Adding a new peripheral device that is not-pluggable usually involves the following:
Shutting down the system
Connecting the device to the system
Rebooting the system
Use How to Add a Peripheral Device to add the following devices that are not hot-pluggable to a system:
CD-ROM
Secondary disk drive
Tape drive
SBUS card
In some cases, you might have to add a third-party device driver to support the new device.
For information on hot-plugging devices, see Chapter 6, Dynamically Configuring Devices (Tasks).
Become superuser.
(Optional) If you need to add a device driver to support the device, complete the procedure How to Add a Device Driver.
Shut down the system.
# shutdown -i0 -g30 -y |
Brings the system to the 0 init state, which is the appropriate state for turning the system power off for adding and removing devices.
Shuts the system down in 30 seconds. The default is 60 seconds.
Continues the system shutdown without user intervention. Otherwise, you are prompted to continue the shutdown process.
Select one of the following to turn off power to the system after it is shut down:
For SPARC platforms, it is safe to turn off power if the ok prompt is displayed.
For x86 platforms, it is safe to turn off power if the type any key to continue prompt is displayed.
Turn off power to all peripheral devices.
For the location of power switches on any peripheral devices, refer to the hardware installation guides that accompany your peripheral devices.
Install the peripheral device, making sure that the device you are adding has a different target number than the other devices on the system.
Often, a small switch is located at the back of the disk for selecting the target number.
Refer to the hardware installation guide that accompanies the peripheral device for information on installing and connecting the device.
Turn on the power to the system.
The system boots to multiuser mode, and the login prompt is displayed.
Verify that the peripheral device has been added by attempting to access the device.
For information on accessing the device, see Accessing Devices.
This procedure assumes that the device has already been added to the system. If not, see What You Need for Unsupported Devices.
Become superuser.
Place the tape, diskette, or CD-ROM into the drive.
Install the driver.
# pkgadd [-d] device package-name |
Identifies the device path name that contains the package.
Identifies the package name that contains the device driver.
Verify that the package has been added correctly.
# pkgchk package-name # |
The system prompt returns with no response if the package is installed correctly.
The following example shows how to install and verify a package called XYZdrv.
# pkgadd XYZdrv (licensing messages displayed) . . . Installing XYZ Company driver as <XYZdrv> . . . Installation of <XYZdrv> was successful. # pkgchk XYZdrv # |