Date:      September 30, 1992

Bulletin:  B-920930-1

Subject:   Loading the Solaris 1.0.1 SPARCbook Version B.0.2 Operating System

Enclosed is a tape containing a release of the Solaris 1.0.1 SPARCbook Version 
B.0.2 operating system. This release includes support for the TFT display and 
180MB disk drives, and supersedes the Solaris 1.0.1 SPARCbook Version B CD-ROM 
included with your system. It should be installed on a Sun workstation with the 
approximately 150MB of free disk space. After determining where it will be 
loaded, login as the root user and change to the load directory. The remaining 
instructions will assume that the load directory will be /export. Substitute 
your load directory name if different.

The enclosed tape is in cpio format. Use the following command to load the 
software,

cd /export ; cpio -ivmdBu < /dev/rst8

Once the software has been loaded onto the Sun, you may begin the installation 
procedure on the SPARCbook. This will destroy all existing files and completely 
replace the previously installed operating system release on the internal disk. 
Be sure to backup any files that you cannot otherwise replace.

Before beginning, however, the SPARCbook must be connected to the Sun via 
ethernet, the SPARCbook's name, and name and internet address must be added to 
the Sun's /.rhosts, and /etc/hosts files respectfully, and the Sun's 
/etc/inetd.conf file must be modified to enable the non-secure tftp file 
transfer protocol. Other procedures may be necessary if you are using Sun's NIS.
Refer to page 222 of the SPARCbook 1 User Guide, or contact your local system 
administrator or Tadpole Technology if you need assistance with any of these 
steps.

To begin the loading procedure, turn the SPARCbook on and interrupt the fast 
diagnostics by pressing a key while they are running. The following menu will 
be displayed,

 1> Continue with automatic system startup
 2> Boot operating system or file
 3> Standalone Restore
 4> Enter system diagnostics

Enter Choice>

Enter 3 for standalone restore. The following menu will be displayed,

SPARCbook Standalone Restore

 1> Restore from Floppy Disk
 2> Restore from Ethernet

Enter Choice>

Enter 2 to restore from ethernet. The following additional prompts will be 
displayed,

Enter Network Address of machine where
minifs resides, in numerical format (e.g. 192.9.200.52).
The remote machine must be able to handle Trivial File
Transfer Protocol (TFTP) requests.

Server Network Address    (default bootp)>
SPARCbook Network Address (default bootp)>
Enter File Name>

Enter the internet address of the remote Sun in response to the first prompt, 
the internet address of the SPARCbook in response to the second prompt, and the 
full path name of the minifs file in response to the third prompt. Assuming the 
CD was mounted onto a directory named /export on the Sun, then the full path 
name of the minifs file would be /export/OS/stand/minifs. Substitute your 
directory name for /export if different.

You will get a message on the display indicating that the minifs file is being 
transferred to the disk. Once it has been completely transferred, the following 
menu will be displayed,

Default boot file is hard disk (drive 0, partition 0) : vmunix

 1> Boot Default File
 2> Boot Alternate File
 3> Change Default File

Enter Choice>

Enter 2 to boot an alternate file. The following menu will be displayed,

New Source for boot file :

 1> Hard Disk
 2> Floppy
 3> Ethernet

Enter Choice>

Enter 1 to boot from hard disk. The following prompt will be displayed,

Please enter the file specification in the form `[drive] [part] filename'

The following are optional numerical arguments :
    [drive] - hard disk drive to be accessed (default 0)
    [part]  - partition containing the filesystem (default 0)
If only one number is specified then it is assumed to be a drive specifier

Enter File Specification>

Enter the following file specification,

0 1 vmunix

The just installed minifs operating system will begin to boot. The following 
menu will be displayed upon completion,

Entering Networked Restore. To abort press CTRL-C
SPARCbook Standalone Restore
Select restore from floppy disk (1)
       restore from ethernet    (2)
       restore from SCSI-CD     (3)
       restore from SCSI-Tape   (4)
Choice>

Enter 2 to restore from ethernet. The following prompts will be displayed,

Enter remote machine name []:
Enter remote machine network address (e.g. 192.9.200.2):
Enter SPARCbook machine name [sparcbook]:
Enter SPARCbook network address (e.g. 192.9.200.1):
Enter remote device or mount-point [/dev/nrst8]:

Enter the name and internet address of the Sun in response to the first and 
second prompts, the name and internet address of the SPARCbook in response to 
the third and fourth prompts, and the full path name of the mount point in 
response to the fifth prompt. Assuming the CD was mounted onto a directory 
named /export on the Sun, then the full path name of the mount-point would be 
/export. The following prompt will be displayed,

Is all of the above information correct (y/n) [n] :

Enter y to the prompt if you are satisfied that your responses to the previous 
prompts. If you enter n, then all of the previous responses will be redisplayed.
After entering y, then the following prompt will be displayed,

!! WARNING !!
Continuing will destroy any existing hard disk data.
Continue (y/n) ? [n]

Enter y if you are absolutely sure that you want to continue. If you continue, 
a new filesystem will be created on the boot disk, and all existing files will 
be destroyed.

If your SPARCbook is configured with more than 16 Mbytes of memory, the 
following prompt may be displayed,

It is recommended that the SWAP partition may be increased
from 16Mb to 32Mb on this SPARCbook. Do you wish to increase
the size of the SWAP partition: (y/n) [n] :

It is highly recommended that you increase the size of the swap partition. If 
your swap partition is not increased, then it is possible some of your memory 
will go unused. Enter y to increase the size of the swap partition, or n to 
leave it unchanged.

If you have two internal disks, the following prompt will be displayed,

The second disk may also be initialized at this time. This will
destroy any data on this disk. Do you wish to initialize this
disk (y/n) [n] :

Enter y if you want to have your second disk initialized. This will create a 
new filesystem on your second disk, and all existing files will be destroyed. 
If you enter n, then the second disk will not be touched, nor will it be 
automatically mounted upon a reboot. You will need to manually edit your 
/etc/fstab file to mount any file systems that may exist on the drive.

Next you will need to choose one of three load options for the Solaris 1.0.1 
SPARCbook Version B.0.2 operating system. The load options are described in the 
release notes. The following menu will be displayed with the three options.,

Select option to load
(1) Solaris-1.0.1-SPARCbook-RevB-Factory
(2) Solaris-1.0.1-SPARCbook-RevB-Factory
(3) Solaris-1.0.1-SPARCbook-RevB-Factory

Choice>

Enter the number corresponding to the option you have selected.

The Solaris 1.0.1 SPARCbook Version B.0.2 operating system will now be loaded 
onto your boot disk. Each operating system file will be displayed on the screen 
as it is read and created. After the operating system has been loaded, then the 
following prompt will be displayed,

Press ENTER to reboot:

The procedure of loading Solaris 1.0.1 SPARCbook Version B.0.2 operating system 
is now complete. Pressing enter will cause the SPARCbook to boot the newly 
loaded operating system.

If you should experience any problems with this procedure, please contact 
Tadpole Technology at 1-800-232-1881 and ask for SPARCbook Customer Support.

Sincerely,

SPARCbook Customer Support