Trusted Solaris Installation and Configuration

Read Booting Messages

After you type the boot command, the workstation goes through a booting phase where hardware and system components are checked. The following screen provides an example of what you see.


Type b (boot), c (continue), or n (new command mode)
>n
Type help for more information
ok boot cdrom Rebooting with command: boot cdrom
Boot device: /sbus/espdma@e, 8400000/esp@e, 8800000/sd@6, 0:f
File and args:
NOTICE: 64-bit OS installed, but the 32-bit OS is the default
        for the processor(s) on the system.
        See boot(1M) for more information.
Booting the 32-bit OS ...
SunOS Release 5.8 Version Trusted_Solaris_8 32-bit
Copyright 1983-2000, Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
Configuring /dev and /devices
Using RPC Bootparams for network configuration information.
Configured interface le0
Starting OpenWindows...

The booting phase will last for a few minutes. Then a Welcome to Trusted Solaris screen briefly appears, then the screen turns blue-gray and a Solaris Install Console is displayed in the upper left corner. Messages display in the Install Console during installation.

The Trusted Solaris installation program is running.