Sun WorkShop Quick Install

Remote Installation

For a remote installation, follow these steps:

  1. Add the following line to your /etc/dfs/dfstab file:

    share -F nfs -o ro /cdrom/devpro_v6n1_platform

  2. Find out if your source machine is an NFSTM server by typing:

    # ps -ef | grep nfsd

    If you see screen output that contains /usr/lib/nfs/nfsd, then nfsd is running. If nfsd is running, type:

    # /usr/sbin/shareall

    If nfsd is not running, start nfsd by typing:

    # /etc/init.d/nfs.server start

    # ps -ef | grep nfsd

    You should then get screen output that contains /usr/lib/nfs/nfsd. If not, contact your system administrator or your Sun authorized service provider.

  3. Make sure your source machine is exporting your product directory by typing:

    # /usr/sbin/dfshares

    Screen output shows the resource and server. See the dfshares man page for more information.

  4. Log in to the target machine.

    Replace user with your user login name (not root), and use a lowercase l (not the number 1) in the following command:

    # rlogin target-machine -l user

    Password: user-password

    % su

    Password: root-password

  5. Go to the source machine by typing:

    # cd /net/source-machine/cdrom/devpro_v6n1_platform

    If you cannot change to that directory and you do not have an automounter on your network, create a mount point on the target machine and mount the product directory by typing the following commands (do not type the backslash (\) as it indicates that the command must be typed as one line):

    # mkdir /remote_products

    # /usr/sbin/mount -F nfs -r source-machine:/cdrom/\

    devpro_v6n1_platform /remote_products

    # cd /remote_products

  6. Redirect the target machine display.

    If you use a C shell, type:

    # setenv DISPLAY source-machine:0

    If you use a Bourne shell, type:

    # DISPLAY=source-machine:0; export DISPLAY

    If you use a Korn shell, type:

    # export DISPLAY=source-machine:0

  7. Proceed to "Using the workshop_install GUI".