Chapter 1
Configuring the Preinstalled Solaris Operating System
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To Determine the Bootable Disks and to Reinstall Solaris OS
This procedure assumes you are running the Solaris Installation Program and you
are reinstalling the Solaris 10 operating system.
1. From the Solaris Installation Program, choose the installation type.
From the Solaris Installation Program, you should see a screen similar to this:
Select the type of installation you want to perform:
1 Solaris Interactive
2 Custom JumpStart
3 Solaris Interactive Text (Desktop session)
4 Solaris Interactive Text (Console session)
5 Apply driver updates
6 Single user shell
Enter the number of your choice followed by the <ENTER> key.
Alternatively, enter custom boot arguments directly.
If you wait 30 seconds without typing anything,
an interactive installation will be started.
a. Choose option 1 or 3 as the installation type as these options allow you to
open a terminal window while running the installation program. Opening a
terminal window is required in
b. Alternatively, you can choose 4, Console session, exit the installation after
verifying the system is complete, type the commands in Step 4, and restart
the installation by using the
suninstall
command.
2. Use the information gathered in
“Gathering Information for the Installation
to help you enter the system and network information
when prompted.
3. When prompted for the type of installation you want to perform, click Next.
4. Find the logical disk name for the bootable disks.
a. Open a terminal window by right-clicking your mouse and choosing the
option Program > Terminal.
b. Determine the bootable disk in physical slot #0 for installing the operating
system by typing:
# cfgadm | grep sata3/0
The system displays the logical disk name for the disk in physical slot #0 that is
available for booting, for example:
sata3/0::
dsk/c4t0d0
disk connected configured OK
