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In this section, you will use Ignite-UX to customize
an operating system installation. Chapter 13: “Automating Installations” explains how to execute an
installation with no interaction. Run
the Ignite-UX GUI by executing this as root: /opt/ignite/bin/ignite When the client has rebooted (using either bootsys or manual network boot) and is ready for installation,
it appears as an icon labeled with its original hostname (if rebooted
using bootsys), or by the hostname supplied by DHCP. Select
or click on the client you want to install. From
the Actions menu, select Install Client and click New Install. The Ignite-UX GUI installation tabs appear. For more
information, see “New Installation” On
the Basic tab select HP-UX B.11.11 archive using the button adjacent to Configurations:. Ensure
that the Root Disk, Root Swap and other fields are correct for your
installation. | | | |  | CAUTION: Any disks you select here are overwritten. If
you have a disk with existing user information that you do not want
to modify, add it manually after Ignite-UX has installed the operating
system. | | | | |
On
the Software tab, there are no changes needed because there is only
an archive at this point so the dialog box is blank. A patch and application
depot are added later in the process. Click
on the System tab, and then click Set parameters
now, which is adjacent to Final System Parameters:. Fill in the appropriate data under Set Time Zone,
Network Services... and optionally, Set Root Password. Click
on the File System tab and verify the correct disk usage parameters
are set. You can also add disks at this point or modify the disk and
file system parameters. | | | |  | NOTE: A newfs is performed on all
selected disks. | | | | |
On
the Advanced tab there are no changes needed at this time. When
finished entering data, select Go!. Review the data in the configuration dialog box and select Go! again. To
display client installation status, double-click the client on the
Ignite-UX GUI during execution.
When the installation process is complete, the
client should have the new operating system installed, a new kernel
built, and the system rebooted and ready for use. Status of the client
is shown on its icon, and in the status dialog box. Ignite-UX determines the state of a client by
reading the files in the /var/opt/ignite/clients/client directory. Seeing an icon on the
Ignite-UX GUI does not mean that the client actually exists, only
that its configuration and control files exist in the Ignite-UX directories.
We can use this behavior to our advantage to reinstall systems. This
means that if you are reinstalling a system that Ignite-UX has already
installed, you may need to either execute bootsys again or boot the client from the Ignite-UX server. |
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