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 (Sun OS) on Sun-2, Sun-3 and Sun-4 systems. Unlike previous installation subsystems, suninstall does not require recapitulation of an interrupted procedure; you can pick up where you left off. A new invocation of suninstall displays the saved information and offers the user an opportunity to make any needed alterations before it proceeds.

Note: suninstall should only be invoked from the miniroot (see Installing the SunOS 4.0.3).

suninstall allows installation of the operating system onto any system configuration, be it standalone, dataless, a homogeneous file server, or a heterogeneous server. It installs the various versions of the operating system needed by clients on a heterogeneous file server, from any distribution tape format. The number of different system versions that can be installed is only limited to the disk space available.

Using setup_client(8) and setup_exec(8), a 4.0 standalone system can be converted into a 4.0 server without taking down or rebuilding the system. setup_client(8) adds or removes a diskless client while the server is running in multiuser mode; setup_exec(8) converts a 4.0 standalone system or server into a heterogeneous file server while it is running multiuser.

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

USAGE

Refer to Installing the SunOS 4.0.3 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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