Hi
If You were the systems administrator of a mail server that services approximately 3,000 users. 2,000
users access their email via a POP-3 service, while the remaining 1,000 users access their email via a
Unix mail reader. Recently users have complained about speed of disk access, so a new 10... (1 Reply)
I am currently running DesktopBSD as a live-CD and need to have a large /var partition because it is currently too small. I have a USB stick which is BSD formatted, and would like to have the /var partition moved over to it. How can this be done? Could I for instance use a symlink? (1 Reply)
Hello, I recently found that my /var/sadm/install/contents, ~/admin/default, /var/spool/patch and /var/spool/pkg files were empty.
This broke the pkginfo, pkgchk and other package related tools.
The pkgmap no longer points to where the applications have been installed.
I have replaced the... (0 Replies)
In my company ,there is a mail server that services approximately 3,000 users. 2,000 users access their email via a POP-3 service, while the remaining 1,000 users access their email via a Unix mail reader. Recently users have complained about speed of disk access, so a new 10 gigabyte
disk has... (1 Reply)
I have a dual boot system on my laptop running Windows 7 professional and Ubuntu 10.10. I would like my windows 7 desktop C:\users\username\Desktop and also my Ubuntu 10.10 desktop /home/username/Desktop to both save their files to the same location somewhere...perhaps /windows (a 40 gb win32... (0 Replies)
Hi,
Please help to seprate my /var/adm/messages output. Than i want to take this
output in the excel.
e,g
cat /var/adm/messages
Sep 4 10:16:52 ibsadm1 inetd: vnetd from 172.17.5.20 38353
Sep 4 10:16:52 ibsadm1 inetd: bpcd from 172.17.5.20 915
Sep 4 10:16:55 ibsadm1 inetd: ... (5 Replies)
My /var partition is almost utilized ... Here am not sure where to release space now
OS/model : HP-UX B.11.11 U 9000/800
# bdf /var
Filesystem kbytes used avail %used Mounted on
/dev/vg00/lvol9 6144000 6142176 1824 100% /var
<root@pb>/var # du -sk * | sort -n |... (20 Replies)
Hello all,
I've configured 'audit' service to send the audit logs to a remote log server (by using syslog plugin), which is working fine.
However, there is a problem. audit service also tries to write same information (but in binary format) in /var/audit path.
So, Is there anyway to stop... (2 Replies)
hi all,
i am wondering the best way for geting out /var from / fs in my rpool.
actualy i have /var under / file system
i whant to have /var in his own zfs in rpool
may be a send recieve betwen a temp pool may work but ??? i am not sure
may be convert the directory in zfs, in dont... (0 Replies)
Hi,
I'm not expert with solaris. I Familiar with Linux variant only. Could anyone point me to right tutorial?
I got one > but not sure it can be use or not.
I'm doing fresh install for new server. The server spec did not come out yet. Please assist me.
Thanks. (17 Replies)
Discussion started by: mzainal
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LEARN ABOUT OPENDARWIN
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)