Chapter 4: Installing Unix For The First Time; What Is On The Distribution Tape - Sun Microsystems Sun Workstation 100U System Manager's Manual

Chapter 4
Installing UNIX for the First Time
This chapter describes how to install the
UNIX
system for the very first time on the Sun Works-
tation. We assume that you are starting with a Sun Workstation fresh from the box, bare
disk(s), and the distribution software either on a nine-track half-inch tape or on two quarter-
inch cassette tapes. This chapter guides you through the installation procedure.
CAUTION: If you are upgrading your Sun Model 100 or 150 rather than starting with a sys-
tem 'fresh from the box,' please heed the warning on the front page of this manual. Sun-l sys-
tems which are upgrading must not attempt to install this release of the system until all Mul-
tibus memory has been removed or disabled, and - for an upgrade from a Xylogics 440 to a
Xylogics 450 - cabling has been re-routed. Disk drive switches may also need to be reset.
Make sure you have followed the procedures given in Sun's Upgrade Indal/ation Guide before
proceeding.
CAUTION: If you are upgrading your system software, rather than beginning for the first
time, read the Upgrading Syltem Software chapter BEFORE proceeding here. The chapter gives
procedures for saving and rebuilding your existing root and
I
u,r file systems
If you are installing UNIX on a machine without a tape drive, see the procedures in the next
chapter, Indailing UNIX on Sydem, Without Tape Support.
We begin with a description of what is on the distribution tape. This is followed by an over-
view of the installation procedure, including some non-trivial remarks on device abbreviations,
what to do when you make mistakes while performing the procedure, and what facilities are and
are not available to you during installation. Then we do a walkthrough of an actual installa-
tion.
4.1.
What is on the Distribution Tape?
The software needed to load the
UNIX
system is contained either on a 9-track magnetic tape, or
on two quarter-inch tape cartridges, distributed with the system. The tape(s) contains eleven
files, as follows:
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