To Access the Diagnostic Partition Under the Solaris 10 OS

1. Remove the Tools and Drivers DVD from the DVD drive.

2. Reboot the machine, and start the Solaris 10 Operating System.

3. Log in as superuser.

4. Type the following command to determine if your diagnostic partition is configured to be mounted:

   # ls /diagpart

   • If this command does not list the log files created by the hardware diagnostics software, then the OS is not configured to mount the diagnostic partition. Continue to Step 5.

   • If this command lists the log files created by the hardware diagnostics software, then the OS is configured to mount the diagnostic partition. All users have read access to this partition. Only the superuser has read/write access to this partition. You do not need to continue this procedure.

5. Insert the Tools and Drivers DVD into the DVD drive.

6. When the DVD mounts, open a terminal window.

7. Type the following to change directories:

   # cd /cdrom/cdrom0/drivers/sx86

8. Type the following command to install the diagnostic partition:

   # ./install.sh

9. Press the Enter key.

   The following lines appear if the diagnostic partition is mounted successfully:

   Mounting Diagnostic Partition Installation Successful

10. Type the following command to list the contents of the diagnostic partition:

    # ls /diagpart