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Launching the Solaris installation
1. If there is existing data on your VIPER, back it up before
beginning this procedure.
NOTE:
For more information, refer to your Sun System
Administration Manual or the Solaris man pages for
ufsdump
and
cpio
.
2. Read the Solaris Installation Release Notes for any informa-
tion you should know before you begin.
3. Follow the instructions in the SPARC Platform Edition Start
Here guide. (If your Start Here guide refers to both SPARC
and Intel Architecture (IA) systems, remember that your
VIPER uses a SPARC architecture.
• Choose the Solaris Installation CD method rather than the
Solaris Interactive Installation Program. This uses the
newer and easier Solaris Web Start installation procedure
and is normally accomplished by booting from the Solaris
Installation CD rather than either of Solaris Software CDs
1 and 2. However you will be using the VIPER Support
Software (Installation) CD rather than the Solaris
Installation CD.
• Follow the Start Here guide's instructions for that installa-
tion method, but make sure you use the VIPER Support
Software (Installation) CD.
4. Follow the steps on the screen, using your SPARC Platform
Edition Solaris Installation Guide as a guide, and the infor-
mation in this chapter to answer the questions you are asked
during the installation process.
5. Choose the language you want the Solaris Web Start
Installer to run in. This will launch the installation program.
Installing Solaris
Launching the Solaris installation
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