SUNINSTALL(8) — MAINTENANCE COMMANDS

NAME

suninstall − install and upgrade the Sun Operating System

SYNOPSIS

/usr/etc/install/suninstall

DESCRIPTION

suninstall is a forms-based subsystem for installing and upgrading the Sun Operating System on Sun-2, Sun-3 and Sun-4 systems. Unlike previous installation subsystems, suninstall does not require you to recapitulate an interrupted procedure; it allows you to pick up from where you left off. A new invocation of suninstall displays the saved information, and gives you an opportunity to make any needed alterations, before it proceeds.

To abort the installation procedure, use the interrupt character (typically CTRL-C).

suninstall allows you to install the operating system onto any system configuration, be it standalone, dataless, a homogeneous file server, or a heterogeneous server. It allows you to install from any distribution tape format, to install the various versions of the operating system needed by clients on a heterogeneous file server; you can install as many different system versions as your disk space may allow.

You can use suninstall to convert a 4.0 standalone system into a 4.0 server, without taking down or rebuilding the system. After the initial installation, you can use setup_client(8), to add or remove a diskless client while the server is running in multiuser mode. You can use setup_exec(8), to convert a 4.0 standalone system or server into a heterogeneous file server while it is running multiuser.

USAGE

Refer to Installing the SunOS for more information on the various menus and selections.

FILES

/usr/etc/install directory containing installation programs, scripts and files

/usr/etc/install/files directory containing default data files for clients and hosts

/usr/etc/install/get_∗_info
terminal data-entry forms

/usr/etc/install/installation
subsystem utility program

/usr/etc/install/makedir subsystem utility program

/usr/etc/install/script subsystem utility scripts

/usr/etc/install/xdrtoc subsystem utility program

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