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4 Sun Fire V20z and Sun Fire V40z Servers Linux Operating System Installation Guide • May, 2004Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Software From CDsT

Chapter 2 Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Software 56. Make the following selections when prompted:a. Select the appropriate language.b. Select

6 Sun Fire V20z and Sun Fire V40z Servers Linux Operating System Installation Guide • May, 200416. When prompted to change CDs, insert the requested C

Chapter 2 Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Software 7Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Software From a NetworkThe tasks for installing Red Hat

8 Sun Fire V20z and Sun Fire V40z Servers Linux Operating System Installation Guide • May, 2004Creating a PXE Install Image on the PXE ServerThis proc

Chapter 2 Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Software 94. Insert Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 CD 2 into your server and copy its contents toyour PXE

10 Sun Fire V20z and Sun Fire V40z Servers Linux Operating System Installation Guide • May, 200413. On your PXE server, modify and save the file/home/

Chapter 2 Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Software 11Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 SoftwareFrom a PXE ServerThis procedure describes how

12 Sun Fire V20z and Sun Fire V40z Servers Linux Operating System Installation Guide • May, 2004Updating the Operating System andDriversThe CD media d

Chapter 2 Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Software 131. Determine which kernel is currently installed on the system by running thefollowing comm

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14 Sun Fire V20z and Sun Fire V40z Servers Linux Operating System Installation Guide • May, 2004Note – The following steps are for installing NPS driv

15CHAPTER3Installing SUSE Linux EnterpriseServer 8 SoftwareThis chapter describes how to install and update SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8Software on

16 Sun Fire V20z and Sun Fire V40z Servers Linux Operating System Installation Guide • May, 2004Installing SUSE Linux EnterpriseServer 8From CDsThis s

Chapter 3 Installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 Software 17Installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8Software1. Connect the keyboard and monitor to

18 Sun Fire V20z and Sun Fire V40z Servers Linux Operating System Installation Guide • May, 200410. Enter a superuser password of your choosing.Note –

Chapter 3 Installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 Software 1920. Select Patch CD Update from the Software menu of the YaST program.Note – An Interne

20 Sun Fire V20z and Sun Fire V40z Servers Linux Operating System Installation Guide • May, 2004Installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server8 Software From

Chapter 3 Installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 Software 21Creating a PXE Install Image on the PXE ServerThis procedure describes how to create a

22 Sun Fire V20z and Sun Fire V40z Servers Linux Operating System Installation Guide • May, 20046. Insert UnitedLinux 1.0 CD 2 into your server and co

Chapter 3 Installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 Software 2315. Set up the content and media directories by typing the following commands:# ln -s s

iiiContents1. How To Use This Guide 12. Installing Red Hat EnterpriseLinux 3 Software 3Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Software From CDs 4Requir

24 Sun Fire V20z and Sun Fire V40z Servers Linux Operating System Installation Guide • May, 200420. Copy the RPM selection file to the proper director

Chapter 3 Installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 Software 25Installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8Software From a PXE ServerThis procedure descr

26 Sun Fire V20z and Sun Fire V40z Servers Linux Operating System Installation Guide • May, 2004Updating the Operating System andDriversThe CD media d

Chapter 3 Installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 Software 27Upgrading SCSI and Network DriversThe kernel that is installed on the system might not

28 Sun Fire V20z and Sun Fire V40z Servers Linux Operating System Installation Guide • May, 2004Note – The following steps are for installing NPS driv

29CHAPTER4Installing SUSE Linux Professional9.0 SoftwareThis chapter describes how to install and update SUSE Linux Professional 9.0Software on Sun Fi

30 Sun Fire V20z and Stinger4 Servers Linux Operating System Installation Guide • May, 2004Installing SUSE Linux Professional 9.0SoftwareFrom CDs or D

Chapter 4 Installing SUSE Linux Professional 9.0 Software 31Installing SUSE Linux Professional 9.0 Softwarefrom CDs or DVD1. Connect the keyboard and

32 Sun Fire V20z and Stinger4 Servers Linux Operating System Installation Guide • May, 200410. For CD Installation Only: Insert the requested CD at th

Chapter 4 Installing SUSE Linux Professional 9.0 Software 33Installing SUSE Linux Professional 9.0Software From a NetworkThe tasks for installing SUSE

iv Sun Fire V20z and Sun Fire V40z Servers Linux Operating System Installation Guide • May, 2004Required Items 20Creating a PXE Install Image on the P

34 Sun Fire V20z and Stinger4 Servers Linux Operating System Installation Guide • May, 2004Creating a PXE Install Image on the PXE ServerThis procedur

Chapter 4 Installing SUSE Linux Professional 9.0 Software 356. On your PXE server, modify and save the file/home/pxeboot/pxelinux.cfg/default to add t

36 Sun Fire V20z and Stinger4 Servers Linux Operating System Installation Guide • May, 200410. Modify the available packages list by typing the follow

Chapter 4 Installing SUSE Linux Professional 9.0 Software 37Installing SUSE Linux Professional 9.0 SoftwareFrom a PXE ServerThis procedure describes h

38 Sun Fire V20z and Stinger4 Servers Linux Operating System Installation Guide • May, 2004Updating the Operating System andDriversThe CD media does n

Chapter 4 Installing SUSE Linux Professional 9.0 Software 39Upgrading SCSI and Network Driver UpgradesThe kernel that is installed on the system might

40 Sun Fire V20z and Stinger4 Servers Linux Operating System Installation Guide • May, 2004Note – The following steps are for installing NPS drivers,

41APPENDIXAPreconfiguring Your Network toSupport PXE InstallationThis appendix contains procedures for preconfiguring your network prior toperforming

42 Sun Fire V20z and Stinger4 Servers Linux Operating System Installation Guide • May, 2004PreconfiguringYour Network to SupportRed Hat Linux Install

Appendix A Preconfiguring Your Network to Support PXE Installation 43Copying Files From the Documentation andSupport Files CDThis section describes ho

Contents vInstalling Red Hat Linux From the Network 49Preconfiguring Your Network to Support SUSE Linux Installation 50Required Items 50Copying Files

44 Sun Fire V20z and Stinger4 Servers Linux Operating System Installation Guide • May, 2004Configuring a DHCP ServerComplete the following steps on t

Appendix A Preconfiguring Your Network to Support PXE Installation 45Installing PortmapComplete the following steps on your DHCP server.1. Determine w

46 Sun Fire V20z and Stinger4 Servers Linux Operating System Installation Guide • May, 2004Installing and Configuring the neopxe BootServer DaemonCom

Appendix A Preconfiguring Your Network to Support PXE Installation 47Where: n.n.n.n is the IP address of your PXE server. boot-prompt-string is the

48 Sun Fire V20z and Stinger4 Servers Linux Operating System Installation Guide • May, 2004Configuring the NFS ServiceComplete the following steps on

Appendix A Preconfiguring Your Network to Support PXE Installation 49Disabling the FirewallIf you enabled firewall security when you installed Red Hat

50 Sun Fire V20z and Stinger4 Servers Linux Operating System Installation Guide • May, 2004PreconfiguringYour Network to SupportSUSE Linux Installati

Appendix A Preconfiguring Your Network to Support PXE Installation 51Copying Files From the Documentation andSupport Files CDThis section describes ho

52 Sun Fire V20z and Stinger4 Servers Linux Operating System Installation Guide • May, 20044. Set up your DHCP configuration file (for example, /etc/

Appendix A Preconfiguring Your Network to Support PXE Installation 53Configuring the TFTP ServiceComplete the following steps on your DHCP server.1. D

vi Sun Fire V20z and Sun Fire V40z Servers Linux Operating System Installation Guide • May, 2004

54 Sun Fire V20z and Stinger4 Servers Linux Operating System Installation Guide • May, 2004Installing and Configuring the neopxe BootServer DaemonCom

Appendix A Preconfiguring Your Network to Support PXE Installation 556. Edit the /usr/local/etc/neopxe.conf configuration file, which is read byneopxe

56 Sun Fire V20z and Stinger4 Servers Linux Operating System Installation Guide • May, 2004Configuring the NFS ServiceComplete the following steps on

Appendix A Preconfiguring Your Network to Support PXE Installation 57Installing SUSE Linux From the Network1. Reboot the server when you have finished

58 Sun Fire V20z and Stinger4 Servers Linux Operating System Installation Guide • May, 2004

59IndexDdrivers and kernels, updating, see index entryunder your OS nameGguide overview 1Hhow to use guide 1Iinstallation prerequisite activities 1ins

60 Sun Fire V20z and Sun Fire V40z Servers Linux Operating System Installation Guide • May, 2004downloading boot image file 37install image, downloadin

1CHAPTER1How To Use This GuideNote – This guide is intended for users installing Linux software. For instructionson installing Solaris™software, refer

2 Sun Fire V20z and Sun Fire V40z Servers Linux Operating System Installation Guide • May, 20043. Determine whether you will install the OS from physi

3CHAPTER2Installing Red Hat EnterpriseLinux 3 SoftwareThis chapter describes how to install and update Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Software on Sun Fire