Sun Microsystems Sun Fire V40z User Manual

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Sun Fire V20z and Sun Fire V40z Servers Linux Operating System Installation Guide • May, 2004

10. Enter a superuser password of your choosing.

Note –

Ensure that you remember the password. If you forget it, you may have to

reinstall the operating system.

The installer will now prompt you to add a new user.

11. You can add additional users at this point, or just select Next if you do not wish to

add more users.

12. At the desktop settings menu, select Text mode only and press Accept.

The installer will write out some configuration files and then move on to the
installation settings.

13. When prompted to detect printers, select Skip detection.

14. Verify the settings in the Installation Settings screen and select Next.

15. After the system saves the configuration settings, select OK.

The installation is complete.

16. Log in as superuser.

17. Insert United Linux 1.0 Service Pack 3, CD 1 into the server.

18. Mount the United Linux 1.0 Service Pack 3 CD 1 and update the kernel by typing

the following commands:

# mount /media/cdrom

# rpm -Uvh /media/cdrom/x86_64/update/UnitedLinux/1.0/ \

rpm/x86_64/k_smp-2.4.21-127.x86_64.rpm

# umount /media/cdrom

Updating the kernel before running the YaST Patch CD Update utility in the
following steps helps to eliminate an

Installation Failed

message that might

appear in some installation configurations.

19. Start the YaST administration program by running the following command:

# yast

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