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CHAPTER
2
Software Installation
This chapter includes the following sections:
■ Section 2.1, “Preparing for Installation” on page 2-1
■ Section 2.1.2, “Setting up the BIOS for Operating System Installation” on page 2-4
■ Section 2.2, “Installing the Operating System” on page 2-5
■ Section 2.3, “Running the up2date Utility” on page 2-6
■ Section 2.4, “Installing Drivers and Mounting the Diagnostic Partition” on
page 2-6
This chapter includes information about installing an operating system on your
workstation, if you do not want to use the preinstalled Solaris 10 Operating System.
Diagnostics software is also included on the Sun Ultra 20 Workstation Supplemental
CD. Instructions for using the diagnostics software are provided in the Sun Ultra 20
Workstation User Guide, 819-2146.
2.1 Preparing for Installation
FIGURE 2-1 shows the process flow for installing an operating system on your
workstation.