Sun Microsystems Netra, User Manual

Page: 152 / 180

20-2 Netra Internet Server 3.1 User’s Manual—September 1996
20
Reconfiguration, Repair, and Reinstallation
•
Reconfiguration is the changing of settings on a working system.
Reconfigure the Netra server using the administration modules.
•
Repair is the fixing of a corrupted system hard drive. When you repair a
drive, you may lose some data. However, repairing a drive will preserve
most of the information without requiring a system reinstallation.
•
Reinstallation is the re-loading of the Solaris operating system and Netra
server software on to the system hard drive. Such a procedure is necessary if
the hard drive has failed or is beyond repair. Depending on the severity of
the problem, you may be able to reinstall just the root (
/
) partition and
preserve the user data partition.
Recovery Options
Use the Netra Internet Server: Recovery CD-ROM to determine if the system hard
drive is in good condition. Depending on the outcome, you can use one of the
following recovery options. Note that additional software, which you may
have installed separately, is not reinstalled by the Netra Internet Server: Recovery
CD-ROM. You must install and configure this software separately.
•
If the whole system hard drive is corrupt, you can select one of the
following:
•
Repair the user data partition and then reinstall just the root partition.
The user data partition will be preserved.
•
Reinstall the Netra server.
•
If only the user data partition is corrupt, select one of the following:
• Repair the user data partition. If the user data partition is successfully
repaired, no reinstallation will be performed.
•
Reinstall the Netra server.
•
If only the root partition is corrupt, select one of the following:
•
Reinstall just the root partition. The user data partition will be preserved.
• Reinstall the Netra server.
•
If the system hard drive is in good condition, select one of the following:
•
Reinstall just the root partition. The user data partition will be preserved.
•
Reinstall the Netra server.
If repairing the user data partition fails, the Netra server may need to be
reinstalled.