1

Change to the directory where you store your virtual disks.

# cd /data/Stromasys/host1/Data/Disk/

2

Create an empty disk container. Note that the actual size of the disk will depend on the requirements of your emulated system. The disk name shown is just an example.

Please note: HP-UX 9.07 allows a maximum root disk size of 2GB. The number of blocks should be a multiple of 512.

With dd:

# dd if=/dev/zero of=ldev1.dsk bs=1K count=2091520

With fallocate (very fast alternative):

# fallocate --length 2147483648 ldev1.dsk

1

Create a copy of the configuration file template.

Example: 

# cd /data/Stromasys/host1/

# cp /opt/charon/cfg/pa9-32.cfg host1.cfg

2

Open the configuration file in a text editor.

# vi host1.cfg

or

# gedit host1.cfg

3

Configure the system model.

model "720"

Configured model must be covered by your license.

4

Configure the RAM for the emulated system (in MB).

memory 64

5

Configure the serial console for telnet via PuTTY.

Use the method 2 of the serial line section in the configuration file and make sure the definition of the asp.uart0.device is:

asp.uart0.device.command="putty -load PAR-Telnet-VT100"

6

Configure disk 1 (system disk).

Change definition of DKA0 to:

DKA0.image="/data/Stromasys/host1/Data/Disk/ldev1.dsk"

7

Add a definition for disk 2 (ISO file) or (if it already exists) modify the definition to point to your ISO installation file for the mini-system (the install disk).

load DKA100

DKA100.image="/data/Stromasys/host1/Data/Disk/HP-UX_9.07_Install_S700.iso"

8

Configure a network card based on a physical host NIC. This NIC is dedicated to the guest operating system and cannot be used for network communication by the host system. To share an interface, a virtual bridge would have to be used (see Ethernet configuration sections in this document).

In the configuration file template, comment out the dummy interface and the tap interface configuration. Then uncomment the interface configuration of the physical interface example. Change the definition of EWA0 to the interface that is assigned to the emulated system (example: eth1) and disable the offload parameters for the interface:

system.lan0.card.mapping_mode="RAW"

system.lan0.card.iface="eth1"

system.lan0.card.initialize_command="ethtool -K $IFACE rx off ; ethtool -K $IFACE tx off ; ethtool -K $IFACE sg off ; ethtool -K $IFACE gso off ; ethtool -K $IFACE gro off ; ethtool -K $IFACE txvlan off ; ethtool -K $IFACE rxvlan off"

Please note: Depending on the capabilities of the Ethernet device, not all off-load parameters maybe be available. This will create a warning message. The variable IFACE is set by the system before executing the initialize command.

9

Save the configuration file.

1

Go to the directory where the configuration file has been stored.

# cd /data/Stromasys/host1/

2

Start the emulator instance.

# /opt/charon/bin/charon-par -f host1.cfg