Starting and Testing BASIC/UX

This chapter describes what you should do after you finish installing and customizing HP BASIC/UX.

Starting BASIC/UX

After you have installed and customized BASIC/UX, you can start the BASIC/UX system environment. To start BASIC/UX, execute the following command from an HP-UX prompt:

	
	rmb

The BASIC/UX window appears on your screen.

NOTE
If you get an error message that says rmbs not found, log out of HP-UX and login again to allow your PATH and MANPATH to be set correctly.

For information on command-line options to rmb, refer to the online man page for rmb. To read the rmb man page, from the HP-UX prompt, execute:


	man rmb

Starting BASIC/UX with the HP VUE Icon

You can set up HP VUE to use the custom configuration for BASIC/UX. This configuration allows you to start BASIC/UX by clicking an icon. Refer to "Customizing HP VUE 3.0 for BASIC/UX 8.0" in Chapter 1 for information on customizing HP VUE for BASIC/UX.

Testing BASIC/UX

Once you have installed HP-UX and BASIC/UX, you can test your system. The procedure for starting BASIC/UX depends on whether you are using HP VUE (Visual User Environment) or not. (If you have a preinstalled BASIC/UX 700 system, it is configured to use HP VUE.)

Configuring a Diskless Node's Kernel

If you installed BASIC/UX on a diskless cluster, you must configure a new kernel for each diskless node.

Refer to "Updating Your Kernel" in Chapter 1 for detailed instructions about kernel building.