gendisk - Produces magnetic disk distribution media
/usr/bin/gendisk [-d] [-i] [-k filename] [-w] [-v] [hostname:]
prodID devname
Creates a distribution disk in direct CD format. This
means that the distribution disk contains uncompressed
file systems that are laid out just as the software is
installed on the system. Creates a distribution disk in
ISO 9660 format. This means that the distribution disk
contains an ISO 9660-compliant CD-ROM file system (CDFS).
Uses an alternate kit descriptor database, filename, on
the local system. You may use either a full absolute pathname
or a relative pathname from the directory where you
run the gendisk utility. The file does not have to be
named kitcap. Writes the product media without verification,
if used without the -v option. If used with the -w
option, the gendisk utility writes and then verifies the
product media. Verifies the product media without writing
it first, if used without the -w option. This assumes that
you have already written kit files to the distribution
media. If used with the -w option, the gendisk utility
writes and then verifies the product media.
The optional hostname: operand is the name of a remote
machine that contains the kit descriptor database. The
gendisk utility searches the kit descriptor database on
the remote machine for the kit identifier (prodIDHD) and
uses it to create the distribution media. The colon (:) is
a required delimiter for TCP/IP networks, and space is
permitted between the colon and the prodID. For example,
if the product code is OAT100 and you are using the kit
descriptor database on node mynode, use mynode:OAT100 for
this option. The mandatory prodID operand is a kit identifier
consisting of the product code and version number
specified in the CODE and VERS fields of the kit's key
file. Refer to the Guide to Preparing Product Kits for
information about the key file. The mandatory devname
operand specifies the device special file name for a raw
or character disk device such as /dev/rdisk/dsk1. The
gendisk utility uses the disk partition specified in the
kit descriptor and ignores any partition specified on the
command line.
Use the gendisk utility to produce disk distribution
media. The gendisk utility performs the following tasks:
Searches the kit descriptor database for the prodID specified
on the command line. The default kit descriptor
database is the /etc/kitcap file. Creates a new file system
on the disk partition specified in the kit description.
Mounts the disk containing the new file system.
Asks whether you want to clean the whole disk before writing
to it. If you do, the gendisk utility erases the
entire contents of the disk and writes a new disk label
using default information. Copies files and subsets specified
in the kit description to the distribution media.
If you specified verification, uses the sum utility to
verify file transfer accuracy. Refer to the sum(1) reference
page for more information about this utility.
Unmounts the file system.
If you use the -k option, you can use any valid file name
for the alternate kit descriptor database and may specify
either an absolute or relative path to the file location.
If you do not use either of the -w or -v options, the
gendisk utility writes and then verifies the files in the
kit descriptor. This default behavior is the same as when
you use both the -w and -v options together.
The gendisk utility can create multiple directories on the
disk for separate products or combine multiple products
into one product, as specified in the kit descriptor
database.
You must have root privileges to run this program. If you
use the optional hostname operand, you must have root
privileges to access files on the remote host.
If you do not use the optional hostname operand, you can
access the files used by the gendisk utility only if you
add the local hostname to the local /.rhosts file, for
example: hostname root.
The gendisk utility does not support chained disk kits. A
kit written to diskette must either fit onto a single
diskette or be packaged as a set of kits on separate
diskettes.
Device special files for raw or character disk devices
Default kit descriptor database
gentapes(1), sum(1) kitcap(4) Guide to Preparing Product
Kits
gendisk(1)
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