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Chapter 5: OS Installation
5. Select the appropriate Solaris operating system, and press
F2_Continue. The Loading Driver Update Software screen appears,
along with a progress bar that shows the percentage of drivers that
have been extracted from the diskette. Drivers are read into memory
and survive long enough for the system to successfully boot to its
installation program. When all the new drivers on the diskette have
been processed, the Continue Driver Update Installation screen
appears.
6. Remove the Solaris Driver ITU diskette from the diskette drive and
insert the next Solaris Driver ITU diskette you want, if any.
7. Press F2_Continue. The Loading Driver Update Software screen
appears, along with a progress bar that shows the percentage of
drivers that have been extracted from the diskette.
8. Repeat Step 4 through Step 8 until all the Solaris Driver ITU diskettes
you want are installed.
9. When all the drivers are processed, remove the Solaris Driver ITU
diskette from the diskette drive and reinsert the Solaris Device
Configuration Assistant Diskette.
10. Press F2_Continue. The Solaris Device Configuration Assistant
screen appears.
11. Press F2_Continue. The “Enumerating buses” message appears.
The Scanning Devices screen is then displayed. System devices are
scanned. When scanning is complete, the Identified Devices screen
appears.
12. Press F2_Continue. The message “Loading driver...” appears
followed by messages about the drivers that are required to boot your
system. After a few seconds, the Boot Solaris screen appears.
13. At the Boot Solaris screen, select the device controller attached to the
device that contains your install medium, i.e., CD-ROM or Network
device.
Do not remove the Solaris Device Configuration Assistant Diskette
from the diskette drive until you see the following message displayed in
a dialog box:
“If you wish to bypass the device configuration and boot screens when
the system reboots, eject the Device Configuration Assistant/Boot
diskette now.”