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Full Discussion: Solaris 10 on Enterprise 250
Operating Systems Solaris Solaris 10 on Enterprise 250 Post 302095586 by reborg on Wednesday 8th of November 2006 07:25:16 AM
Old 11-08-2006
Quote:
Originally Posted by mhm4
I am not certain of the reasons for your need to scrub your disks. If it is required that no previous data exists on your disks, then what reborg is stating is not sufficient. See the sun doc at ttp://www.sun.com/blueprints/0600/scrub.pdf for further clarification on what I am stating.
Absolutely, as I understood it the objective was not to scrub, but merely to remove any visible existing data from the previous install, ie that there would be no old software/files visible. I would still reccommend strongly against doing the disk moves, the less handling a disk gets the better as far as I am concerned.

I would always use an alternate boot media ( CD/DVD/network ) in this situation and maintain custom recovery/wiping images with additional tools for this type of task, but could just as easily do it with the format command in the way suggested by Just Ice. I don't see any reason for transporting the disks to another system to do this.
 

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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.

								    23 Sep 2005 					       install-solaris(1M)
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