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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Fresh Solaris installation Post 15159 by thehoghunter on Monday 11th of February 2002 01:06:55 PM

02-11-2002

thehoghunter

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This is normally a matter of opinion. Some folks like to separate everything, others say why bother.

Experience shows that if you let users access to a filesystem, they will fill it up. So it is a good habit to keep them off of /.

You can have any of the following (sorry just had to fix it):

/
/ /usr /var
/ /usr /var /opt
/ /usr /var /export/home
/ /usr /opt /export/home
/ /usr /var /opt /export/home

The sizes will be given to you for some of the partitions in the installation - according to what filesystems you want should control the size. What filesystems you want will matter on what you are going to do with the system. For example - if it's going to be a web server and most of the space is needed for html pages and logs, then /opt should be the largest partition (with /var getting some extra for the log files). If you are going to have users signing in, then you should have an /export/home that is big enough to handle the amount of users.

Take a look at the application needs, then decide on the filesystems and size.

Last edited by thehoghunter; 02-11-2002 at 05:54 PM..

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install-solaris

install-solaris(1M)													       install-solaris(1M)

NAME

       install-solaris - install the Solaris operating system

SYNOPSIS

       install-solaris

       install-solaris	invokes  the  Solaris  Install	program. Depending on graphical capability and available memory at the time of invocation,
       install-solaris invokes either a text-based installer or a graphical installer.

       The following minimum requirements for physical memory dictate which features are available during installation:

       For SPARC machines:

       128 MB

	   Minimum physical memory for all installation types

       128 MB

	   Minimum physical memory required for windowing system

       384 MB

	   Minimum physical memory required for graphical-based installation

       For x86 machines:

       256 MB

	   Minimum physical memory for all installation types

       256 MB

	   Minimum physical memory required for windowing system

       512 MB

	   Minimum physical memory required for graphical-based installation

       In some cases, even if the minimum physical memory is present, available virtual memory after system startup can limit the number  of  fea-
       tures available.

       install-solaris	exists	only  on  the Solaris installation media (CD or DVD) and should be invoked only from there. Refer to the  for more
       details.

       install-solaris allows installation of the operating system onto any standalone system. install-solaris loads the software available on the
       installation media. Refer to the  for disk space requirements.

       Refer to the  for more information on the various menus and selections.

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWcdrom  (Solaris instal-  |
       |			     |lation media)		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |Evolving			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

       pkginfo(1), install(1M), pkgadd(1M), attributes(5)

       It is advisable to exit install-solaris by means of the exit options in the install-solaris menus.

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