UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I need to install an application on my Sun station and need root privleges to do so. I was given sudo privileges and was told to issue the following command.

bash-2.03$ sudo init 0

I've read the man pages for init and understand the purpose of that command. My questions are:

1. From the "ok" prompt, how do I run the setup.exe file in the cdrom?

2. From the application's docs I get the impression the setup.exe should give me some window's-type graphical prompting to walk me through the install. Will I receive some sort of intuitive prompting if I run the .exe file from the "ok" prompt?

3. Based on my questions, do I have any business attempting to install anything that isn't idiot-proof? Note: I am using this as a learning experience.

SUNW, Ultra-5_10; sparc; sun4u
SunOS Release 5.8

Thanks!

Hi

First of all using init 0 is not the way to go. Init 0 shuts down the computer and leaves it at OBP (something like the BIOS on a PC).

From the OBP (the OK prompt) type boot ot start the computer again.

What application are you trying to install? Setup.exe sound very much like a windows binary and not something that belongs on a sun box.

/Peter

Thanks for the reply. The application is a GUI for an ADM/Router-type network element. The vendor supplied two setup files, one for a windows box and one for unix. The file for the unix machine does have "setup" in the name. I'm using "setup.exe" for the example.

If I shouldn't run the setup file from OBP, can I simply issue the following command from /

bash-2.03$ sudo /cdrom/setup.exe

I basically need to make sure the setup file tries to install in the / directory and not my home directory.

Thanks again!