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Tech Support >> FAQ-Three for SPARC Solaris

1. Solaris OS Installation and Upgrade
2. CD-ROM, DVD, & FD Driver

Solaris OS Installation and Upgrade

• Solaris OS installation/Upgrade information sources
• Worksheet for Installation
• Some important files for Solaris system setup.
• How can I tell my EEPROM version? is that support 64 bit OS?
• How can I tell my OS is 64 bit or 32 bit? which OS version?
• Solaris OS installation/Upgrade Troubleshooting
• Recommended Patch Cluster Note.
  

Cautions: Before doing new OS Installation /Upgrade, please read and check the related document carefully and backup your valuable data first.

The latest updated Solaris OS information are always online on: http://docs.sun.com , Answerbook2..., You can also order the document CD, visit the Sun Documentation Center on Fatbrain.com at http://www1.fatbrain.com/documentation/sun.

I.e.Related Information about Solaris 8.

Solaris 8 (SPARC Platform Edition) Release Notes and Solaris 8 Installation Supplement.
Describes any bugs, known problems, software being discontinued, and patches related to the Solaris 8 release.

Solaris 8 Sun Hardware Platform Guide
Contains supported hardware information.

Solaris 8 Advanced Installation Guide
Describes how to install the Solaris operating environment on networked systems and how to use the Solaris 8 Interactive Installation Program, Solaris JumpStart, and Solaris custom JumpStart to set up, automate, customize, and perform the installation of Solaris on any number of systems in a large enterprise network environment.

Solaris Transition Guide (The most important note for OS upgrade)
Describes transition issues including backing up Solaris 1.x (SunOS 4.x) files before installing Solaris 8 software, and restoring files after Solaris 8 software is installed.

SUN Solaris 8 Upgrade FAQ

http://docs.sun.com/ab2/coll.214.7/SPARCINFOLIB/@Ab2PageView/2270?Ab2Lang=C&Ab2Enc=iso-8859-1

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There is very useful Worksheet for Installation of Solaris OS at http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/content/misc/installworksheet.html for new installation, update, or sys-unconfig.

These file are most important while you change system setups.
/etc/hostname.hme0 # host IP for the first NIC
/etc/hostname.hme1 # for the second NIC host IP
/etc/hosts # for the hosts naming
/etc/defaultdomain # default domain name of network
/etc/defaultrouter # default router on your network
/etc/nsswitch.conf # network information service config file
/etc/netmasks # IP netmasks file
/etc/resolv.conf # IP resolve config. file

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Xhost% prtconf -V {Capital V}
OBP 3.7.2 1997/07/24 16:29

Xhost% prtconf -x
NOTICE: The firmware on this system does not support the 64-bit OS.
Please upgrade to at least the following version:
OBP 3.11.2 1997/12/05 10:25

Please refer this page for the detailed guide line for troubleshooting.
http://docs.sun.com/ab2/coll.214.7/SPARCINFOLIB/@Ab2PageView/4890?Ab2Lang=C&Ab2Enc=iso-8859-1
That chapter provides a list of specific error messages and generic problems that you might encounter when installing the Solaris software.

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Xhost % uname -a
SunOS Xhost 5.8 generic sun4u sparc SUNW, Ultra-2

Xhost% isainfo -v
32-bit sparc application

Xhost% isainfo -kv
32-bit sparc kernel moules

The patch cluster is intended to provide a selected set of patches for the designated Solaris release level. This is a bundled set of patches conveniently wrapped for one-step installation. Only install the cluster on the appropriate Solaris system. Carefully read all important notes and install instructions provided in the README file before installing the cluster. A cluster grouping does not necessarily imply that additional compatibility testing has occured since the individual patches were released.

INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Download the patchs or patch clusters

2. Run the install_cluster script

cd <patch directory>
./install_cluster

3. Verify the patch installation

Xhost% /usr/bin/showrev -p

For more installation messages refer to the installation logfile:
/var/sadm/install_data/<cluster name>_log

4. ) The system should be rebooted for all patches to take effect.

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• Frequently used commends
• Error Message: no media was found
• How to Prepare a System for a New CD-ROM Drive?
• " Device busy" message
• " I/O error" message
• Why can't I access CDs or floppies?
• The vold is active and file manager is work fine. Why can't I see the contents of CDs or floppies?
• What to do if my /vol directory is corrupt?
• Error message: SCSI transport failed: reason 'reset'
• How do I claim a automatically NFS share CD-ROM?
• How can I accessing the shared CD-ROM on Other Systems ?
• How to Configure a System to Play Musical CDs ?
• Booting a System from CD-ROM for Recovery Purposes
• How to place a UFS File System on a Diskette?

% eject cdrom0 {recommend: always using eject or file manager to eject CD-ROM}
% fuser -u /cdrom/cdrom0 {identify processes using the floppy0}
% /etc/init.d/volmgt stop {stopping the volmgt}
% ps -ael |grep vold {checking vold status}
% mount -F hsfs -o ro /dev/sr0 /cdrom {manually mount CD-ROM}
% volcheck -v {asking Volume Management to check all floppy media}
% fdformat -v {format floppy diskette}
% fuser -u /floppy/floppy0 {identify processes using the floppy0}
% eject floppy0
% newfs -v /vol/dev/aliases/floppy0
% volrmmount /floppy/floppy0

If vold, Volume Management, did not detect a CD in your CD-ROM driver then

Actions:
1. Make sure a CD is inserted properly and you are apporch the correct.
2. If unsuccessful, check the CD; it could be damaged, dusty.. or different format.
3. If still without any luck, try to unmount then mount the CD manually.

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Preparing the system with auto-configuration method in which the kernel will be rebuild or loaded with new add-on new device.

Actions:
Method 1:
# su root { Become super user}
# touch /reconfigure {Create a file called /reconfigure}
# init 6 { Reboot the system.}
Power off system to add new CD-ROM then reboot system

Method 2:
1. Shutdown the system
2. under ok prompt
ok boot -r

Cause
An attempt was made to unmount a device containing an active device (such as an open file, a directory, a mount point, or a running process).

Actions for CD-ROM
1. Change directories from /cdrom/cdrom0/.. to other hierarchy directories.
2. Quit any programs using the CD-ROM.
3. % fuser -u -k /cdrom/cdrom0 {check & kill the processes using cdrom0}
4. Try to unmount again.

Actions for floppy disk
1. Change directories /floppy/floppy0/.. to other hierarchy directories.
2. Quit any programs using this floppy.
3. % fuser -u -k /floppy/floppy0 {check & kill the processes using floppy0}
4. Try to unmount again.

Cause
Some physical Input/Output error or media error has occurred.

Actions
1. Make sure a CD is inserted into the drive correctly.
2. Bad media could be at fault or incorrect format.
3. Unmount & remount the floppy disk manually.

Actions for FD
1. Make sure a diskette is inserted into the drive correctly.
2. Bad media/diskette could be at fault. fdformat the diskette or replace it.
3. Unmount & remount the floppy disk manually.

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Floppy and CD-ROM are control by "vold", a volume daemon automatically mounting removable media.

Actions:
1. if using File manager, check the "set filter options" on View menu bar.
2. if unsuccessful, checking "vold" is running or not
% ps -ael |grep vold
if vold is inactive, start is by "/etc/init.d/volmgt start"
if vold is active, stop it then restart it again.
3. If unsuccessful on action 2, stop the "vold", mount the cdrom0 manually.

Floppy and CD-ROM are control by "vold", this daemon automatically mounting removable media while system boot up.

Actions:
0. Check the CD media first to make sure is readable HSFS format.
1. if using File manager, check the "set filter options" on View menu bar.
2. checking "vold" is running by " % ps -ael |grep vold"
if vold is running, stop it then restart it again. by
$ /etc/init.d/volmgt stop
$ /etc/init.d/volmgt start
3. If unsuccessful on action 2, stop the "vold", mount the cdrom0 manually.
$ mount -F hsfs -o ro /dev/sr0 /cdrom

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Floppy and CD-ROM are control by "vold", this daemon automatically mounting removable media while system boot up. If dev, dsk, rdsk, rmt are not in the "/vol" directory, system reboot is required to rebuild the vol directory.

Cause
The system sent data over the SCSI bus, but the data never reached its destination because of a SCSI bus reset or time out. The most common cause of this condition is conflicting SCSI targets.

If you run 440 MHz CPU on system with Solaris 2.6, please check the special note below. The combination of new CPU and 2.6 Solaris will cause some timing issues on SCSI devices i.e. hard driver, CD-ROM.

Action
1. Please verify that all cables measure no longer than six meters, all SCSI connections are properly terminated and connected.
2. Verify the SCSI ID to make sure there is no conflict: hard driver start from ID # 0,#1,2. CD-ROM default ID #6, tape default ID #4
3. Verify the SCSI ID & match all SCSI devices under ok boot prompt using "probe-scsi-all" command
4. If power surges cause the problem, acquire a surge suppressor or an UPS.

** Note: If you run 440 MHz CPU on new installed system with Solaris 2.6, please follow the instruction below and please install patch #106125, #105181, 105604 on Solaris 2.6 version 3/98, install patch #105181 on Solaris 2.6 version 5/98. You can find these or the latest version patch at sunsolve.sun.com patch finder section.

Actions:
1. Get the system to the ok prompt by stop+a or control+break on PS/2 keyboard
2. key in these commands under ok prompt
ok setenv auto-boot? false
ok reset
ok also hidden
ok d# 404 at-speed
ok .speed { the speed should be 404 or lower MHz}
3. Install the OS 2.6. then the 2.6 patch files.
4. Verify your system speed under ok prompt
ok .speed { now it should display correct speed of CPU}
ok setenv auto-boot? true { set boot option to default }
5. Cycle power on the system to bring the CPU up to full speed

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1. login or su as super user.
2. Make sure the NFS daemon is running by
# ps -aef | grep nfsd
3.Eject cdrom0; Add the following a line to /etc/rmmount.conf:
share cdrom* -o ro
4. Insert a CD in driver; after LED light off verify it by using "share" command.

Actions:
1. Make a mount point for remote CD-ROM
$ mkdir mount-directory
2. Identify the remote CD-ROM
$ showmount -e remote-system-name
/cdrom/cdrom (everyone)
3. su or login as superuser and mount the remote CD-ROM
$ mount -F nfs -o ro remote-system-name:/cdrom/cdrom mount-directory
$ exit
4. Verify that CD-ROM is accessible
$ ls /mount-directory

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You can play musical CDs from a Solaris CD-ROM. You can download the Workman, www.midwinter.com/workman, which is public domain software or other similar program i.e. Xmcd or cda. Also, you must attach external speakers or headphones to the CD-ROM drive earphone jack; speakers attached to the system hardware will not work.

Once you configure your system, you can play a musical CD simply by inserting it into the CD-ROM drive. The
Workman control panel is automatically displayed on your desktop.

1. Login or su as superuser
2.Add the following line under #Actions of /etc/rmmount.conf.
action cdrom action_workman.so path/workman workman-options
3. Now you can play and enjoy your favorite music

Here is how to repair an important system file ( /etc/passwd, change root shell..) by booting from CD-ROM

ok boot cdrom -s
# mount /dev/dsk/c0t6d0s0 /tmp_mount
# cd /tmp_mount/etc
# TERM=sun
# export TERM
# vi passwd
(Remove invalid entry or correct the mistake)
# cd /
# umount /tmp_mount
# init 6

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Actions:
% volcheck -v
% /usr/sbin/newfs -v /vol/dev/aliases/floppy0
% volrmmount -i floppy0
% ls /floppy/floppy0

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