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5.
Are you using CDROM for this operation?
yes
6.
Enter CDROM Device Name
Enter the device name. For example, if your local CD-ROM drive is
/dev/sr0
enter
sr0
As the script runs, the following messages and prompts are displayed, as shown in the following
steps.
Ross Technology Revision 1.1
December, 1993
This patch contains the modified object modules, source files, and a
generic vmunix for a SunOS 4.1.3 sun4m system. This patch is meant to be
installed on top of the Solaris 1.1 sun4m release, and is required to
support the Ross Technology HyperSparc CPU Modules.
The installation script will install all the parts of the patch
automatically. The kernel included in this patch is a generic kernel and
can be used in installations which have not customized the kernel. For
those installations which have customized kernels, it will be necessary to
rebuild a kernel after installing this patch.
7.
Multiple software releases found on disc:
sunos_4_1_3
sunos_4_1_3_U1
Enter the name of the release you want.
If you are running SunOS 4.1.3 or SunOS 4.1.3_U1 Version A, type
sunos_4_1_3
. Otherwise, if you
are running SunOS 4.1.3_U1 Version B, type
sunos_4_1_3_U1
.
Important: Please read the following!
Before installing the the hyperSPARC patch, you must correctly determine which release of the operating
system your machine is running. To do so type
showrev
at the commad line. A message similar to the following will be displayed on your screen. It will vary slightly
according to your machine’s configuration.
*************** showrev version 1.15 *****************
* Hostname:
”your machine name”
* Hostid: ”551407fa”
* Kernel Arch: ”sun4c”
* Application Arch: ”sun4”
* Kernel Revision:
4.1.3_U1 Tue Mar 21 17:23:42 CST 1995
* Release: 4.1.3_U1
********************************************************
If your release is listed as 4.1.3 enter
sunos_4_1_3
as the correct patch for your system. If your
release is listed as 4.1.3_U1 (as shown above), you are running Revision A of the 4.1.3_U1 operating
system and need to enter
sunos_4_1_3
, NOT
SunOS_4_1_3_U1
. If your release is listed as 4.1.3_U1
Version B, enter
sunos_4_1_3_U1
. Enter
SunOS_4_1_3_U1
only if your release is listed as
SunOS
4.1.3_U1 Version B
.