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HP-UX 11i Version 1.6 Installation and Configuration Guide: Itanium®-based Servers and Workstations > Chapter 2 Preparing for Cold Install

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If you are planning to cold-install HP-UX 11i v1.6 on a system that already has HP-UX installed, be sure to save the files that you will want to re-install. These include a number of configuration files in /etc, the contents of /usr/local, any local home directories (that is, those you do not import from another system), and any configuration files located in the /opt directories for installed software.

If multiple users are preparing for the cold-install, you might consider creating a directory (such as /backup) on another system. Do not create this directory on your root disk. Mount it with sam. Then create a subdirectory for each system or user (for example, /backup/your_sys).

As root, copy the files. For example:

  1. Copy all config files from /etc on a system named system1 to system system2. On system2, enter:

    mkdir /backup/system1/etc
    rcp -p your_name@system1:/etc/* /backup/system1/etc/.

  2. Copy your local home directory to the backup system:

    mkdir /backup/system1/home
    rcp -pr your_name@system1:/home/ /backup/system1/home/

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