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Solaris 8 (Intel Platform Edition) Installation Guide

To Plan Your Installation

Note -

The instructions in this book describe how to install Solaris 8 software using a CD. If you choose to install Solaris 8 software over a network, some steps might differ.

  1. Use this decision table to determine what to do first.

    If you intend to install Solaris software from 

    Then go to 

    A CD-ROM drive attached to your system 

    		Step 2.

    A remote CD-ROM drive on a network 

    Solaris 8 Advanced Installation Guide and the steps presented in this and later chapters.

  2. Is Solaris already installed on the system?

  3. Make sure your hardware is supported.

    See the Solaris 8 (Intel Platform Edition) Hardware Compatibility List.

  4. If your system is attached to a network, gather the following information about the system on which you intend to install the Solaris operating environment.

    Note -

    If Solaris is not already installed on the system, contact your system administrator or whoever is responsible for maintaining your network to find the following information.

    Information 

    Example  

    To find the information (with Solaris installed), use  

    Host name 

    crater

    uname -n

    Host IP address 

    129.221.2.1

    ypmatch system_name hosts or

    nismatch system_name hosts.org_dir

    Subnet mask 

    255.255.255.0

    more /etc/netmasks

    Type of name service (DNS, NIS, or NIS+) 

    		 

    passwd:     files nis
group:      files nis

hosts:      xfn nis [NOTFOUND=return] files
networks:   nis [NOTFOUND=return] files
protocols:  nis [NOTFOUND=return] files
rpc:        nis [NOTFOUND=return] files
ethers:     nis [NOTFOUND=return] files
netmasks:   nis [NOTFOUND=return] files	
bootparams: nis [NOTFOUND=return] files
publickey:  nis [NOTFOUND=return] files

netgroup:   nis

automount:  files nis
aliases:    files nis

services:   files nis
sendmailvars:   files

    cat /etc/nsswitch.conf

    Domain name 

    lbloom.West.Arp.COM

    domainname

    Host name of name server 

    thor75

    ypwhich

    Host IP address of name server 

    129.153.75.20

    ypmatch nameserver_name hosts or

    nismatch nameserver_name hosts.org_dir

  5. Determine which of the following software you intend to install and the total disk space the combined software will require.

    • The Solaris software group:

      Software Group 

      Recommended Disk Space 
       Entire Distribution Plus OEM Support 2.4 Gbytes
       Entire Distribution 2.3 Gbytes
       Developer System Support 1.9 Gbytes
       End User System Support 1.6 Gbytes

      Note -

      Swap space is included in the disk space recommendations. A minumum of 320 Mbytes is required for swap space, but more might be needed due to available memory and other factors. By default, Solaris Web Start allocates 512 Mbytes for swap space.

    • Additional software

      See the documentation to determine the disk space you'll need.

    • Vendor or third-party software

      See the vendor or third-party software documentation.

    • Space for home directories

      Home directories might contain user files such as mail, text or data files, or application files.

  6. Determine the language you want to use to install Solaris. If you use the CD labeled:

    • Solaris 8 Installation English Intel Platform Edition--all prompts, messages, and other installation information are displayed in English only.

    • Solaris 8 Installation Multilingual Intel Platform Edition--you can select one of the following languages in which to display all prompts, messages, and other installation information:

      • Simplified Chinese

      • Traditional Chinese

      • English

      • French

      • German

      • Italian

      • Japanese

      • Korean

      • Spanish

      • Swedish

  7. Make sure you have at least the following CDs:

    • Solaris 8 Installation English Intel Platform Edition or Solaris 8 Installation Multilingual Intel Platform Edition

    • Solaris 8 Software 1 of 2 Intel Platform Edition and Solaris 8 Software 2 of 2 Intel Platform Edition

    • Solaris 8 Languages Intel Platform Edition (if you use the Multilingual CD)