Gavin
Thanks for that clear explanation.
Tony Knowles     [log in to unmask]
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> From: Gavin Scott <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] Creating a CSLT tape?
> Date: Tuesday, 7 April 1998 11:12
>
> Tony asks:
> > I'm getting confused now with this, if SYSGEN TAPE creates a SLT tape,
how
> > do you create a CSLT tape?
>
> Any MPE boot tape (that is, anything you can boot off of that isn't
> UNIX-based like a diagnostic tape) is an SLT or System Load Tape.  All
> SLTs are generated by SYSGEN, and all tapes created by SYSGEN are SLTs.
>
> The SLT tape shipped to you by HP as part of an OS update is generic
> and contains no information specific to *your* particular system.  All
> of these tapes are identical (for a given release).
>
> The process of installing an OS update loads the SLT tape contents onto
> the system, then loads SUBSYS products from another tape (that *is*
> customized for your particular system) which may make changes to (i.e.
> install modules into) files that came off of the SLT tape.  Later in
> the process a new SLT tape is created.  This SLT tape contains the core
> operating system files (with SUBSYS product components installed) along
> with the I/O configuration of your system.  This tape is referred to as
> the Customized System Load Tape or CSLT.  It's still an SLT tape though.
>
> G.