for a DHCP Server ” for detailed information on what leasing entails.
You will see the system configuration screens after the OS is installed and the system reboots.
The default response for this question is "no". If you press the space bar (or Enter) when the cursor is on this field, "yes" will be displayed.
Choose OK when you have finished with this screen.

Installing and Configuring the Operating System

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