Solaris 10: Installation on a Sun SPARC Server

Solaris 10: Installation on a SPARC Server

Abstract:

This is a description of a fresh Solaris 10 SPARC installation on a Sun server which includes everything except OEM packages.

Pre-Requisites:

Solaris 10 is available under DVD or CD-ROM for free from the Sun Solaris downloads web site. Most Sun servers come with a DVD or a CD-ROM drive. Installation from a CD-ROM is a time intensive process - it is vastly easier to buy a DVD-ROM drive from eBay than it is to go through the CD-ROM install with a half-dozen disks of media.

Pre-Installation Instructions:

First, the SPARC Solaris 10 DVD should be inserted into the DVD drive. The system should be brought down to firmware mode, at the "ok>" prompt.

{0} ok boot cdrom

Installation Instructions:

As the system installer provides prompts, answer the questions. Please note, this installation is assuming the ISP designates a default router of 192.168.1.254 and a hardware firewall is designated as 192.168.3.1 in the network topology. These parameters may be different for your network!

- select a language
# 0 (english)

- terminal used?
# 13 (CDE terminal emulator dtterm)

- initial splash screen: continue
- setup screen: continue

- system is networked?
# yes

- network interfaces detected: hme0, hme1; selected for setup:
# hme0

- use DHCP for hme0?
# no

- host name for hme0?
# Ultra2

- IP address for hme0?
# 192.168.3.252

- system part of a subnet?
# yes

- netmask:
# 255.255.255.0

- enable IPv6 for hme0?
# no

- confirmation screen:
# yes

- enable kerberos security?
# no

- confirmation screen:
# yes

- name service information:
# DNS

- domain name of where this server resides:
# xtank.servegame.org

- IP address of DNS servers:
# 192.168.3.1

- search domain: (none) default route for hme0?
# describe one

- router address for hme0?
# 192.168.3.1
# 192.168.1.254

- DNS search list:
# none

- confirmation screen:
# yes

- "Unable to find an address entry for Ultra2 within the specified DNS configuration. Enter new name configuration?
# no

- NFSv4 configuration: use the NFSv4 domain automatically derived by the system confirmation:
# yes

- Time zone selection:
# Americas
# - United States
# - - Eastern

- Accept suggested date-time-year?
# yes

- confirmation
# yes

- root password:
# (unspecified)

- remote services enabled?
# yes

- type of installation?
# standard

- automatically eject DVD?
# yes

- auto-reboot?
# yes

- upgrade or initial?
# initial

- accept license?
# yes

- languages to install?
# all of them. /* All of them?!? # YES ALL OF THEM COMPUTER, NO TALKING BACK */

- Initial language locale:
# U.S.A. (UTF-8) /*It's about 3/4 of the way down the huge list of languages, located under the "North America" heading.*/

- Scan for additional software?
# no

- filesystem?
# UFS

- which distribution?
# entire (no OEM support)

- disk:
# c0t0d0
# esc-4 (to edit slices)

- root slice:
# c0t0d0s0

- update eprom to boot from disk 0?
# yes

- preserve existing data?
# no

- auto or manual slice layout?
# manual
# /root 20604
# /swap 2430
# overlap 35066
# /home 12031

- mount remote file systems?
# yes

- begin installation?
# yes

/* Installation begins, coffee break! Installation finishes.*/

- Power saving mode?
# no

Post Installation Instructions:

Log in as "root", reboot the machine and eject the DVD to completely test the install. Please note, in a real installation, a root password should be set.

Login: root

Ultra2# cd / ; sync ; sync ; init 6

After the machine comes back up, the installation of the Contributed Software should occur. If no additional software is required, patching Solaris is the next step.