Sun Microsystems SPARCcenter 2000, SPARCserver 1000 manual Installing the Solaris 2.5 Software

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2.4 Installing the Solaris 2.5 Software

You will be installing software from the Solaris 2.5 CD-ROM. Make sure the Solaris 2.5 CD-ROM is properly placed in the CD-ROM drive before performing the following tasks.

♦Install the Solaris 2.5 software.

Installing the software will automatically add the SUNWhmd and SUNWhmdu packages.

The installation process will also create the necessary /etc/hostname.hme<num> file and the hme channel entries in the

/etc/hosts file, only if you select hme<num> as the primary interface when prompted during the installation.

If you are going to use more than one Ethernet interface, you must manually re-enter your existing Ethernet interface’s device name in the /etc/hosts file and create its hostname.xx<num> file. Perform the following tasks after installing the Solaris 2.5 software.

1.As superuser, edit the /etc/hosts file and add an entry for the existing Ethernet device, for example, le0.

2.Create a /etc/hostname.xx<num> file for the Ethernet channel you are planning to use for the existing Ethernet device.

•hostname is literal. Type hostname.

•num is the instance number of the SBus card installation. Use 0 for the first SBus card installation, 1 for the second instance, and so on.

3.In this file, add a line containing just the host name for the existing Ethernet interface. For example, if your host name is zardoz, enter just this word.

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