When you are installing or upgrading by using the Solaris 9 Installation CD, there are special requirements for SPARC slices and x86 fdisk partitions. When you are installing from a DVD or a net installation image, these requirements are not necessary.
Table 2–4 Solaris 9 Installation CD Requirements
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Requirements |
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Slice requirements for upgrading |
When you use the Solaris 9 Installation CD and the Solaris Web Start program to upgrade, you must have a slice on the disk that does not store files. The swap slice is preferred, but you can use any slice that is not located in any of the “upgradable” root slices that are listed in /etc/vfstab. The size of this slice must be at least 512 Mbytes. |
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x86 systems fdisk partition requirements |
When you use the Solaris 9 Installation CD, the Solaris Web Start program requires two fdisk partitions on the system disk to perform an installation or upgrade.
Note – If you install or upgrade a system that has a Service partition, the Solaris Web Start installation program preserves the Service partition and creates the Solaris and x86 boot fdisk partitions. For more information on preserving a Service partition, see x86: Change in Default Boot-Disk Partition Layout. |
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x86 system upgrade limitations |
When you use the Solaris 9 Installation CD, you cannot use the Solaris Web Start program to upgrade from the Solaris 2.6 or Solaris 7 operating environments. The Solaris 9 Installation CD requires a separate 10–Mbyte x86 boot partition that was not required in the Solaris 2.6 or Solaris 7 releases. You must use the Solaris Web Start program from a DVD or a net installation image, or use the Solaris suninstall program or custom JumpStart to upgrade. |
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x86 systems logical block addressing requirement |
Do not use the Solaris 9 Installation CD unless your system can boot across the 1024–cylinder limit. Logical block addressing (LBA) enables the machine to boot beyond the 1024–cylinder limit and across Solaris disk slices. Use the Solaris 9 Installation CD when your system's BIOS and SCSI driver for the default boot disk supports LBA. To determine if your system supports LBA, type:
If the BIOS and SCSI driver for the default boot disk support LBA, the following message appears.
If the SCSI driver for the default boot disk does not support LBA, the following message appears.
If the BIOS and SCSI driver for the default boot disk do not support LBA, use the Solaris 9 DVD or a net installation image to install or upgrade. |