HP b2600 Workstation User Manual
Hewlett-Packard Company
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Fort Collins, Colorado 80528
Read Before Installing
A785xA CD-RW Drive in B-, C- and J-Class HP-UX Workstations
For a tutorial on creating CD-RW masters on HP-UX systems, refer to the
/opt/OpenSource/cdrtools-1.10/USER_GUIDE.pdf file on the CD-RW software media.
Supported Features. This product (and associated software) is intended to be used primarily
as a data storage and exchange device. Hewlett-Packard does not support the creation or duplication
of audio CDs using this product and software.Itisalsorecommendedthat you DO NOT use this drive
as a backup tool.
Feature HP Support
Audio CD duplication No (both GUI and command line)
Create bootable HP-UX CD GUI=No, Command line=Yes
Duplicate bootable CD Yes (GUI and command line) if CD is valid
Multi-Session recording No (both GUI and command line)
Copying HP-UX install CD For more information go to USER_GUIDE.pdf on
the CD
Copy CD-to-CD No (both GUI and command line)
Disk-at-once recording No (both GUI and command line)
Track-at-once recording Yes (both GUI and command line)
Data recording (any file type) Yes (both GUI and command line)
Hardware Installation
The A785xA CD-RW drive you have purchased may be installed in any one of several models of HPUX Workstations - b1000, b2000, b2600, c3000, c3600, c3650, c3700, j5600, j6000 or j6700. For complete instructions on how to install the drive on your system, please refer to the appropriate Owners
Guide, Parts Replacement Guide or Technical Reference for your system. These documents can be
found at: http://www.hp.com/workstations/support/documentation/hpux_manuals.html
This CD-RW drive can either be installed to replace an existing CD-ROM drive or as a new drive
where none existed before. It also may have been integrated into your computer at the HP factory. HP
CD-RW drives were designed to operate in the horizontal position. Do not position your workstation
so the CD-RW drive is in a vertical position.
If you are replacing an existing CD-ROM drive with the CD-RW Drive, you must load the
PHKL_24282 (for HP-UX 11.0) or PHKL_24283 (for HP-UX 11i) patches from the CD-RW software
media. If you are installing a new drive where none existed before, you must load the patches from
the http://us-support.external.hp.com web site. Make sure these patches are installed on your system before attempting to install the hardware.
Pub. No. A7853-90010
Software Installation
Note: About Open Source software. This product includes two CD-RW application programs -
cdrecord and X-CD-Roast - that provide additional capabilities and ease-of-use. These applications
will work only on HP-UX 11.0 or 11i. This software is not a Hewlett-Packard product and there is
no support offered for these applications. Hewlett-Packard has evaluated these applications to confirm some basic functionality but not all features or capability offered by the applications are functional on HP-UX (please refer to the tutorial file USER_GUIDE.pdf located on the CD-RW software
media). These applications are provided at no cost under the terms of a General Public License (GPL).
Additional information and the source code for these applications is available at the following locations:
• cdrecord:
http://www.fokus.gmd.de/research/cc/glone/employees/joerg.schilling/private/cdrecord.html
• X-CD-Roast:
http://www.xcdroast.org/
There are other applications available that can perform similar tasks. These applications can be
found by searching the Web.
Installation Procedure
1. Make sure the PHKL_24282 (for HP-UX 11.0) or PHKL_24283 (for HP-UX 11i) patch is installed
on your system. If not, obtain and install the patch from the CD-RW software media or HP web
site (see above). This will allow your system to communicate with the CD-RW drive.
2. Install the software on your system. As root, execute the following command:
/usr/sbin/swinstall -s /dev/dsk/<
The software will be installed in /opt/OpenSource
3. Make sure your system is backed up and shutdown properly.
4. Install the CD-RW hardware. See the “Hardware Installation” section of this document.
cdrom id
> /depot/OpenSource
5. Boot your system and run the MKNOD.hpux script that is provided with the X-CD-Roast soft-
ware:
/opt/OpenSource/bin/MKNOD.hpux
Quick Guide - How to Write a CD on an HP-UX System
The following instructions show you how to write an HP-UX file system (using ISO9660 conventions)
to a CD-RW disk and then take that disk to another HP-UX system and restore that file system.
Caution: CD writing is a real-time process which must run constantly at the selected
recording speed, without interruption. Consequently, running other applications while
writing to the CD-RW can cause the operation to fail. It is highly recommended that you
DO NOT start or run any applications until the recording process is complete.
First Time Users of X-CD-Roast
If this is the first time you have started X-CD-Roast, then you must first perform the following steps
(as root) to define your default options:
1. Start X-CD-Roast by executing:
$/opt/OpenSource/bin/xcdroast
A window will appear with No configuration file found! Please enter Setup. Click the OK button.
The X-CD-Roast initial screen will appear.
2. Click the Setup button, the Setup screen will appear with six tabs.
3. Click the third tab: HD Settings.Youmustnamethescratchdirectoryto be used when building or
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