Accessing The Diagnostic Partition Under Solaris X86 - Sun Microsystems W1100z User Manual

3.6.5 Accessing the Diagnostic Partition Under
Solaris x86
To access the diagnostic partition when you are running a Solaris x86 operating
system:
1. Remove the Supplemental CD from the CD-RW/DVD-ROM tray.
2. Reboot the machine and start Solaris x86.
3. Become superuser.
4. Determine if your diagnostic partition has been configured to be mounted by
typing the following command:
# ls /diagpart
If this command fails to list the log files created by the hardware diagnostics
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software then the operating system has never been configured to mount the
diagnostic partition. Continue to
If this command succeed in listing the log files created by the hardware
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diagnostics software, then the operating system has already been configured to
mount the diagnostic partition. All users have read access to this partition. Only
the super user has read/write access to this partition. You do not need to continue
this procedure.
5. Insert the Supplemental CD into the CD-RW/DVD-ROM tray.
6. When the CD is mounted open up 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 should appear if the diagnostic partition is mounted
successfully:
Mounting Diagnostic Partition
Installation Successful
10. Type the following command to list the contents of the diagnostic partition:
# ls /diagpart
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