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Creating a Multi-Boot Disk for Machines With AMD Opteron Processors Step-by-Step Installation Procedure: Solaris Operating System (x86 Platform Edition) and Red Hat Enterprise Linux WSBy Craig Winter Installing Solaris 10 OS on x86 Platforms The first operating system to install is the Solaris 10 OS on x86 platforms. Place the first CD (number one of three) in the player and reboot the system. The machine will boot from the CD and display the first screen. Proceed with the installation as follows:
Solaris Device Configuration Assistant: F2_Continue
Bus Enumeration: Enter_Continue
Identified Devices: F2_Continue
Boot Solaris: [X] CD
F2_Continue
Solaris Interactive: 3 Solaris Interactive
Text-only Installer
Enter
Select a Language: 0. English
Enter
The Solaris Installation Program: F2_Continue
kdmconfig:
Introduction: F2_Continue
View and Edit Window System
Configuration: Configure the Monitor and
Graphics Device for your
Machine
F2_Continue
Window System Configuration Test: F2_Continue
Is this display okay?: Test the Display
Click on "Yes"
Identify This System: F2_Continue
Network Connectivity: Site Dependent
F2_Continue
..
..
..
Time Zone: [X] <Your Continent>
F2_Continue
Time Zone: [X] <Your Country>
F2_Continue
Date and Time: Verify the date and time
F2_Continue
Confirm Information: F2_Continue
Root Password: Your discretion
F2_Continue
Solaris Interactive Installation: F2_Standard
Eject a CD/DVD Automatically?: [X] Automatically eject CD/DVD
F2_Continue
Reboot After Installation: [X] Auto Reboot
F2_Continue
Information: F2_OK
Initializing...
License: F2_Accept_License
Select Geographic Regions: [/] North America
[X] U.S.A. (en_US.ISO8859-1)
F2_Continue
Select System Locale: [X] U.S.A. (en_US.ISO8859-1)
F2_Continue
Select Products: Your Discretion
F2_Continue
Additional Products: [X] None
F2_Continue
Select Software: [X] Entire Distribution plus
OEM Support
F2_Continue
Select Disks: Enter
No Solaris fdisk Partition: F2_OK
Create Solaris fdisk Partition: [X] Manually create fdisk
partitions
F2_OK
Customize fdisk Partitions for Disk: c0d0: F3_Delete
Delete fdisk Partition? F2_OK
Note: You may need to delete all of the existing partitions if the disk has been previously used. Arrow down to the partition number and use F3 and F2 to delete the partition.
Customize fdisk Partitions for Disk: c0d0: F4_Create
fdisk Partition Size: Partition type: SOLARIS
Partition size (MB): 36864
Partition size (Cyl): 18725
F2_OK
The table now shows only one
Partition Type Size Start Cylinder
================================================================
1 SOLARIS 36866 1
2 <unused> 0 0
3 <unused> 0 0
4 <unused> 0 0
========================================================
Capacity: 78531 MB
Allocated: 36866 MB
Rounding Error: 1 MB
Free: 41664 MB
Customize fdisk Partitions for Disk: c0d0: F2_OK
Select Disks: F2_Continue
Automatically Layout File Systems? F2_Auto_Layout
Automatically Layout File Systems: F2_Continue
File System and Disk Layout: F2_Continue or F4_Customize
Note: Space can be allocated in the same manner as during a standard Solaris OS installation on the SPARC platform.
Mount Remote File Systems? Your Discretion
F2_Continue
Profile: F2_Begin_Installation
Warning: F2_OK
Solaris Initial Install...
Note: After the installation of the core Solaris software, the machine will automatically reboot. The first CD is still in the player, so it will begin the installation process again. Follow the steps below to make the machine boot from the hard disk; then continue installing the Solaris OS.
Solaris Device Configuration Assistant: F2_Continue
Bus Enumeration: Enter_Continue
Identified Devices: F2_Continue
Boot Solaris: F4_Boot Tasks
Boot Tasks: [X] View/Edit Autoboot Settings
F2_Continue
View/Edit Autoboot Settings: [X] Set Default Boot Device
F2_Continue
Set Default Boot Device: [X] Disk
F2_Continue
View/Edit Autoboot Settings: [X] Accept Settings
F2_Continue
Boot Tasks: F3_Back
Boot Solaris: [X] Disk
F2_Continue
Specify Media: (*) CD/DVD
Next >
Insert Disk: 2 of 3
Close the CD tray
OK >
Ready to Install: Install Now >
Installing...
Specify Media: (*) CD/DVD
Next >
Insert Disk: 3 of 3
Close the CD tray
OK >
Ready to Install: Install Now >
Installing...
Reboot: Reboot Now
Installing Red Hat 3.1 Enterprise 64-bit The second operating system to install is Red Hat 3.1 Enterprise 64-bit. Place disk one in the DVD/CD player and reboot the system. Enter Note: A prompt may appear asking to check the CD. Do this at your discretion. Welcome: Next
Language Selection: English
Next
Keyboard: US English
Next
Mouse Configuration: Confirm existing mouse
Next
Disk Partitioning Setup: (*) Manually Partition with Disk Druid
Next
Warning: Ignore
Format as Swap?: No
Partitioning: New
Mount Point: /
File System Type: ext3
Size (MB): 36864
(*) Fixed size
[X] Force to be a primary partition
OK
New
File System Type: swap
Size (MB): 4797 (rest of free space)
(*) Fixed size
Force to be a primary partition
OK
Now the table looks something like the following:
Device Mount Type Format Size Start End
Point
Free Free space 2 1 1
/dev/hda1 Linux swap 36865 1 4700
Free Free space 7 4701 4701
/dev/hda2 / ext3 F 36860 4702 9400
/dev/hda3 swap F 4801 9400 10011
Free Free space 5 10012 10012
Note: The Partitioning: Next
Format Warnings: Format
Boot Loader Configuration: The GRUB boot loader will be
installed on /dev/hda
Next
Network Configuration: Site Dependent
Next
Firewall: Site Dependent
Next
Additional Language Support: English (USA)
Next
Time Zone Selection: Select your time zone
Next
Set Root Password: Your discretion
Next
Package Defaults: (*) Customize the set of packages to be
installed
Next
Package Group Selection: Everything
Next
About to Install: Next
Note: Both of the Red Hat Linux partitions (
Installing Packages
Change CDRom: 2, 3, 4, 1
Graphical Interface
(X) Configuration: Select correct Video card RAM
Next
Monitor Configuration: Select monitor type
Next
Customize Graphical
Configuration: Color Depth: <device dependent>
Screen Resolution: <user preference>
Next
Congratulations: Exit
The system will reboot and come up as Red Hat 3.1 Enterprise. There will be some more screens that deal with license terms and Red Hat registration. Respond as you prefer. Log in to Red Hat as root. mv /boot/grub/grub.conf /boot/grub/grub.conf-orig cp /boot/grub/grub.conf-orig /boot/grub/grub.conf vi /boot/grub/grub.conf Add a Solaris OS entry to the bottom of the file so that it looks like the following: title Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (2.4.21-9.EL) root (hd0,1) kernel /boot/vmlinux-2.4.21-9.EL ro root=LABEL=/ hdc=ide-scsi initrd /boot/initrd-2.4.21-9.EL.img title 32-bit Solaris 10 x86 root (hd0,0) makeactive chainloader +1 Reboot. As the machine reboots, it will display the Red Hat version of the GRUB Boot Loader. Use the arrow keys to select an operating system to boot. If you do not change the selection, the first entry (in this case Red Hat) will be loaded. About the AuthorCraig Winter is a Staff Engineer for the HPTC Group in Market Development Engineering at Sun Microsystems, Inc. Unless otherwise licensed, code in all technical manuals herein (including articles, FAQs, samples) is provided under this License. |
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