Solaris 2.6 for Intel Install

Sun Solaris 2.6 on Intel Installation

This doesnt seem to like any NexGen chips !!! I guess that is why they call it "Solaris for Intel" (although oddly enough, here it is running on a Cyrix chip?).

Current System Configuration :

Tiger Server PCI/ISA

Cyrix 686 / 166 Mhz processor

64 Mb 72Pin SIMM's (EDO)

1.6 Gig Western Digital Caviar EIDE drive

8x CDRom

3com 3c509 10 BaseT network card

S3 2Mb PCI Video card

PS/2 Mouse

Special Notes : This product WILL NOT install on NexGen chips. I always try a multitude of different procs/apps/servers/Opeating Systems.

Now the fun stuff :

Insert boot floppy and CD and restart Server.
When blue screen comes up, choose new configuration.
Press F2 to continue.
F2 to do full device/hardware scan.

It found all controllers, motherboard, floppy, keyboard, mouse (no drives)
Make sure diskette is NOT write protected when you start.

Select CD as boot device (for isntall, not for regular system startups)
F2 to continue - should see some CD activity.
Select [1] for interactive install (I ALWAYS choose custom or interactive, NEVER typical !!!!! )
Select [0] for USA-ASCII
F2 to continue
F2 to view window settings

It will switch to Xwindow mode, so just write down and accept

continue
solaris for hostname
yes for network connection
local IP address
Continue for settings
None for NIS/DNS and continue
No to subnet
Geographic Region - US/Eastern
Set time and accept
Continue
Continue
Entire Distribution (This is a MUST !!!!)
Select default disk and choose edit
Auto Layout
Customize on next page
Continue
No remote mounts, and continue on confirmation
Unused disk space ok, due to rounding
Begin install
Auto reboot
Eject Diskette

Disk setup parameters for my 1.6 Gig drive :

Slice/Mount Point	Device Name	Size Now	Size Default
/	c0d0s0	86	63
/usr/openwin	c0d0s1	300	299
overlap	c0d0s2	1531	1531
/var	c0d0s3	200	27
swap	c0d0s4	64	47
/oracle	c0d0s5	500	0
/usr	c0d0s6	275	260
/export/home	c0d0s7	100	851

All others remain default The system will then reboot.

Also one last thing. I dont like the way solaris does a few things. I made the following changes :

ln -s /vol/dev/aliases/floppy0 /dev/rfd0135ds18
ln -s /vol/dev/aliases/floppy0 /dev/fd0135ds18

If you need to reconfigure video later, use "kdmconfig"

Now for the optional software :

GZIP :

Get GZip from http://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/packages/solaris/i86pc.

        Filename is : GNUzip.1.2.4.i86pc.Solaris.2.5.1.pkg.tgz

GCC:

Get gcc C compiler from http://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/packages/solaris/i86pc.

        Filename is : GNUgcc.2.7.2.3.i86pc.Solaris.2.6.pkg.tgz

TCL/TK:

Get TCL and TK from the same site.

APACHE (about 1 hour)

Download the APACHE web server from http://www.apache.org.

Gunzipped and untarred into /usr/local/Install

cd /usr/local/Install/apache_1.3b5/src

./Configure

make

cd to the conf directory

copy *.conf-dist to *.conf

create user/group of nobody/nogroup in AdminTool

setup http.conf in conf directory for the above user/group

setup srm.conf for documetn root - I used /usr/local/apache_1.3b5/htdocs

Launch it using : /usr/local/apache_1.3b5/src/httpd -f /usr/local/apache_1.3b5/conf

Then bring up a browser and point it to this machine. You should see a "success" type of page.

SUDO (about 10 minutes)

Download sudo file from ftp://ftp.cs.colorado.edu/pub/sudo.

        Filename is : cu-sudo-v1.5.4.tar.Z (298857 byes)
move to /usr/local/Install/sudo

uncompress and extract

change to directory, run ./configure

edit the newly created Makefile for Paths.

make

make install

Thats it !!!

SAMBA (about 1 hour)

Download SAMBA from http://samba.anu.edu.au/samba/        in the sources area, just get "samba-latest.tar.gz" (1233677 bytes)

gunzip and untar the file into /usr/local/Install/samba

Edit source/Makefile (after making a backup copy of course !)

make parameters that definately need to be changed :

    cc=gcc
    WORKGROUP=your workgroup name
use the SUNOS5.4 section. It works fine.

make

make install

cp /usr/local/Install/samba/samba-1.9.18p3/examples/simple/smb.conf to /usr/local/samba/lib

edit smb.conf

mkdir /usr/local/spool/lp as mode 777

mkdir /usr/local/samba/private

cp /usr/local/samba/bin/smbpasswd to /usr/local/samba/private

modify NT's guest account to disable "Account Disabled" and add group guests

run /usr/local/samba/bin/testparm | more - to check configuration

./smbd -D to run smb server as a daemon

./nmbd -D to run the netbios name daemon

ps -ef | grep mbd for status of whether or not they stayed up

./smbclient -L ntserver to see shares on the ntserver

./smbclient -M ntserver to send a popup message to ntserver

cp /usr/local/Install/samba/samba-1.9.18p3/examples/printing/smbprint.sysv to /usr/local/samba/bin

edit new smbprint.sysv and save as smbprint.

QPopper (about 30 minutes)

Download qpopper tar file from ftp://ftp.qualcomm.com/eudora/servers/unix/popper/.

        Filename is : qpopper3.0b20.tar.Z (2408406 byes)
move to /usr/local/Install/qpopper

uncompress and extract

read the "INSTALL" file for any important chages or modifications, specific to platforms

change to directory, run ./configure

edit the newly created Makefile for Paths.

since my whole purpose for this, is to access root's mail on my private network, I needed to make some edits :

edit the popper/popper.h file, to set the "BLOCK_UID" value from 10 to 0.

make

make install

edit the /etc/inetd.conf file, and insert this at the end of the file :

#####
##### Qualcomm's Qpopper pop daemon
#####
pop3 stream tcp nowait root /usr/local/lib/qpopper qpopper -s

edit the /etc/services file, and insert this in the proper area :

#####
##### Qualcomm's Qpopper pop daemon
#####
pop3 110/tcp # Post Office 3 daemon

Thats it !!!

SAR (seconds ...)

To enable the SAR subsystem to function on solaris, you need to enable its daemons and data collectors.

cd to /etc/init.d

vi perf, and remove the comments

cd /etc/rc2.d or some other directory that is used for your run-level startup, and see that there is a file that is linked to /etc/init.d/perf. Mine was /etc/rc2.d/S21perf.

run that file, to be sure all is ok, so "/etc/rc2.d/S21perf start"

run the "sar -A" command, to be sure it is working.

Thats it !!!

top (about 3 minutes)

Download top program (binary version) from ftp://nce.sun.ca/pubfreeware/intel/2.6/top-3.5beta8-sol26-intel-local.gz.

        Filename is : top-3.5beta8-sol26-intel-local.gz (70875 bytes)
move to /usr/local/Install/top

gunzip

pkgadd -d `pwd`/`ls`
accept defaults for any prompts

Thats it !!!

Patch, Security, Y2K Supplement Information :

I finally updated and patched my Solaris 2.6 system on October 25, 1999.

Sun Solve's WebSite is where I got the information, on what patches to install. I had to download from two different areas. One is for the Y2K patches and the other is for the security patches. Keep in mind that I dont run any external ftp servers, or some of the other stuff, like sendmail, that are so vulnerable to many companies. These types of fixes didnt apply to me, but may to you. (I renamed the patches to shorten the names, and make them more understandable).

It is extremely important to be sure that you have enough free space available in /, /usr, /var, and /opt, so that you dont have incomplete packages installed. The recommended minimum is 4Mb.

For what its worth, I installed these packages into /usr/local/Install/patches. They will create many subdirectories and files underneath themselves, upon the untarring process, so be prepared for even more space to be used up.

I installed the following patches, in this order :.

Y2K cluster - 5.2Mb - about 20-25 minutes

      $ su
      Password: <type your root password>
      # uncompress 2.6_x86_y2k.tar.Z
      # tar -xvf 2.6_x86_y2k.tar
      # gzip -9 2.6_x86_y2k.tar
      # cd 2.6_x86_y2000_ALL
      # ./install_cluster
      # "y" to confirm continue
      # more  /var/sadm/install_data/Solaris_2.6_x86_y2000_ALL_log   
          --> to be sure all is ok.  I recieved errors for the following :
          105622-14  --> already applied
          but its ok.
      # cd /
      # /etc/shutdown -g0 -y -i6 
          --> to reboot and make sure only new patches are in use

Security cluster - 15.7Mb

      $ su
      Password: <type your root password>
      # uncompress 2.6_x86_sec.tar.Z
      # tar -xvf 2.6_x86_sec.tar
      # gzip -9 2.6_x86_sec.tar
      # cd 2.6_x86_Recommended
      # ./install_cluster
      # "y" to confirm continue
      # more  /var/sadm/install_data/Solaris_2.6_x86_Rcommended_log   
          --> to be sure all is ok.  I recieved errors for the following patches :
          106126-08   --> already applied
          105211-25   --> already applied
          105622-14   --> already applied
          105394-11   --> already applied
          106194-03   --> already applied
          105801-05   --> already applied
          106829-01   --> already applied
          105567-08   --> already applied
          106363-02   --> already applied
          but its ok.
      # cd /
      # /etc/shutdown -g0 -y -i6 
          --> to reboot and make sure only new patches are in use

For reference, I have included a link to the Solaris ability to set/change Solairs network interface parameters while the system is up. I always had to keep referring to my email for this and finally decided to put it on the web.

These are a few links to some good information on how to cable up a serial console, if you are not using the graphics card, or need to use a remote console solution. Sun Cables and Sun Cables 2