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Hardware Update Releases in DMS
A hardware release is a version of the operating system that includes new
or updated kernel modules to support hardware devices. In the current
version of the operating system, the function of hardware releases has been
superseded by the New Hardware Delivery (NHD) process and, to a lesser
degree, hardware product kits.
This appendix includes the following topics:
• An overview of hardware releases, describing how to prepare for the
installation (Section D.1)
• Instructions for installing a hardware release into a DMS area
(Section D.2)
D.1 Overview
If you are serving an older version of the operating system from DMS where
hardware releases are applicable, you may need to install a hardware
release into a DMS environment. The procedures in this appendix assume
that the DMS area is serving a version of the operating system no earlier
than Version 3.2C and no later than Version 4.0C.
Depending upon how you are installing the hardware release, you should
check the following information before you start:
• You can install the new hardware release from a locally mounted
CD-ROM. See Section 1.3 if you do not know your CD-ROM drive’s
device name.
• You can install the new hardware release from a CD-ROM mounted
using NFS from a remote server or from a RIS area exported using
NFS from a RIS server where the new release has been installed. See
Section 4.5 for information about using a RIS area mounted on NFS.
If you install the new hardware release from a RIS area, you must know
the following information:
– Which product areas in your
/usr/var/adm/ris/ risN .alpha
contain each of the product kits you need to install. See Section 6.7 to
list products in a RIS area.
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