Tru64 UNIX

This document, the "Tru64 UNIX Installation Guide — Advanced Topics" for version 5.1B, provides detailed procedures for experienced installers to perform advanced installations and system customizations. Key topics covered include:

• Remote Installation Services (RIS): Instructions for starting full or update installations from a RIS server, including network boot options (like FDDI) and troubleshooting network boot failures.
• Worldwide Language Support (WLS) Installation: A guide to installing WLS software subsets, preparing for WLS, managing disk space for language support, configuring the kernel for Asian terminal options, and setting environment variables.
• The UNIX Shell Environment: How to invoke and use the UNIX shell during installation for critical system maintenance tasks such as creating swap space, mounting file systems, restoring file systems (UFS and AdvFS) from backups, restoring root file system images from damaged disks, and changing disk partition sizes.
• Disk Space Planning: Comprehensive guidelines for planning disk space, covering both automatic and manual approaches, an overview of supported file system types (AdvFS and UFS), and considerations for various system components like /usr, /var, swap, and crash dumps.
• Customizing the Installation Process: An overview of using Configuration Description Files (CDFs) and user-supplied scripts (preinstall, postload, postreboot) to automate and extend the installation and configuration processes.
• Installation Cloning: Procedures for duplicating an entire operating system installation from a model system to one or more target systems using a generated install.cdf file, including modifying attributes to streamline the process and account for hardware differences.
• Configuration Cloning: Steps to replicate the configuration of an already configured system (network, mail, printers) to other target systems using a config.cdf file, detailing its format, restrictions (e.g., compatibility with patches and releases), and methods for saving, modifying, validating, and applying configurations.