Solaris 11 text installer

To make your selection, arrow down to the region and then press F2 to select it and continue. In this example, you are going to select Asia. The next screen is the Time Zone: Locations screen, where you select the location that contains the time zone that is appropriate to your installation. Again, to make your selection, arrow down to the location of your choice and then press F2 to select it and continue. In this example installation, India is selected for the location.

You next see the Time Zone screen. The selections presented on this screen are based on the region and location selections you made previously.

To select the appropriate time zone, arrow down until your time zone is highlighted, and then press F2. Review the information that is presented and edit it as required. Note that the time is in the hour format. After you have made the necessary edits, press F2 to continue. Next is the Users screen, where you enter your user information to include the system root password, your name, your username, and your user password. To continue, press F2.

After completing the configuration data, you see the Installation Summary screen. Review the information carefully to make sure it is accurate before you start the installation. To start the installation, press F2. The Installing Oracle Solaris screen enables you to monitor the progress of the installation.

The installation takes about 10 to 15 minutes to complete. When the installation concludes, the Installation Complete screen appears. This screen provides you with access to the installation log and, an opportunity to verify that no error messages were generated and that all the major facilities installed successfully. After you have verified that the installation was successful, you can reboot the system by pressing F8. If you press F9 to quit, you are returned to the text installer menu, where you can select option 5 to reboot the system.

Skip to primary navigation Skip to main content Skip to primary sidebar Skip to footer navigation. Using the latest firmware is recommended. Note : If you provide a username, that user is given the root role. If you do not provide a username, root is an account rather than a role, and is set to expire immediately.

Note : You can go back and make changes if you need to by pressing F3. Caution : After the installation starts, do not interrupt it. An incomplete installation can leave a disk in an indeterminate state. You May Also Like. Note - The language and keyboard selections set the defaults for the installer and for the installed system.

After you have installed the drivers, restart the text installation and return to the installation menu. Note - Use the keyboard to navigate through the installer panels.

You cannot use a mouse. See the key commands listed on each panel, and see the online help for further information.

Caution - If the existing partition table cannot be read, the panel displays proposed partitioning. In this instance, all of the data on the disk is destroyed during the installation. For detailed partitioning instructions, see Guidelines for Partitioning a System During an Interactive Installation , or see the online help in the installer.

Then, configure LDAP manually after the installation is complete. For further information, see the nsswitch. Note - To determine the domain name, check with your system administrator. Or, use the domainname command on a previously-installed system. Note - If the profile specifies a proxy credential level, and the authentication method is not None, then you must provide the proxy bind information.

If you omit that information, LDAP will not be initialized. You can either let the software search for a name server, or you can specify a name server. Select one of the following two choices. After completing the series of networking configuration panels, the installer displays a series of time zone panels and a Date and Time panel.

To create a user account, type a username and password. The name must begin with a letter and can contain only letters and numbers. Review the specifications in the Installation Summary panel. If necessary, go back and make any required changes before starting the installation. Caution - Do not interrupt an installation that is in progress. An incomplete installation can leave a disk in an indeterminate state.

Caution - By default, the system configuration of the installed system is sent to the Oracle Configuration Manager. This is an anonymous registration with no customer information provided. The anonymous registration will be automatic upon reboot after the initial installation, but you may cancel the registration per the following directions after the installation and prior to rebooting the installed system. For further information, see Using Oracle Configuration Manager.

Note - After installation and reboot, you can choose to register your system by removing this file then enabling the service as follows:. If you wish to associate the system's configuration data with your MOS account, or if your site requires use of a network proxy, you must use the configCCR command.

See Using Oracle Configuration Manager. To add software packages after you have installed the operating system, use the pkg commands as described in the pkg 1 man page and in Chapter 12, Managing Software Packages Tasks , in Oracle Solaris Administration: Common Tasks.

Use the pkg commands or the Package Manager tool to find the names of packages you might want to install, get more information about the packages, and install the packages. Optionally, you can install into a new boot environment, so that you can continue to use your current image if the new installation has problems.

With the pkg install command, you should use the -nv option first to see what the package installation will look like prior to actually installing the packages. After you have identified the packages you want to install and examined the output from the pkg install command with the -nv option, issue a command similar to the following to install additional software.