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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Staging a backup DISK Post 62985 by DGoubine on Tuesday 22nd of February 2005 03:17:01 AM
Old 02-22-2005
Hi, Larryase !
Appreciate your feeback.
I guess I could try that script that you hinted me about. But is it such a "painless" procedure to upgrade to Solaris 9 ? I thought it was more safe first to install solaris 9 and then do all the changes, or doen not it matter ? Is there any upgrade feature on the Solaris 9 installation CD ?

Another question:
If I take this backup like you advised, shall the harddisk work on a machine with another hardware setup , i.e. newer graphics cards, amount of CPUs etc ? I guess I need to change some file in order for this harddisk to start up in another machine.

Just a detail: I will create a backup on an older Sun Ultra 60, and would like to stage Sun Fire v240 afterwards. Shall it work without complications ?
 

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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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