Installation Program Questions

• Select a language and a locale

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1. Name of workstation

2. Is it networked?

   1. Its primary network interface

   2. Its IP address

   3. Its Name Service [None for the NIS+ root master] [NIS+ for clients]

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   Caution -

   Do not choose the options Other or NIS; they do not work in the Trusted Solaris environment.

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3. On a subnet?

   1. Its subnet mask

4. Time zone

5. Date and time

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--------- Searches for JumpStart scripts appear in the upper left console window ---------

1. Initial Install

   Upgrade is not supported.

2. Allocate client services?

   Allocate client services if the workstation will serve diskless clients.

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   Note -

   • For performance reasons, your NIS+ master should not serve diskless clients.

   • Diskless clients are installed using the Host Manager in the Solstice_Apps folder. See Chapter 10, Configuring Diskless Clients.

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3. Select the languages that can be displayed onscreen.

4. Software group

   1. The groups Core and End User are identical in the Trusted Solaris environment.

   2. Select To Include Solaris 64-bit support

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      Note -

      The 64-bit system will be installed, but your system will boot 32-bit if the Flash PROM needs to be upgraded.

      • See "Updating the Flash PROM on the Ultra 1, Ultra 2, Ultra 450, and Sun Enterprise 450 Systems" in Solaris 7 8/99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide for how to upgrade the Flash PROM. You do not need to install the Solaris 7 environment for the PROM upgrade; install the Trusted Solaris 7 environment.

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5. Customize the installation?

6. Disks to use.

   1. Preserve the format of any of the disks?

   2. Auto-layout file system?

      1. Which file systems to auto-layout?

   3. Customize the size of the partitions? YES, see "Disk Partitioning Hints".

7. Begin installation.

8. Reboot?

   After you provide the requested information to the installation program, the actual installation takes from 30 to 60 minutes. The speed of your medium: CDROM, diskette, or net, determines the installation time.