HP-UX 10 FAQ Tree
Analysis and Conversion Tools
Does "tl_ttdb" get t-link info when I install new filesets?
Does analyzer handle 2-byte characters?
How can I order the Analysis and Upgrade tools?
How do I get fnlookup with Instant Ignition?
How do prepare, analyzer, and pre-update tools work?
How long will transition links be supported?
How will customers get various software tools?
Is it supported to modify TTDB, CMDS_DB, LIBS_DB, or tl_ttdb?
Is there a tool to convert a 10.0 script to 9.X?
Is there an un-prepare to take sources back to 9.X?
Where can I get guidance on `prepare' and its options?
Where is my 9.X file now under 10.0?
Applications
How can I load and test a 9.X program using transition links?
What HP applications will not be available when 10.0 ships?
Will I need to recompile my programs for 10.0?
Will there be two sets of application media (update & SD)?
Backup/Recovery
Are 10.0 fbackup and frecover 100% compatible with 9.X?
Are 10.0 recovery tools compatible with 9.X backups?
Can I restore my 9.X fbackup/cpio/tar/ftio/dump tapes?
Can I use "HP-UX restore" on a bus other than my S.E. SCSI?
Can we create a recovery system tape at 10.0 with mkrs?
How can I put more data on my backup tape?
How can I recover the root disk with the Support Media?
How do I duplicate my disks to media and restore them?
How do I pick a backup utility?
How do I recover if the installation is interrupted?
How do I recover without backup media for Instant Ignition?
Will fbackup allow you to append to a tape?
Will there be an equivalent of "HP-UX restore" on the 800?
CPU
PA-RISC architecture revision level for processors
When will the 710 be supported on 10.0?
`uname' output to discover model? Uniprocessor or MP?
Device I/O
Can I add a driver to the kernel without rebooting?
Can I do bidirectional I/O on my 10.0 centronics port?
Can I reassign card instance numbers like LU numbers?
Card instance number: Dynamically allocated? Where stored?
Does the 10.0 CD driver support Rockridge extensions?
Dynamically allocated major numbers
How can I connect these disks to 10.0?
How can I recover my system's card instance numbers?
How did tape device file names change at 10.0?
How do I access my newly-added device?
How do I add a driver I wrote to the kernel?
How do I determine the I/O config of a 10.0 system?
How do I manually make /dev/ files for MO, printer, plotter?
How do I set up and use my third-party disk under 10.0?
How do SCSI differences affect major and minor numbers?
How many unique card instance numbers should I have?
Map of major numbers and device drivers
Must I modify my S700 SCSI driver for 10.0?
Replaced, updated, obsoleted, deleted drivers at 10.0?
What do all those SCSI terms mean?
What do the bits mean in the 10.0 minor numbers?
What does "card instance number" mean? How can I change it?
What if `mtinit' isn't running?
What is CDIO?
What is the list of non-autoconfigurable drivers?
What's the difference between coherent and non-coherent I/O?
Why are my instance numbers being incorrectly assigned?
Why don't `rmsf' then `insf' re-create device file names?
Will /etc/disktab contain (new or un-) supported entries?
Diagnostics
Any changes to booting from Support Media?
Can I recover with the Support Media if my disk dies?
Can we boot more than one logical volume with Support Media?
Diagnostics available at 10.0? Obsolete/replaced?
Do I need to keep my 9.X Support Tape or CD?
How are HPMCs handled under MPD?
How can I see the hardware errors logged by the system?
How do I install SupportWatch/Predictive Support on 10.0?
How do I install diagnostics & Predictive from Support Media?
How do I remove diagnostics (and software in general)?
How do I run `logtool' to inspect the system logs?
How do we load/install diagnostics on 10.0?
Is SupportWatch installed on my Instant Ignition system?
Support media -- How to use? Difference from 9.X?
What are the interfaces for cstm, mstm, and xstm?
What diagnostic programs and versions for new hardware?
What is MPD? How can I tell if I have it?
What programs exercise my system and its peripherals?
What's this "Support Media" disk? Should I keep it on-site?
Who gets the Support Media in some corner cases?
Will customers get Support Media documentation?
Will customers get the support tape manual at 10.0?
Documentation
Is there a document roadmap to tell us where to start?
What manuals are obsoleted and/or unchanged for 10.0?
Where are the release notes now?
Filesystem
Advantages and disadvantages of fast symlinks?
Any difference between "-r" and "-o ro" options for LOFS mounts?
Can I install 10.0 across multiple disks without LVM?
Disk space used in the file system (/, /usr, /var, /opt)
How do I `grep file /etc/filesets/*' now with swlist?
How do I configure swap, dump, root, and console?
How do I recover files from pre-10.0 to 10.0?
How do we report errors on white papers?
How much more disk space does 10.0 use over 9.X?
Is 10.0 fully SVR4 (V.4) compatible?
Is there a map between fileset names on 9.X and 10.0?
What 9.X files should I and shouldn't I restore on 10.0?
What are file system extents?
What are maximum sizes for file system, swap, raw partition?
What happened to /etc/checklist?
What white papers will customers get with 10.0?
What will the DUX hidden-directory bit do at 10.0?
What's the fastest disk configuration?
When file names collide (between 9.X and 10.0)
Where is the 10.0 /usr/contrib/ and /usr/local/bin/?
Where is the file showing the 9.0 -> 10.0 file mappings?
Which directories must exist on the root file system?
Why are some files in /usr/sbin/ linked to /sbin/?
Why is a root filesystem limited to 2 Gb?
Installation
Booting and installing S700 & S800 over the network
Can I re-install a 10.0 system to return to 9.X?
Do I need a local boot device for a network install?
How can I duplicate my 10.0 core media?
How long does it take to install 10.0?
How much disk space is needed for /tmp and adm/?
How much disk space is taken up by 10.0?
How small can I make my read-only directories?
In what order and how do I use my 10.0 media tapes?
Options for cold install, /home definition, volatile dirs
What are reasonable disk and memory requirements for 10.0?
What are the 10.0 install-media items and labels?
What causes RPC exceptions in a network install?
What disks will be supported as a 10.0 boot disk?
What products are in OS-Core but not Instant Ignition?
What's the best way to install many HP 9000s?
You can't install a 700 with 800 media, or vice-versa
Kernel
How can I find out my kernel's drivers without running SAM?
How do I know how much swap I need, and how to configure it?
How do I manually build a kernel on my S[78]00 system?
Is the 10.0 kernel bigger or smaller than on 9.X?
It's not "/hp-ux" any more -- is it still HP-UX?
On the S800, is there an equivalent to the "regenrc" file?
What do I need to ensure that I can rebuild my kernel?
What is the replacement for /etc/master?
Where is the new kernel? How big is it?
LVM
Can I boot a 700 system from a disk array?
Can I expect to increase my performance with LVM striping?
Can I extend the root lvol?
Can I merge a mirrored lvol but not re-sync?
Can I mix disk interface types in one LVM volume group?
Can PVGs force LVM mirrors onto separate I/O channels?
Does LVM stripe on the byte level?
Does SAM configure disk striping at 10.0?
How can I increase the size of the root lvol at 10.0?
How can I mount my hard-partition disk on my LVM system?
How do I backup an active file system used by >1 SPU?
How do I configure a disk array?
How do I replace a mirrored 10.0 disk?
How do I restore my LVM configuration?
How do I stripe 10.0 disks and replace a striped drive?
How do we convert and administer SDS disks using LVM?
How do we migrate/install an SDS disk to a 10.0 system?
How do we use sdstolvm?
How long will SwitchOver be supported?
LVM striping/splitting/physical-links products?
Must I run `mediainit' on my S700 disk to roll to 10.0 LVM?
Should I use cpd and hard partitions, or LVM?
Should I use the disk's bad block relocation or LVM's?
What RAID levels will be supported at 10.0?
What disk models support single-disk SDS at 10.0?
What hardware configurations support LVM PV links?
What is the Compatibility Pseudo-Driver cpd?
What's the LVM overhead on S700 and S800 at 10.0?
What's the limit on raw logical volume device file size?
Why is DataPair being replaced at 10.0?
Will 10.0 support autochanger (MO) disks with LVM?
Will my I/O-bound application get slower with LVM?
Languages/Databases
Are the 700 and 800 binary compatible?
Are the principal DBMSs shipping on 10.0?
Bundled and unbundled compilers at 10.0
How do I found out what caused a core dump?
How does DDE debugger compare with xdb?
Is the optimizer better at 10.0?
What are the language products for developers?
What happened to LANG=JAPANESE?
What is the new NLS directory structure? What is dropped?
What terminal emulators do JSE (Japanese I/O) support?
Where is the 10.0 C compiler?
Which libc calls are thread safe?
Will PROG-MIN be available to all HP-UX customers?
Miscellaneous
10.0 training courses from HP
Comparing Desktop HP-UX and HP-UX Lite
How can I find out how much memory I have?
Is 10.0 faster for multiprocessing?
What HP-UX revisions will be supported at 10.0?
What are the benefits/advantages of moving to 10.0?
What are the differences between HP-UX Lite and full HP-UX?
What hardware and software is supported at 10.0?
What third-party applications are qualified for 10.0?
Which filesets are included in Desktop HP-UX?
Who should NOT move to 10.0?
Why is the LABEL file in LIF bigger at 10.0?
Will 10.0 speed up my application's performance?
Will I get 10.0 with my software support contract?
Networking
Any potential problems with 8.X, 9.X, & 10.0 on a network?
Are there any secure-RPC applications supplied with 10.0?
Can I use my NIS customizations of ypinit, ypmake, Makefile?
Can a socket program detect LAN cable disconnect?
Do I need to install new FDDI drivers at 10.0?
Do I need to install new Token Ring drivers at 10.0?
Does 10.0 NIS work with Solaris NIS+?
Does 10.0 support CSLIP and PPP?
How can I set up name switching for host lookups?
How do I change hostname and IP address? Where is it stored?
How do I change the TCP keepalive value at 10.0?
How do I convert my "gated.conf" file from 9.X to 10.0?
How do I edit "netlinkrc" for `ifconfig' and `route' commands?
How do I get nslookup to avoid the default server?
How do I resolve dueling name conventions of /net & /nfs?
How do I set up my sys to be a mail client of a Sun mailhub?
How do I set up network licensing for 10.0?
How do I use rdist?
How does VHE work between 9.0 and 10.0?
How is device name for LAN card determined?
How many members per group can you have in /etc/group?
How to restart NFS or networking with `netlinkrc' or `netnfsrc'?
Is 10.0 interoperable on the same network as 9.X?
Is NINND/NNTP (Network News Service) supported at 10.0?
Is OSPF routing protocol supported at 10.0?
Is `gated' supported on systems that are running PPL (SLIP)?
Is there a cookbook to set up a bootp relay agent?
Is there any diskless support at 10.0?
Must I make major changes to my sendmail.cf for 10.0?
What Internet & NFS/NIS Services can I start and stop?
What are "dataless" nodes? Supported in 10.0 or later?
What documentation is available on networking changes?
What happened to LLBD and what is its replacement?
What is new with Streams at 10.0?
What is the new "pmtu" option of `/etc/route'?
What is the replacement for the `ver_link' command?
What is this new rdpd and how is it different from gated?
What networking variables can be changed, and how?
What's the new way to edit "netbsdrc" to start named & gated?
What's the new way to edit "netnfsrc" to configure NFS & NIS?
Where are the NFS files? How do I generate such a list?
Where are the NIS files? How do I generate such a list?
Where are the sample BIND config files?
Why doesn't DNS find hostnames the same as it did at 9.X?
Why is my IP broadcast address incorrect after running SAM?
Why set BIND/DNS domain with `hostname', not /etc/resolv.conf?
Will HP-UX 10 eventually support mixed (heterogenous) clusters?
Patches
How can I tell what patches are installed?
How do I de-install a patch at 10.0?
How will patches be handled?
Where will patch backups be stored for 10.0?
Peripherals
Can I buy HP firmware for HP OEM drive I bought from a VAR?
Can I hook up any SCSI-2 drive to my S800?
How do I make SAM "see" a third-party disk?
What CPUs and peripherals are supported at 10.0?
What disk models support hard partitions?
What modems are supported on 10.0?
Will I be able to use my 9 Gb OEM disk drive on 10.0?
Will third party SCSI disks be installable?
Security
Can I update my trusted system to 10.0?
Can I use the trusted system's passwd entries from 9.X on 10.0?
How do I revert my system to a non-trusted one?
When will B-level security be released?
Software Distributor
Can I cold install from a remote software depot?
Can I load software from a remote tape drive using SD?
Can I run swinstall in single-user mode?
Do you need to be root to run SD-UX sw* programs?
Does 10.0 have an equivalent to /etc/filesets and /system/?
How can I change the fonts used by swinstall and swcopy?
How can I check an SD format tape?
How can I convert a 9.X software package to SD?
How can I find out the name of an SD-UX depot?
How do I check software versions?
How do I know what software is loaded on my 10.0 system?
How do I make an SD-UX package?
How do I pull a specific file from an SD tape?
How do I restrict access to a software depot via SD-UX ACLs?
How do I run `configure' or `postinstall' manually?
How do I use swlist?
How do you find out the fileset that a binary was in?
How does SD-UX update patch info that used to be in the PDF?
How does SD-UX work? Why does it replace /etc/update?
How to get swinstall to overwrite filesets?
What are the differences between SD-UX and SD-OV?
What are the log files under /var/adm/sw/?
What error is reported if the SD-UX lock file exists?
What's better, SD's network access or NFS-mounting the depot?
When SD rebuilds the kernel, what does it do?
Startup/Shutdown
How can I speed up bootup and shutdown?
How do you customize the boot (startup) process?
How do you customize the shutdown process?
Is the modification of /etc/inittab still supported?
Why did HP choose the new startup and shutdown model? Explain it.
System Administration
9.X to 10.0 disk space comparison
Are all network logins counted for user licensing?
Are setuid scripts still a security concern?
Are there documented steps to restore 9.X files on 10.0?
Can >1 SupportWatch system call out on the same modem?
Can I change the default stty parameters?
Can I tell my console's device file name from `/etc/dmesg'?
Can non-root logins run SAM?
Can you limit the size of a core file on 10.X?
Changing the hostname and IP address of a standalone system
Has automounter logging or debug info improved at 10.0?
How can I analyze system core dumps?
How can I find out what SAM can do?
How can I get a list of configurable system parameters?
How can I give non-default SAM privileges to various users?
How can I recover all the files in /etc/rc.config.d/*?
How can I recover the default /etc/passwd or /etc/inittab?
How can I safely move my disks around?
How can I tell that PRM is working?
How can I tell why my system is running slow?
How can non-root users mount, umount, and shutdown?
How do I boot single-user on 10.0?
How do I find out my disk drive's model number?
How do I increase the number of ptys at 10.0?
How do I set up xntp for a small network?
How do I shutdown from VUE to single-user?
How do I use `fuser' on NFS mount points?
How do I use my customized printer model scripts for 10.0?
How do you set up PRM? What are advantages over 9.X FSS?
How much longer does 10.0 take to boot?
Is SAR available for 10.0?
Is TSM supported on 10.0? Is it enhanced?
Is a list of problem fixes available?
Is the old 9.X shell available on 10.0?
Is the uucp hostname still limited to 7 chars with sendmail?
Preventing 9.X config files from being written to 10.0?
What are bus error / memory fault / segmentation violation?
What are changes in environment variables for developers?
What are default definitions of TZ, PATH, SHLIB_PATH, etc.?
What are differences in UUCP configuration files?
What are the changes to ISL?
What changed in the lp spooler for 10.0?
What happened to "/etc/src.sh"?
What is ptydaemon, and why is it running on my 10.0 system?
What is the bootup sequence for 700 and 800?
What is vtdaemon, and why is it running on my 10.0 system?
What programs are logged by syslogd now at 10.0?
What replaces the Product Description (PDF) files?
What to set my PATH to at 10.0?
Where is `uucico' at 10.0?
Why aren't there more gettydefs entries?
Why doesn't uucico go faster than 38K baud?
Will SAM allow you to add more than one user at a time?
Virtual Memory
Any disadvantages of EXEC_MAGIC and pseudo-swap?
Can I put swap and a file system on one LVM disk?
Example of a program using a memory mapped file
How are file, inode, proc tables sized?
How do you get a kernel dump if the system is hung?
How will device swap work at 10.0? What's best?
Is file system swap faster on 10.0 than 9.X?
What are the default and maximum swap sizes?
What is pseudo-swap?
Why is it called `swapper' when it doesn't swap any more?
XWindows
Can I replace VUE lock program at 10.0?
Can I replace the VUE screen saver at 10.0?
Can I use my 9.X VUE environment at 10.0?
Can SharedPrint write a PS document to a non-PS printer?
Can dtterm menus be modified?
Debugging "unable to start the broadcast message system"
Differences between hpterm, xterm, and dtterm?
Do I have to change my VUE resource files for 10.0?
Do I need to recompile X and Motif applications?
Do you need to recompile PEX applications for 10.0?
How can I customize VUE resources?
How can I get VUE under 10.0 to run my .profile/.login files?
How can I run Mwm on X stations but VUE on the workstation?
How can I troubleshoot VUE front-panel icon problems?
How do I change a HIL keyboard to work like a PC one?
How do I change a PC keyboard to work like a HIL one?
How do I change the Delete & Home keys in X term programs?
How do I configure VUE to run on multiple displays?
How do I configure X and VUE to run on multiple screens?
How do I convert printers to use SharedPrint?
How do I customize the X0screens file at 10.0?
How do I get old push behavior for the VUE Printer icon?
How do I reinstall the X11 runtime and BMS software?
How do I troubleshoot a 10.0 font-server client?
How do I use my S300/S400 as an X terminal?
How is dtterm different from hpterm?
How to configure, customize, and run the X font server?
How to handle "no such tool register" errors from icons?
If the LAN is disconnected, what happens to X and VUE?
Is VUE COSE-compliant at 10.0?
VUE at 10.0 is based on what version of Motif and X11?
What are the ways to set environment variables in VUE?
What is an XFontSet? How to use it with dtterm?
What is the BMS and how does it work under VUE?
What to do if vuelogin does not come up on 10.0?
What version of X station software do I need for 10.0?
What's the difference between hpterm at 9.X and 10.0?
Where are the X and VUE system files on 10.0?
Where is the list of dtterm escape sequences?
Why is VUE affected by the DNS server or NIS server?
HP.support@cern.ch, 20-Jul-1995