Solaris Installation Notes

• Set up server as per README.RUTGERS in igor:/rutgers/ref/solaris-dist/solaris_version_sparc.
  (There has been a net 25 server for 2.5.1 and 2.6 on porthos in /fac/solaris/export, and a net 60 one for 2.5.1 and 2.6 on halemaumau in /export/swap and /fac/adam.)
• If this machine is DNS or NIS server, direct clients who will not be disabled already by this downtime to alternative server.
• See that the machine is properly listed in /etc/ethers, /etc/netgroup, and /etc/ypclients.
• Boot machine over net and install Solaris (standalone, entire dist plus OEM minus answerbook ). (If the console is a v200, make sure AUTO NEWLINE - bit 2 - is off, and say you're using a VT52.) The partitioning I currently use is:

         SUN1.05	      (424) |            or two SUN535's               
  		            |                                          
     0   /           20  (20) |   0   /           20   0    --         --
     1   swap       250  (88) |   1   swap        29   1   swap       240
     2   overlap   1002 (405) |   2   overlap    510   2   overlap    510
     3   /var       100  (25) |   3    --         --   3   /var       100
     4   /local     110   --  |   4   /local     110   4    --         --
     5   /opt       170  (55) |   5    --         --   5   /opt       170
     6   /usr       350 (215) |   6   /usr       350   6    --         --
     7    --         --   --  |   7    --         --   7    --         --
  

  (You needn't bother mounting /var/mail, as setup-solaris does that later.) Note: Don't let it reboot automatically. /a/etc/hostname.le0 is not set up. (Before the reboot, all the new disk setup will be under /a.) Also, add the gateway address (128.6.4.3 128.6.5.15 128.6.25.20 128.6.57.9 128.6.60.3) to /a/etc/defaultrouter at this point, and you won't have to muck with the route command in the next step. When hostname.le0 and defaultrouter are set up, you should reboot.
• Set up machine as per ftp://ftp-ns.rutgers.edu/pub/track/guide-for-non-tracked-solaris-systems.doc up to (and including) rutgersize. (Nameservers on my subnets are currently 128.6.4.4, 128.6.25.4, and 128.6.60.36.)
  • Get and install ftp://ftp-ns/pub/track/track.solaris.tar
  • Run /usr/local/sbin/rutgersize
• Run prepare-for-initial-solaris-track while conected to ~watrous, which covers the steps after rutgersize and up to rebooting to run track.
• Reboot the machine.
  (You should be able to rlogin to machine now assuming the machine is permitted to mount disks and query yp.)
• Run track the first time.
  Sometime during this run, you should be able to x in.
• boot -r (or reboot -- -r)
• Run setup-solaris while conected to ~watrous.
  (This takes care of *lots of stuff* - too much to enumerate. Read it to see.) You should be able to run it again if need be.
• Add host to:
  • klinzhai:/var/config/Distfile
  • klinzhai:/var/config/machine.parms
  then:
  • make local
  • rdist -m hostname
• Run track again (previous step updated system.config with full copy).
• Install recommended patches using do-patches -p.
• Rerun track and reboot one last time. (Recently, the patches have been leaving the wrong sendmail in place.)