This chapter provides procedures to perform an interactive installation with either the Solaris Interactive Installation program or Solaris Web Start. These procedures should be done on the system that is being installed.
If you want to install a desktop system from a local CD-ROM, you should use "Planning Your Installation" in the Solaris 7 (Intel Platform Edition) Installation Library or the Solaris 7 (SPARC Platform Edition) Installation Library. If you want to perform a custom JumpStart installation on a system, see Chapter 3, Performing a Custom JumpStart Installation.
Check Table 2-1 to make sure the system to be installed is prepared for an interactive installation.
Table 2-1 SPARC: Setting Up a System for an Interactive Installation: Task Map
Task |
Description |
For Instructions, Go To |
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Back up existing Solaris 1.x (SunOS 4.x) files |
If the system has a previous Solaris 1.x (SunOS 4.x) release installed, some Solaris 1.x files can be converted or merged into the Solaris files. | ||||||
Check if the system is supported |
Check the hardware documentation to see if the system is supported for Solaris 7. |
SMCC Hardware Platform Guide | |||||
Decide how to upgrade the system if it has a previous version of Solaris installed |
If the system has a previous Solaris release installed, you need to determine how to upgrade the system. Make sure you know what to do before and after you upgrade a system. | ||||||
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Check if the system has enough disk space for the Solaris software |
Optional. There are many considerations when planning disk space, such as deciding which software group you want to install. | ||||||
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Preconfigure system configuration information |
Optional. You can use the sysidcfg file or the name service to preconfigure installation information (for example, locale) for a system, so you won't be prompted to supply the information during the installation. | ||||||
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Set up the system to install over the network |
For network installations only. To install a system from a remote Solaris CD image, you need to set up the system to boot and install from an install server or boot server. |
Chapter 7, Preparing to Install Solaris Software Over the Network | |||||
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If the system is part of a network, make sure an Ethernet connector or similar network adapter is plugged into your system.
If you are installing a system connected through a tip line, make sure that your window display is at least 80 columns wide and 24 rows long.
Otherwise, the character installation interface displays improperly. You can use the stty command to determine the current dimensions of your tip window.
Choose a method to install the software in your product box.
If you are using the system's CD-ROM drive to install the Solaris software on the system, insert the Solaris CD-ROM into the system's CD-ROM drive.
Boot the system.
If you have any problems from this point, go to Chapter 5, Troubleshooting.
For more information about getting the system to the ok prompt, see the System Administration Guide, Volume I.
Wait for booting to complete.
After you enter the boot command, the system checks various hardware and system components. This lasts for several minutes.
If prompted, answer the system configuration questions.
After booting, the Solaris installation program may prompt you to provide configuration information about the system. If you have preconfigured all the system configuration information, go to the next step.
Follow the instructions on the screen to install the software on the system, using the installation method that you chose.
After the installation is finished, a log of how the Solaris software was installed on the system is saved to a file, as shown in Table 2-2.
Table 2-2 Installation Log Locations
If the System Was Installed Using The ... |
Then the Log Is Saved To ... |
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Initial installation option |
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Upgrade option |
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If you used the Solaris Interactive Installation program and allocated space for diskless clients or AutoClient systems, use Solstice Host Manager to complete the setup of those clients.
If you used the Solaris Interactive Installation program, go to the Installation Library or the Roadmap (if provided) to find out how to install the co-packaged software in the product box after the Solaris software is installed.
Check Table 2-3 to make sure the system to be installed is prepared for an interactive installation.
Table 2-3 x86: Setting Up a System for an Interactive Installation: Task Map
Task |
Description |
For Instructions, Go To |
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Determine if you need to preserve an existing operating system and user data |
If the system has an existing operating system that uses the entire disk, you must preserve the existing operating system so it can coexist with the Solaris software. |
Appendix F, x86: Preserving Existing Operating Systems and User Data | |||||
Check if the system is supported |
Check the hardware documentation to see if the system is supported for Solaris 7. |
Solaris 7 (Intel Platform Edition) Hardware Compatibility List | |||||
Decide how to upgrade the system if it has a previous version of Solaris installed |
If the system has a previous Solaris release installed, you need to determine how to upgrade the system. Make sure you know what to do before and after you upgrade a system. | ||||||
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Check if the system has enough disk space for the Solaris software |
Optional. There are many considerations when planning disk space, such as deciding which software group you want to install. | ||||||
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Preconfigure system configuration information |
Optional. You can use the sysidcfg file or the name service to preconfigure installation information (for example, locale) for a system, so you won't be prompted to supply the information during the installation. | ||||||
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Set up the system to install over the network |
For network installations only. To install a system from a remote Solaris CD image, you need to set up the system to boot and install from an install server or boot server. |
Chapter 7, Preparing to Install Solaris Software Over the Network | |||||
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If the system is part of a network, make sure an Ethernet connector or similar network adapter is plugged into your system.
If you are installing a system connected through a tip line, make sure that your window display is at least 80 columns wide and 24 rows long.
Otherwise, the character installation interface displays improperly. You can use the stty command to determine the current dimensions of your tip window.
Choose a method to install the software in your product box.
With This Method ... |
You Can ... |
You Can't ... |
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Solaris Web Start |
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Solaris Interactive Installation program, followed by other product installation programs |
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Insert the Configuration Assistant diskette into the system's boot diskette drive (usually the A: drive).
If you are using the system's CD-ROM drive to install the Solaris software on the system, insert the Solaris CD-ROM into the system's CD-ROM drive.
If the system is off, turn it on. If the system is on, reboot it.
The Device Configuration Assistant program runs to identify the system's devices.
Boot from the system's CD-ROM drive (CD) or from an install server on the network (NET).
Boot Solaris Select one of the identified devices to boot Solaris. > To make a selection, use the arrow keys, then press Enter to mark it [X]. Boot Solaris -------------------------------------------------------------------- [ ] NET : Xircom Pocket Ethernet parallel port card Port: 3BC-3BF; IRQ: 7 [ ] DISK: IDE(ATA) QUANTUM FIREBALL1080A Target: 0; Port: 1F0-1F7, 3F6-3F7; IRQ: 14 [ ] CD : IDE(ATA) IBM-H2344-A4 Target: 0; Port: 1F0-1F7, 3F6-3F7; IRQ: 14 |
Select the Solaris Interactive Installation program or Solaris Web Start.
Select the type of installation you want to perform: 1 Solaris Interactive 2 Custom JumpStart 3 Solaris Web Start Enter the number of your choice followed by the <ENTER> key. If you enter anything else, or if you wait for 30 seconds, an interactive installation will be started. |
If you have any problems from this point, go to Chapter 5, Troubleshooting.
If prompted, answer the system configuration questions.
After booting, the Solaris installation program may prompt you to provide configuration information about the system. If you have preconfigured all the system configuration information, go to the next step.
Follow the instructions on the screen to install the software on the system, using the installation method that you chose.
After the installation is finished, a log of how the Solaris software was installed on the system is saved to a file, as shown in Table 2-4.
Table 2-4 Installation Log Locations
If the System Was Installed Using The ... |
Then the Log Is Saved To ... |
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Initial installation option |
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Upgrade option |
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If you used the Solaris Interactive Installation program and allocated space for diskless clients or AutoClient systems, use Solstice Host Manager to complete the setup of those clients.
If you used the Solaris Interactive Installation program, go to the Installation Library or the Roadmap (if provided) to find out how to install the co-packaged software in the product box after the Solaris software is installed.