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Solaris 7 (SPARC Platform Edition) Installation Library

Chapter 1 Planning and Starting Your Installation

This chapter describes how to plan and install the SolarisTM operating environment.

Note -

The Solaris software may be pre-installed on your system. For information, see your hardware documentation.

To Plan Your Installation

  1. Make sure these instructions are for you.

    If You Are Installing Solaris Software From ... 

    Then Go To ... 

    A CD-ROM drive attached to your system 

    		Step 2.

    A remote CD-ROM drive on the network 

    Solaris Advanced Installation Guide.

  2. Does your system have a previous version of the Solaris operating environment installed?

  3. Make sure your hardware is supported.

    See the SMCC Hardware Platform Guide.

  4. If your system is attached to a network, gather system information.

    Use the following table to gather system information that you may be asked to supply during installation. Collecting this information now will save you time during installation.

    • If the system you're installing already has a previous version of the Solaris operating environment, you can find system information by using the commands shown.

    • If the system you're installing does not have the Solaris operating environment installed, get this information from your system administrator or whoever has set up your network.

    System Information You May Need to Supply 

    Example  

    Command for Finding Information 

    System's name (host name) 

    crater

    uname -n

    Primary network interface 

    le0

    ifconfig -a

    IP address 

    129.221.2.1

    ypmatch system_name hosts or

    nismatch system_name hosts.org_dir

    Domain name 

    chandy.West.Arp.COM

    domainname

    System part of a subnet? 

    Yes

    Check for existing subnet in /etc/netmasks

    Netmask 

    255.255.255.0

    more /etc/netmasks

  5. Plan disk space.

    Before installing the Solaris operating environment, determine your disk space needs. Consider the following items:

    • Solaris software group

      See the following table for software group space recommendations.

    • Co-packaged software

      See the co-packaged software documentation for estimated space required. Also, if you run Admintool to add the software to your Solaris system, the Add Software screen displays estimated package sizes if available. See Chapter 7, Adding Software After Solaris Installation for instructions on using Admintool to add software to your system.

    • Vendor or third-party software

      See the vendor or third-party software documentation.

    • Space for home directories

      Home directories may store user files such as mail, text or data files, or application files.

     Software Group Recommended Space (32-Bit Support) Recommended Space (64-Bit Support)
     Entire Distribution Plus OEM 801 Mbytes 909 Mbytes
     Entire Distribution 787 Mbytes 895 Mbytes
     Developer System Support 716 Mbytes 837 Mbytes
     End User System Support 438 Mbytes 532 Mbytes

    Note -

    Swap space is already included in the disk space recommendations.

To Install the Solaris Operating Environment

  1. Decide which method to use for installing the software in your product box.

    With This Method ... 

    You Can ... 

    You Can't ... 

    Solaris Web Start 

    • Install all the software in your product box (the Solaris operating environment and co-packaged software) at once from a single, browser-based tool.

    • Install all the software with the default option, or pick only the software you want to install with the customize option.

    • Install software on systems without graphic cards (headless systems). The headless system must have network access to another system with browser capabilities.

    • Upgrade from a previous version of the Solaris software.

    • Customize the software installations with choices at the lowest levels (for example, selecting/deselecting packages).

    • Use this method on systems with less than 48 Mbytes of system memory.

    • Use this method on systems with less than a 2-Gbyte boot disk [This restriction applies only to the size required to run Solaris Web Start; Solaris Web Start will determine whether your system has enough disk space to install the products you select.]

    Solaris Interactive Installation program, followed by other product installation programs 

    • Install the Solaris operating environment first, and then install the co-packaged software separately.

    • Upgrade from a previous version of the Solaris software.

    • Customize the software installations at the lowest levels (for example, selecting/deselecting packages).

    • Install software on systems without graphic cards (headless systems).

    • Install on systems with the minimum hardware requirements specified for the Solaris software.

    • Install all the software in your product box (Solaris operating environment) and co-packaged software) at once from a single tool.

  2. Insert the Solaris CD into the system's CD-ROM drive.

    CD-ROM Drive - Tray Version 

    CD-ROM Drive - Caddy Version 

    1. Press the eject button on the front panel of the CD-ROM drive. A tray will slide out.

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    2. Insert the Solaris CD (logo up) into the tray.

    3. Push the tray into the CD-ROM drive.

    1. To open the caddy, pinch the corners while lifting the lid at the center.

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    2. Insert the Solaris CD (logo up) and close the caddy.

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    3. With the arrow on the caddy pointing toward the CD-ROM drive, insert the caddy.

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  3. Boot the system from the Solaris CD.

    If Your System Is ... 

    And You Want to Use. .. 

    Then ... 

    New, out-of-the-box 

    Solaris Web Start or the Solaris Interactive Installation program 

    Turn on the system and follow the instructions on the screen. 

    Existing 

    Solaris Web Start 

    Get your system to the ok prompt and type:

    boot cdrom - browser

    Note -

    Spaces are required before and after the minus sign.

     

    Solaris Interactive Installation program 

    Get your system to the ok prompt and type:

    boot cdrom

    Note -

    For older SPARC systems, use the following boot command: boot sd(0,6,2).

    If you experience any problems from this point on, see the module Troubleshooting in this book.

  4. Wait for booting to complete.

    After you type the boot command, the system goes through a booting phase where hardware and system components are checked. This lasts for several minutes. The following screen provides an example of what you will see:


    Type b (boot), c (continue), or n (new command mode) >n Type help for more information ok boot cdrom Booting from: sd(0,6,5) SunOS Release x.x Version [UNIX(R) System V Release] Copyright (c), Sun Microsystems, Inc. Configuring devices Starting the desktop...

  5. Follow the on-screen instructions to install the Solaris operating environment.

    The Solaris installation program is a menu-driven, interactive step-by-step guide to installing the Solaris operating environment. It also provides online help to answer your questions.

  6. Decide if you want to install other software: