Installation Bugs You Need to Know About Before Installing Solaris 8 Software

64 MB System Hangs When Connecting to Network (4394591)

After installation using the Solaris 8 Installation CD in text mode on a 64 MB IA system, you might receive the following error message:

WARNING: Timed out waiting for NIS

Installation has succeeded, but two system files are not initialized correctly. The affected files are: /etc/inet/hosts and /etc/inet/netmasks. The system has run out of swap space during system configuration.

IA systems with greater amounts of memory, or IA systems installed using the Installation CD in graphics mode will not experience this problem.

Workaround: This problem can be avoided prior to installation by choosing one of the following:

• Use the Installation CD in graphics mode for installation.

• Use the Interactive Installation program on the Solaris 8 1 of 2 CD for installation.

• Add additional memory to the IA system.

If the problem has already occurred, you must correct the system after installation:

1. From the system console, boot the system in single user mode:

   b -s

2. Edit the file /etc/inet/hosts by adding the missing line system's_ip_address host_name .

3. Edit the file /etc/inet/netmasks by adding the missing line system's_network_number netmask .