What type of terminal are you using?
1) ANSI Standard CRT
2) DEC VT52
3) DEC VT100
4) Heathkit 19
5) Lear Siegler ADM31
6) PC Console
7) Sun Command Tool
8) Sun Workstation
9) Televideo 910
10) Televideo 925
11) Wyse Model 50
12) X Terminal Emulator (xterms)
13) Other
Type the number of your choice and press Return: 3
syslog service starting.
savecore: open("/dev/dump"): No such file or directory
Running in command line mode
Please wait while the system information is loaded... /
Welcome to the Web Start Solaris Command Line installation!
The following questions will gather information about this system.
This information will be used to configure:
Network
Kerberos Security
Name Service
Date and Time
Root Password
Power Management
<Press Return to continue>
Is this machine networked (y/n) [n]?
I selected no network at this stage. You can always change that selection later, if needed. (I didn't put network information because everyone's IP address will be different, but you can manually add it in later when the system is ready to connect to the network.)
Please enter a host name, which identifies this system on
the network. The name must be unique within the domain in
which it resides; creating a duplicate host name will cause
problems on the network after you install Solaris.
A host name must be at least two characters; it can contain
letters, digits, and minus signs (-).
Enter host name []: hostname
I entered hostname for this example.
Specify whether or not Kerberos Security will be enabled on
this machine.
Enable Kerberos [n]:
Please select how to specify your default time zone.
Specify Time Zone by:
1. Geographic region
2. Offset from GMT
3. Time zone file
Please enter the number corresponding to how you would like to
specify the time zone [1]:
Please specify your default time zone by geographic region.
Select a region from the first menu and a time zone from the
second menu
Available Regions:
1. Africa
2. Asia, Eastern
3. Asia, Western
4. Australia / New Zealand
5. Canada
6. Europe
7. Mexico
8. South America
9. United States
Please enter the number corresponding to the correct region [1]: 9
Available Zones:
1. Tasmania
2. Queensland
3. North
4. West
5. South
6. Victoria
7. New South Wales
8. Broken Hill
9. Yancowinna
10. LHI
11. New Zealand
Please enter the number corresponding to the correct zone [1]: 1
Accept the default date and time or enter new values.
The default date and time is Tuesday September 9 07:33:12 EST 2009.
Do you want to use this date and time (y/n) [y]?
Type in an alphanumeric string to be used as the root password for
the computer you are setting up.
Enter the root password []:
Retype the above password for confirmation.
Enter the root password again []:
You have entered the following values:
Host Name: hostname
Enable Kerberos: No
Time Zone: .....
Enter 'y' to apply these values and proceed to the next stage
of the installation, or 'n' to return to the beginning and make
changes (y/n): y
Please wait while the system is configured with your settings...
Solaris Web Start will assist you in installing software
for Solaris.
<Press ENTER to continue> {"!" exits}
The EEPROM variable, diag-switch?, is currently set to true. It is recommended that you set this variable to false during the install.
<Press ENTER to continue> {"!" exits}
Installer Options
For many installations the following operations can be automatic.
Manual operation may be appropriate if you plan to perform
post-install system administration.
Reboot automatically after software installation [y]? n
Eject a CD/DVD automatically after software installation [y]? n
You have chosen the following Installer Options:
AutoReboot: n
AutoEject: n
Enter 'y' if this is correct, or 'n' to make changes [y] y
I chose to not automatically reboot after the installation.
Please specify the media from which you will install the Solaris
Operating Environment.
Media:
1. CD/DVD
2. Network File System
3. HTTP (Flash archive only)
4. Local Tape (Flash archive only)
Media [1]: 4
I selected Local Tape for my installation, since that was what I wanted.
Please specify the local tape device and the position on the tape
where the Flash archive is located.
To select a different media, enter B to go Back.
Tape Device or B [/dev/rmt/0]
Tape Position or B [1]
By default, the tape device is referred to as /dev/rmt/0, but the tape position has to be changed to 0. It was 1 by default.
You selected the following Flash archives for initial install:
Tape /dev/rmt/0 0
Press Return to continue or enter D to deselect all archives:
To select additional Flash archives, please specify the media
where the archives are located.
Media:
1. CD/DVD
2. Network File System
3. HTTP
4. Local Tape
5. None - Archive Selection Complete
Media [5]:
This step lets you select other media, but that did not apply to me at this stage.
The system is being initialized, please wait... |
The following errors were detected in the archive(s) you selected:
- Unexpected error found with media or archive selected
Please reselect the Flash archives you want to install.
<Press ENTER to continue>
The system is being initialized, please wait... \
Select which disks you want to lay out the file systems on.
Available Disks:
Disk Size
c1t0d0 69994 MB
c1t1d0 69994 MB
c1t3d0 69994 MB
c1t2d0 69994 MB
Enter 'y' to layout file systems on the specified disk. This will
erase all existing data on the disk. Enter 'n' to leave the disk
unmodified.
Layout file systems on disk c1t0d0 (bootdisk) (y/n) [y]?
Layout file systems on disk c1t1d0 (y/n) [n]?
Layout file systems on disk c1t3d0 (y/n) [n]?
Layout file systems on disk c1t2d0 (y/n) [n]?
There were four internal disks on the Sun Fire V440 server, so I chose the first disk to install the OS.
At least one of the disks selected for installing Solaris
software has file systems or unnamed slices that you can choose
to preserve. Do you want to preserve existing data?
Enter y to preserve data or n to skip data preservation. [n]
You could preserve the data on the disk, but I didn't need to, so I selected No.
The Solaris Installer is determining size requirements based on your choices, please wait... /
File System operations:
1. Print the current partition table
2. Modify a disk's partition table
3. Return to beginning
4. Done
Select the number corresponding to a file system operation, 'Return to
beginning' to change selections, or 'Done' to proceed with the install [4]: 2
Available disks:
1. c1t0d0
/ 69474 MB 13983 Cyls
swap 517 MB 105 Cyls
2. c1t1d0 Not Selected
3. c1t2d0 Not Selected
4. c1t3d0 Not Selected
5. Done
Select a disk to modify, or Done to return to the previous menu [5]: 1
1) MB
2) Cyls
Configure using Megabytes or Cylinders [1]:
Disk Name c1t0d0
TotalSpace 69995
Used Space 69991
Free Space -1
Round Error 5
# Slice Name Size Minimum Size
0. / 69474 MB 0 MB
1. swap 517 MB 512 MB
3. Unused
4. Unused
5. Unused
6. Unused
7. Unused
8. Done
Select a slice to modify, or Done to return to the previous menu [8]: 0
Enter new slice name: /
Enter new slice size (in MB) [10]: 500
Disk Name c1t0d0
TotalSpace 69995
Used Space 1017
Free Space 68978
Round Error 0
# Slice Name Size Minimum Size
0. / 500 MB 0 MB
1. swap 517 MB 10 MB
3. Unused
4. Unused
5. Unused
6. Unused
7. Unused
8. Done
Select a slice to modify, or Done to return to the previous menu [8]: 1
Enter new slice name: usr
Enter new slice size (in MB) [10]: 1500
Disk Name c1t0d0
TotalSpace 69995
Used Space 2000
Free Space 67995
Round Error 0
# Slice Name Size Minimum Size
0. / 500 MB 0 MB
1. /usr 1500 MB 0 MB
3. Unused
4. Unused
5. Unused
6. Unused
7. Unused
8. Done
Select a slice to modify, or Done to return to the previous menu [8]: 3
Enter new slice name: var
Enter new slice size (in MB) [10]: 9000
Disk Name c1t0d0
TotalSpace 69995
Used Space 11000
Free Space 58995
Round Error 0
# Slice Name Size Minimum Size
0. / 500 MB 0 MB
1. /usr 1500 MB 0 MB
3. /var 9000 MB 0 MB
4. Unused
5. Unused
6. Unused
7. Unused
8. Done
Select a slice to modify, or Done to return to the previous menu [8]: 4
Enter new slice name: swap
Enter new slice size (in MB) [10]: 16000
Disk Name c1t0d0
TotalSpace 69995
Used Space 27000
Free Space 42995
Round Error 0
# Slice Name Size Minimum Size
0. / 500 MB 0 MB
1. /usr 1500 MB 0 MB
3. /var 9000 MB 0 MB
4. swap 16000 MB 10 MB
5. Unused
6. Unused
7. Unused
8. Done
Select a slice to modify, or Done to return to the previous menu [8]: 6
Enter new slice name: opt
Enter new slice size (in MB) [10]: 1000
Disk Name c1t0d0
TotalSpace 69995
Used Space 28000
Free Space 41995
Round Error 0
# Slice Name Size Minimum Size
0. / 500 MB 0 MB
1. /usr 1500 MB 0 MB
3. /var 9000 MB 0 MB
4. swap 16000 MB 10 MB
5. Unused
6. /opt 1000 MB 0 MB
7. Unused
8. Done
Select a slice to modify, or Done to return to the previous menu [8]:
Available disks:
1. c1t0d0
/ 500 MB 101 Cyls
/usr 1500 MB 302 Cyls
/var 9000 MB 1812 Cyls
swap 16000 MB 3221 Cyls
/opt 1000 MB 202 Cyls
2. c1t1d0 Not Selected
3. c1t2d0 Not Selected
4. c1t3d0 Not Selected
5. Done
Select a disk to modify, or Done to return to the previous menu [5]:
File System operations:
1. Print the current partition table
2. Modify a disk's partition table
3. Return to beginning
4. Done
Select the number corresponding to a file system operation, 'Return to
beginning' to change selections, or 'Done' to proceed with the install [4]:
The previous steps let you re-partition the disk as you like for root, /usr, /var, and so on, as described.
The following items will be installed:
Tape /dev/rmt/0 0
Enter 'y' to accept these values and start the installation,
or 'n' to return to disk selection to make changes (y/n): y
Installing...
Extracting archive(s)
|-1%--------25%------------50%-----------75%-----------100%|
Pausing for 90 seconds at the "Summary" screen. The wizard will
continue to the next step unless you select "Pause". Enter 'p'
to pause. Enter 'c' to continue. [c] p
Installation details:
Product Result More Info
1. Solaris Flash archive(s) Installed Available
2. Done
Enter the number corresponding to the desired selection for more
information, or enter 2 to continue [2]:
<Press Return to reboot the system>
At this point, you have completed the installation from the flash archive.
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