Erasing The Primary Boot Hard Disk; To Erase The Primary Boot Hard Drive - Sun Microsystems Fire X4150 Installation Manual

Erasing the Primary Boot Hard Disk

Your Sun Fire X4150, X4250, and X4450 servers server might have the Solaris 10 OS
preinstalled on the hard drive, depending on your hard drive configuration. If you
want to install a different OS, or reinstall the Solaris 10 OS, use the Erase Primary
Boot Hard Disk option on the Tools and Drivers CD main menu. This option enables
you to erase previously installed operating systems to make room for the new
installation.
Caution – Selecting the Erase Primary Boot Hard Disk option from the Tools and
Drivers CD erases all partitions on the hard drive, with the exception of the
diagnostic partition. All user data is lost. Be sure to back up all data on the hard
drive before performing this action.

▼ To Erase the Primary Boot Hard Drive

1. Back up all data that you want to save on the hard drive.
2. Insert the Tools and Drivers CD into the server's optional CD/DVD drive.
If you have a system that does not have a CD/DVD drive, see your service
manual for instructions on booting the Tools and Drivers CD from a PXE server.
3. Boot the system from the Tools and Drivers CD.
The Tools and Drives CD main menu appears.
4. From the main menu, select the following option from the Tools and Drivers
CD main menu:
Erase Primary Boot Hard Disk
This option erases all partitions currently located on the primary hard drive,
except for the diagnostic partition. If the diagnostic partition is present, it is not
erased.
6 Sun Fire X4150, X4250, and X4450 Servers Operating System Installation Guide • November 2009