Initial Installation of the Solaris 9 Operating Environment

Initial installation fails

Solution:

If the Solaris installation fails, you must restart the installation. To restart the installation, boot the system from the Solaris DVD, Solaris Installation CD, the Solaris Software 1 of 2, or from the network.

You cannot uninstall the Solaris software after the software has been partially installed. You must restore your system from a backup or begin the Solaris installation process again.

/cdrom/Solaris_9/SUNWxxxx/reloc.cpio: Broken pipe

Description:

This error message does not affect the installation.

Solution:

Ignore the message and continue with the installation.

WARNING: CHANGE DEFAULT BOOT DEVICE (x86 based systems only)

Cause:

This is an informational message. The default boot device set in the system's BIOS might be set to a device that requires you to use the Solaris Device Configuration Assistant x86 Platform Edition diskette to boot the system.

Solution:

Continue with the installation and, if necessary, change the system's default boot device specified in the BIOS after you install the Solaris software to a device that does not require the Solaris Device Configuration Assistant x86 Platform Edition diskette.

x86: To Check IDE Disk for Bad Blocks

IDE disk drives do not automatically map out bad blocks like other drives supported by Solaris software. Before installing Solaris 9 on an IDE disk, you might want to perform a surface analysis on the disk. To perform surface analysis on an IDE disk, follow this procedure.

1. Boot to the installation media in single-user mode.

   # b -s

2. Start the format program.

   # format

3. Specify the IDE disk drive on which you want to perform a surface analysis.

   # cxdy

   cx

   Is the controller number

   dy

   Is the device number

4. You need an fdisk partition.

   • If a Solaris fdisk partition already exists, proceed to Step 5.

   • If a Solaris fdisk partition does not exist, use the fdisk command to create a Solaris partition on the disk.

   format> fdisk

5. Type:

   format> analyze

6. Type:

   analyze> config

   The current settings for a surface analysis are displayed.

   1. If you want to change settings, type:

      analyze> setup

7. Type:

   analyze> type_of_surface_analysis

   type_of_surface_analysis

   Is read, write, or compare

   If format finds bad blocks, it re-maps them.

8. Type:

   analyze> quit

9. Do you want to specify blocks to re-map?

   • If no, go to Step 10.

   • If yes, type:

     format> repair

10. Type:

    quit

    The format program quits.

11. To restart the media in multiuser mode, type:

    ok b