Accessing The Diagnostic Partition Under The Solaris 10 Operating System - Sun Microsystems Ultra 20 User Manual

3.6.5 Accessing the Diagnostic Partition Under the
Solaris 10 Operating System
To access the diagnostic partition when you are running the Solaris 10 Operating
System:
1. Remove the Supplemental CD from the DVD tray.
2. Reboot the machine and start the Solaris 10 Operating System.
3. Become superuser.
4. Type the following command to determine if your diagnostic partition is
configured to be mounted:
# ls /diagpart
If this command fails to list the log files created by the hardware diagnostics
■
software then the operating system is not configured to mount the diagnostic
partition. Continue to
If this command succeeds in listing the log files created by the hardware
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diagnostics software, then the operating system is configured to mount the
diagnostic partition. All users have read access to this partition. Only the
superuser has read/write access to this partition. You do not need to continue this
procedure.
5. Insert the Supplemental CD into the DVD tray.
6. When the CD is mounted, open a terminal window.
7. Type the following:
# cd /cdrom/cdrom0/drivers/sx86
8. Type the following to install the diagnostic partition:
# ./install.sh
9. Press the Enter key.
The following lines appear if the diagnostic partition is mounted successfully:
Mounting Diagnostic Partition
Installing Successful
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