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Oracle Solaris 10 8/11 Installation Guide: Basic Installations Oracle Solaris 10 8/11 Information Library |
1. Planning for a Oracle Solaris Installation From CD or DVD Media (Tasks)
2. Installing With the Oracle Solaris Installation Program For UFS File Systems (Tasks)
SPARC: To Install or Upgrade With the Oracle Solaris Installation Program
You can either install or upgrade the Oracle Solaris OS by using the Oracle Solaris installation program. This section lists the task you need to perform to install the Oracle Solaris OS, and provides detailed instructions about how to install the Oracle Solaris OS from DVD or CD media.
The Oracle Solaris installation programs for x86 based systems use the GRUB boot loader. This procedure describes how to install a standalone x86 based system with the GRUB bootloader from CD or DVD media for a UFS file system. For overview information about the GRUB boot loader, see Chapter 7, SPARC and x86 Based Booting (Overview and Planning), in Oracle Solaris 10 8/11 Installation Guide: Planning for Installation and Upgrade.
Note - If you want to install the Oracle Solaris OS on a machine or domain that does not have a directly attached DVD-ROM or CD-ROM drive, you can use a DVD-ROM or CD-ROM drive that is attached to another machine. For detailed instructions, refer to Appendix B, Installing or Upgrading Remotely (Tasks), in Oracle Solaris 10 8/11 Installation Guide: Network-Based Installations.
Before You Begin
Perform the following tasks before you begin your installation.
Ensure that you have the necessary media.
Select one of the following options:
If you are installing from a DVD, use the Oracle Solaris Operating System for x86 Platforms DVD.
If you are installing from CD media:
You need the following media:
Oracle Solaris Software CDs.
Oracle Solaris Languages for x86 Platforms CDs – The installation program prompts you for these CDs if necessary to support languages for specific geographic regions.
Note - Starting with the Oracle Solaris 10 9/10 release, only a DVD is provided. Oracle Solaris Software CDs are no longer provided.
Check your system BIOS to make sure you can boot from CD or DVD media.
Acquire any install time updates (ITUs) or drivers that you need to install the Oracle Solaris OS on your hardware. To determine if you need an ITU or additional drivers, see your hardware documentation.
Verify that your system meets the minimum requirements.
Your system should meet the following requirements.
Memory – 1.5 GB or greater
Disk space – 6.8 GB or greater
Processor speed – 120 MHz or greater with hardware floating point
For detailed information about system requirements, see System Requirements and Recommendations.
If you are installing the Oracle Solaris OS on a system that is not produced by Oracle Corporation, check the Oracle Solaris Hardware Compatibility List at http://www.oracle.com/webfolder/technetwork/hcl/index.html before you begin to install.
Gather the information you need to install the Oracle Solaris OS.
For a nonnetworked system:
You need the following information:
Host name of the system that you are installing
Language and locales that you intend to use on the system
For a networked system, gather the following information.
Note - Starting with the Solaris 10 11/06 release, you have the option during an initial installation to change the network security settings so that all network services, except Secure Shell, are disabled or restricted to respond to local requests only. This security option is only available during an initial installation, not during an upgrade. An upgrade maintains any previously set services. If necessary, you can restrict network services after an upgrade by using the netservices command. See Planning Network Security in Oracle Solaris 10 8/11 Installation Guide: Planning for Installation and Upgrade.
The network services can be enabled after installation by using the netservices open command or by enabling individual services by using SMF commands. See Revising Security Settings After Installation in Oracle Solaris 10 8/11 Installation Guide: Planning for Installation and Upgrade.
Host name of the system that you are installing
Keyboard layout
Note - If the keyboard is self-identifying, the keyboard layout automatically configures during installation. If the keyboard is not self-identifying, you can select from a list of supported keyboard layouts during installation.
For further information, see keyboard Keyword in Oracle Solaris 10 8/11 Installation Guide: Network-Based Installations.
Language and locales that you intend to use on the system
Host IP address
Subnet mask
Type of naming service (for example, DNS, NIS, or NIS+)
Domain name
Note - During installation, you can choose the default NFSv4 domain name. Or, you can specify a custom NFSv4 domain name. For more information about specifying a domain name, see NFSv4 Domain Name Configurable During Installation in Oracle Solaris 10 8/11 Installation Guide: Planning for Installation and Upgrade.
Host name of the name server
Host IP address of the name server
Root password
For information that you need to gather to install your system, see Checklist for Installation. If you are upgrading your system, see Checklist for Upgrading in Oracle Solaris 10 8/11 Installation Guide: Planning for Installation and Upgrade. Note that you may need to provide your support credentials and proxy information during the installation or upgrade for Auto Registration, as described in the checklists.
Note - If you have a system that contains non-global zones, Live Upgrade, a feature of Oracle Solaris, is the recommended upgrade program or program to add patches. Other upgrade programs might require extensive upgrade time, because the time required to complete the upgrade increases linearly with the number of installed non-global zones.
For information about upgrading with Live Upgrade, a feature of Oracle Solaris, see Part I, Upgrading With Live Upgrade, in Oracle Solaris 10 8/11 Installation Guide: Live Upgrade and Upgrade Planning.
(Optional) Back up your system.
If you want to preserve any existing data or applications, back up the system. For detailed instructions about how to back up your system, see Chapter 22, Backing Up and Restoring UFS File Systems (Overview), in System Administration Guide: Devices and File Systems.
If you boot from the Oracle Solaris Operating System DVD or the Oracle Solaris Software - 1 CD, insert the disc. Your system's BIOS must support booting from a DVD or CD.
You might need to manually set your BIOS to boot from a DVD or CD. See your hardware documentation for more information about how to set the BIOS.
Modify the boot priority in the BIOS, and exit the BIOS to return to the installation program.
A memory test and hardware detection are executed. The screen refreshes. The GRUB menu is displayed.
GNU GRUB version 0.95 (631K lower / 2095488K upper memory) +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Solaris | | Solaris Serial Console ttya | | Solaris Serial Console ttyb (for lx50, v60x and v65x) | | | | | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Use the ^ and v keys to select which entry is highlighted. Press enter to boot the selected OS, 'e' to edit the commands before booting, or 'c' for a command-line.
Select this option if you want to install the system by using the default values.
Select this option if you want to change the system display to a device that is connected to serial port COM1.
Select this option if you want to change the system display to a device that is connected to serial port COM2.
You might want to use specific boot arguments to customize the system configuration during the installation.
Boot commands that are similar to the following text are displayed in the GRUB menu.
kernel /boot/multiboot kernel/unix -B install_media=cdrom module /boot/x86.miniroot
The boot command that you want to edit is displayed in the GRUB edit window.
The command syntax for the Grub edit menu is as follows.
grub edit>kernel /boot/multiboot kernel/unix/ \ install [url|ask] -B options install_media=media_type
grub edit>kernel$ /boot/platform/i86pc/$ISADIR/kernel/unix/ \ install [url|ask] -B options install_media=media_type
For information about boot arguments and command syntax, see Chapter 9, Installing From the Network (Command Reference), in Oracle Solaris 10 8/11 Installation Guide: Network-Based Installations.
The GRUB menu is displayed. The edits you made to the boot command are displayed.
The original GRUB menu is displayed.
The Oracle Solaris installation program checks the default boot disk for the requirements to install or upgrade the system. If the Oracle Solaris installation cannot detect the system configuration, the program prompts you for any missing information.
When the check is completed, the installation selection screen is displayed.
The installation selection screen displays the following options.
Select the type of installation you want to perform: 1 Solaris Interactive 2 Custom JumpStart 3 Solaris Interactive Text (Desktop session) 4 Solaris Interactive Text (Console session) 5 Apply driver updates 6 Single user shell Enter the number of your choice followed by the <ENTER> key. Alternatively, enter custom boot arguments directly. If you wait 30 seconds without typing anything, an interactive installation will be started.
For information about JumpStart installations, see Oracle Solaris 10 8/11 Installation Guide: Custom JumpStart and Advanced Installations.
Select this installation type to override the default GUI installer and run the text installer.
For detailed information about the Oracle Solaris installation GUI and text installer, see System Requirements and Recommendations.
Select this installation type to override the default GUI installer and run the text installer.
The system configures the devices and interfaces, and searches for configuration files. If the operating system cannot locate a self-identifying keyboard, the next screen displays keyboard layout selections. If the system locates a self-identifying keyboard, skip to Step 9.
Note - To perform system administration tasks before your installation, choose one of the two options described below, instead of selecting one of the previously-described installation options.
To update drivers or install an install time update (ITU), insert the update media, type 5, then press Enter.
You might need to update drivers or install an ITU to enable the Oracle Solaris OS to run on your system. Follow the instructions for your driver update or ITU to install the update.
To perform system administration tasks, type 6, then press Enter.
You might want to launch a single user shell if you need to perform any system administration tasks on your system before you install. For information about system administration tasks you can perform prior to installation, see System Administration Guide: Basic Administration.
After you perform these system administration tasks, the previous list of options is displayed. Select the appropriate option to continue the installation.
Configure Keyboard Layout +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Please specify the keyboard layout from the list below. | | | | To make a selection, use the arrow keys to highlight the option and | | press Return to mark it [X]. | | | | Keyboard Layout | | ----------------------- | | [ ] Serbia-And Montenegro | | [ ] Slovenian | | [ ] Slovakian | | [ ] Spanish | | [ ] Swedish | | [ ] Swiss-French | | [ ] Swiss-German | | [ ] Taiwanese | | [ ] TurkishQ | | [ ] TurkishF | | [ ] UK-English | | [ X] US-English | | | | F2_Continue F6_Help | +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
The system configures the devices and interfaces and searches for configuration files. If you selected a GUI installation in the earlier steps, the next two screens confirm GUI functioning.
Starting Oracle Solaris Interactive (graphical user interface) Installation +------------------------------------------------------------+ | You must respond to the first question within 30 seconds | | or the installer proceeds in a non-window environment | | (console mode). | | | | If the screen becomes blank or unreadable the installer | | proceeds in console mode. | | | | If the screen does not properly revert to console mode, | | restart the installation and make the following selection: | | | | Solaris Interactive Text (Console session) | -------------------------------------------------------------+
Note - If your system has insufficient memory, the program exists and displays an error message. You can upgrade your memory and restart the installation.
For an alternative that requires less memory to install, restart the installation and select a text installer option instead of a GUI installer option.
After progress messages are completed, another confirmation screen is displayed.
A list of language choices is displayed.
If you preconfigured all of the system information, the installation program does not prompt you to enter any configuration information. See Chapter 2, Preconfiguring System Configuration Information (Tasks), in Oracle Solaris 10 8/11 Installation Guide: Network-Based Installations for more information.
If you did not preconfigure all the system information, the installation program prompts you for this information on several screens. Use the Checklist for Installation to help you answer the configuration questions.
One configuration question asks you whether you want to enable network services for use by remote clients. The default response is “Yes, I would like to enable network services for use by remote clients.”
Selecting “No” provides a more secure configuration in which Secure Shell is the only network service provided to remote clients. Selecting “Yes” enables a larger set of services as in previous Oracle Solaris releases. You can safely select “No” as any services can be enabled after installation. For further information about these options, see Planning Network Security in Oracle Solaris 10 8/11 Installation Guide: Planning for Installation and Upgrade.
The network services can be enabled after installation by using the netservices open command or by enabling individual services by using SMF commands. See Revising Security Settings After Installation in Oracle Solaris 10 8/11 Installation Guide: Planning for Installation and Upgrade.
After you answer the configuration questions, the Welcome to Oracle Solaris panel appears.
The Installer Questions screen displays.
Important: If you intend to disable Auto Registration after installation, deselect the automatic reboot.
The Specify Media screen appears.
The License screen appears.
The Oracle Solaris installation program then determines if the system can be upgraded. To upgrade, the system must have an existing Oracle Solaris root (/) file system. The Oracle Solaris installation program detects the necessary conditions and then upgrades the system.
The Select Upgrade or Initial Install screen appears.
Note - If you restored the diagnostic or service partition on your system before you started the installation, you might not be able to upgrade to the Oracle Solaris OS. For more information, see Service Partition Not Created by Default on Systems With No Existing Service Partition in Oracle Solaris 10 8/11 Installation Guide: Live Upgrade and Upgrade Planning.
The next screen enables you to choose a default installation or a custom installation.
Install a specific software group
Install additional software
Install specific software packages
Install a specific locale
Customize the disk layout
For more information about software groups, see Disk Space Recommendations for Software Groups. For information about customizing fdisk partitions, see Partitioning Recommendations in Oracle Solaris 10 8/11 Installation Guide: Planning for Installation and Upgrade.
Note - The text installer does not prompt you to select a Default or Custom Installation. To perform a default installation, accept the default values that are provided in the text installer. To perform a custom installation, edit the values in the text installer screens.
Note - For information about Auto Registration, see Oracle Solaris Auto Registration in Oracle Solaris 10 8/11 Installation Guide: Planning for Installation and Upgrade.
Note - If you intend to disable Auto Registration at the end of the installation or upgrade, you can proceed through these Auto Registration screens without entering any information.
The GUI screen is displayed. Select or deselect registering with your credentials. Click Next to continue.
Figure 2-6 GUI Auto Registration Screen
Alternately, the text installer screen displays.
Figure 2-7 Text Auto Registration Screen
In the text screen, use the arrow keys to navigate to the option box. Press Return to mark the option box to select registering with your support credentials. Press the Esc_2 key to continue.
Figure 2-8 GUI Auto Registration Data Entry Screen
If you chose to register in the prior screen, you are prompted to provide your My Oracle Support user name and password. If you use a proxy server, you can provide the server host name and port number, and the proxy user name and password.
If you chose an anonymous registration in the prior screen, this screen asks only for the proxy information.
Alternately, for text installs, the following screen is displayed.
Figure 2-9 Text Auto Registration Data Entry Screen
Use the arrow keys to navigate between lines. Type your support credentials and optional proxy entries. Press the Esc_2 key to continue.
The Ready to Install screen is displayed.
Note - The GUI screen is shown here. The text version of this screen contains the same information.
Figure 2-10 Oracle Solaris Installation Ready to Install Screen
When the Oracle Solaris installation program is finished installing the Oracle Solaris software, the system reboots automatically or prompts you to reboot manually.
After the installation is finished, installation logs are saved in a file. You can find the installation logs in the /var/sadm/system/logs and /var/sadm/install/logs directories
# reboot
Caution - To disable Auto Registration using the following procedure, you must have deselected automatic reboot earlier in the installation screens. If the system does automatically reboot, you cannot use the following steps to disable Auto Registration. Instead, after the automatic reboot, you can disable Auto Registration by using the regadm command. See Chapter 17, Working With the Oracle Solaris Auto Registration regadm Command (Tasks), in System Administration Guide: Basic Administration. |
# reboot
After the system reboots, a GRUB menu lists the operating systems that are installed, including the newly installed Oracle Solaris OS.
The default selection loads if you do not make another selection.
If you install multiple operating systems on your machine, you need to instruct the GRUB boot loader to recognize these operating systems in order to boot. For more information, see Modifying Boot Behavior by Editing the GRUB Menu at Boot Time in System Administration Guide: Basic Administration.
Troubleshooting
If you encounter any problems during the installation or upgrade, see Appendix A, Troubleshooting (Tasks), in Oracle Solaris 10 8/11 Installation Guide: Custom JumpStart and Advanced Installations.