Installing Solaris 7 3/99 System Software

You can use the Solaris^TM Web Start, JumpStart^TM, Custom JumpStart, or Interactive installation method to install the Solaris 7 3/99 system software. For detailed instructions on installing Solaris software, see the publications Solaris 7 Installation Library and Solaris 7 Advanced Installation Guide on the Solaris 7 Documentation CD included with this product.

Verifying the Installation

When the installation is complete, check the following files.

To view the install_log, begin.log, and finish.log files:

# cd /var/sadm/system/logs

Use an editor to check the files.

Using Solaris 7 as an Install Server

If you use Solaris 7 as an install server, you need to modify the Solaris 7 /etc/nsswitch.conf file before you run add_install_client.

1. Go to this line in the Solaris 7 /etc/nsswitch.conf file:

   hosts: xfn nis [NOTFOUND=return] files

2. Remove the xfn entry so that the line looks like this:

   hosts: nis [NOTFOUND=return] files

3. Run add_install_client from the Solaris 7 3/99 CD.

Installing Solaris 7 3/99 System Software on Diskless Clients and AutoClients From a Server

You need to install Solstice^TM AdminSuite^TM 2.3 patch number 104468-06 or any subsequent revision of this patch before you add OS services to your server. You will find the patch and installation instructions at http://access1.sun.com/private-cgi/patch2html?README.104468-06.

If you are using Solstice AdminSuite with a patched Solaris release in which it is inadvisable or impossible to remove all the patches, then you will need to have the following file to add OS services:

/var/sadm/patch/.mu_applied

This file is automatically created by the following MU releases:

• 2.5.1: MU3, MU4, and MU5

• 2.6: MU1 and MU2

• 7: MU1

With this workaround, Solstice AdminSuite is unable to track all the patches in a system. Use admclientpatch to add or remove patches to or from the system.

For a list of new platforms and the options that are available for this release, see the hardware manufacturer's documentation.

If you are unable to obtain the patch from access1.sun.com, go through your normal support channel.

Verifying the Installation

When the installation is complete, check the following files.

To view the install_log, begin.log, and finish.log files:

# cd /var/sadm/system/logs

Use an editor to check the files.