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Choosing initial install rather than upgrade
The Solaris installation program may detect an existing
version of the Solaris operating environment and inform
you that you have the option of upgrading your existing
operating system rather than doing an Initial Install.
NOTE:
This option is not recommended, and the upgrade
procedure is outside the scope of this document. For informa-
tion about upgrading a previous version of Solaris, refer to the
Solaris Installation Guide.
If you are given the option of performing an Upgrade,
choose Initial Install instead.
1. Choose
Initial Install
.
2. Respond appropriately to the prompts that follow until your
VIPER automatically reboots and launches the Solaris Web
Start installation wizard's Welcome screen. Accepting
default values will usually provide acceptable results, but
you may wish to consult your system administrator about
swap size and partition sizes if your VIPER will be running
applications with other requirements.
3. Indicate that you do not wish to format the drive, shown by
its filename.
4. Specify the swap file size. Atraditional formula for determin-
ing swap size is twice the amount of memory in the system.
You can either accept the default or check with your system
administrator for advice about the swap size to specify.
Installing Solaris
Choosing initial install rather than upgrade
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