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TITLE: New Hardware Delivery-3 CD-ROM for Tru64 UNIX Version 4.0F
 
                              Read This First !!!

                                  August 2000

 
           New Hardware Delivery-3 CD-ROM for Tru64 UNIX Version 4.0F

New Kit Date: August 2000
Modification Date: 14-MAR-2001
Modification Type: Documentation ONLY: Corrected command used to
                                         create a disk label.

Dear Tru64 UNIX Customer:

  Thank you for your continued support of the Compaq Tru64 UNIX Operating
  System software. Please read this letter before installing or using this
  product. This is a release of new hardware for Tru64 UNIX and is only
  supported on Version 4.0F.

WHAT IS THE NEW HARDWARE DELIVERY CD-ROM?

  The purpose of the Tru64 UNIX New Hardware Delivery CD-ROM is to enable
  delivery of support for new hardware without having to provide a new
  release of the operating system. This allows you to install new hardware
  without having to update your operating system. The New Hardware Delivery
  CD-ROM provides only those modules necessary to support the new hardware,
  thereby causing minimal incremental change to your operating system
  environment.

INFORMATION ABOUT THIS CD-ROM:

  This version of the New Hardware Delivery CDROM contains support for
  the following hardware:

     3X-DE600-AA: Single-port 10/100 UTP Ethernet Adapter
     3X-DE602-AA: Dual-port 10/100 UTP Ethernet Adapter
     3X-DE602-FA: Single-port, multi-mode fiber (MMF) "FX" add-on
                       daughter card for 3X-DE602-AA
     DS-KZPCC-CE: 3-channel, 64-bit PCI to Ultra2 LVD backplane RAID
                       controller with 64 MB cache
     DS20E systems:
     emxmgr: Utility for maintaining the mappings of Fibre Channel
                       worldwide names to device target identifiers (IDs) for
                       the emx device driver
 

DOCUMENTATION:

   The New Hardware Delivery CD-ROM includes a Release Notes and Installation
   Guide in HTML, PDF, and PostScript (PS) formats.

ORDERING INFORMATION:

   This New Hardware Delivery product is available from the World Wide Web.
   Please visit http://ftp.service.digital.com/public/unix/v4.0f/ for
   information about downloading this product.

   The Tru64 UNIX New Hardware Delivery CD-ROM is also separately
   orderable, after August 7, 2000. Please use the following part number:

      QA-MT4AX-H8: Tru64 UNIX New Hardware Delivery-3 V4.0F CD-ROM

   In the future, the New Hardware Delivery CD-ROM will be bundled with the
   Tru64 UNIX media kit. It will also be factory installed on all new hardware
   systems.

Tru64 UNIX on the World Wide Web:

   For access to the latest products, solutions, and other information about
   Compaq Tru64 UNIX, visit our Web site at http://www.tru64unix.compaq.com.

LICENSING INFORMATION:

   The Tru64 UNIX operating system license gives you the right to use this
   New Hardware Delivery support software.

DOWNLOADING INFORMATION:

   The Tru64 UNIX New Hardware Delivery CD-ROM is packaged as a compressed tar
   file. After you download the kit, use the following steps to uncompress and
   extract the files that comprise the kit. To continue with the installation,
   read the documentation that is provided on the kit.

   1. Create a target directory for the product kit:

        /usr/bin/mkdir /var/tmp/nhd
        /usr/bin/chown root.system /var/tmp/nhd

   2. Move the product files into the target directory:
 
        /usr/bin/gzip -dc <kitname> | /usr/bin/tar -C /var/tmp/nhd -xpf -

   3. Create the ISO 9660 file system:

       /usr/sbin/mkisofs -R -D -a -o /var/tmp/nhd.iso /var/tmp/nhd

   4. Create a disk label:

       /usr/sbin/disklabel -w -t cdfs -f /var/tmp/nhd.iso

   5. Append pad data to the ISO file system:

       /usr/bin/echo "\0\c" | /usr/bin/dd bs=1024k conv=sync >>/var/tmp/nhd.iso

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