SUMMARY: network setup on fresh install of Solaris

Lots of replies:

   Steve Hunt <steve@gordian.co.uk>
   Andrew_Rotramel/CCHLIS@cch-lis.com
   Mathias Kanstrup <mathias.kanstrup@ongame.com>
   Geoff Lane <zzassgl@twirl.mcc.ac.uk>
   Moti <moti@flncs.com>
   Pierre Zimmermann <Pierre.Zimmermann@tecnomen.fi>
   "Matthew R. MacIntyre" <matthew.macintyre@city.ottawa.on.ca>
   Davorin Bengez <dbengez@interactive1.hr>
   todd.a.fiedler@mail.sprint.com
   Srinivas_Arella@Satyam.com
   Tim Chipman <chipman@ecopiabio.com>
   LINDA S GEE <u4imhlsg@crrel.usace.army.mil>
   "Wiley, Dave" <DWILEY@petro-canada.ca>
   Matthew Stier <Matthew.Stier@fnc.fujitsu.com>
   Larye Parkins <LParkins@niaid.nih.gov>
   Giles Gamon <giles@AlphaStack.com>
   "Matthew P. Marino" <mattm@citystamp.com>

Basic answer:

Solaris 8 & previous web installers are "broken" on this. They don't ask
you for a default gateway, and there is therefore no way to get to the
DNS servers on another subnet. Andrew indicated that this is fixed in
Solaris 9. 

My new server's IP & DNS entry had already been set up, so that was not
a problem.


Solution 1: what I've been doing. proceed with the install & hand fix it
afterwords. Several people routinely take this route.


Solution 2: right click on the background, open a terminal session, set
a route, and then allow the install to proceed (thanks to Geoff). This
worked, but I'll have to wait until it is all done and see if I still
have to manually set /etc/defaultrouter. Geoff also said there was a
note on this in the "late breaking news" document. Commands I used were:

   route add 128.119.166.14 192.168.1.254
   route add 128.119.175.14 192.168.1.254


Additional information (thanks to Pierre):

   http://fixsolaris.sunhelp.org/fixsolaris8.txt


Also suggested was to stay away from the webstart install & just go to
the "Software Disc 1 of 2" CD. Boot from that CD and use the installer
there (Matthew). I will explore this as well to see if it is a
quicker/better solution for times when I have to do disaster recovery.


Thanks to everyone.



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Chris Hoogendyk

-- 
   O__  ---- Network Specialist & Unix Systems Administrator
  c/ /'_ --- Library Information Systems & Technology Services
 (*) \(*) -- W.E.B. Du Bois Library
~~~~~~~~~~ - University of Massachusetts, Amherst

<choogend@library.umass.edu>

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-------- Original Message --------
Subject: network setup on fresh install of Solaris
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 10:54:13 -0400
From: Chris Hoogendyk <choogend@library.umass.edu>
Reply-To: choogend@library.umass.edu
Organization: UMass Library
To: Sun Managers <sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org>

I'm going to ask this, because it has puzzled me since I first started
doing unix a couple of years ago.

Brand new E250. Fresh install of Solaris. Setup fails, saying, "name
server info is incorrect". I end up blowing by it (it gives me an option
to proceed) and then manually setting this stuff up in the several
different /etc files that have to be done.

I'm going to give all the steps, since I don't know what the cause is or
why this happens. I've abbreviated some things; put my entries in
quotes; and, where there were radio button choices, put the choice I
selected in quotes. I also put fictitious name & ip.

According to the Cisco switch in the room, the line is connected, live,
and running at 100MB/Full.

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power on.
pop out CD tray and insert Solaris 8 install CD.
at prompt, enter "boot cdrom"
format? "y"
swap slice? "5120"
beginning? "y"
ok? "y"

it takes some time copying mini-root to local disk & then reboots off
disk and gives webstart for install of Solaris 8

choose: "networked"
DHCP: "NO"
hostname: "ralph"
ip address: "192.168.1.1"
netmask: "255.255.255.0"
ipv6: "NO"
name service: "DNS"
domain name: "lab.umass.edu"
DNS servers: "128.119.166.14"      <-- real
             "128.119.175.14"      <-- real
             "128.119.40.12"       <-- real
search: "lab.umass.edu",  "oit.umass.edu"
timezone by: "geographic region"
region: "US",  "eastern"
accept time: "yes"
root password: "whatever"
               "whatever"
proxy: "direct connection to internet"
confirm summary: "yes"

it takes time setting stuff up & trying connections. then it puts up an
error dialog saying, "name server information is incorrect", and gives
me the option of proceeding or going back. 

if I proceed, then I have to go in manually and fix the various /etc
files that define the network connection, and then reboot again.


TIA



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Chris Hoogendyk

-- 
   O__  ---- Network Specialist & Unix Systems Administrator
  c/ /'_ --- Library Information Systems & Technology Services
 (*) \(*) -- W.E.B. Du Bois Library
~~~~~~~~~~ - University of Massachusetts, Amherst

<choogend@library.umass.edu>

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