[geeks] Sun-HOWTO

[Ken Hansen]

Oh yeah - forgot to add, so would I...

I propose we focus it on "domestic" as opposed to "professional" use,
dealing with mature hardware, not E15K class machines...

Ken
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rob" <rstaab at panix.com>
To: <geeks at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 6:52 PM
Subject: Re: [geeks] Sun-HOWTO


> Sounds like a good idea for getting newbies Solaris Admins up and running.
>
> I feel compfortable writing on some of those topics.
>
> - Rob
>
> On Tue, 16 Oct 2001, Bill Bradford wrote:
>
> > Had this idea in the shower the other day (where I do some of my
> > best thinking).
> >
> > Anybody interested in working with me on a "Sun HOWTO" ?  Basically,
> > a chapter-by-chapter "howto" for working with a SPARC system.  Something
> > like:
> >
> > 1.  Brief History of Sun and the SPARC architecture and systems
> >
> > 2.  I've got a Sun box, now what?
> > a.  identifying what you have
> > b.  hooking up a serial terminal (aka, "what, it wont use my
> >     ps2 keyboard and mouse?)
> > c.  Booting the system
> > d.  identifying hardware from boot messages
> >
> > 3.  OpenBoot quick tutorial
> > a.  printenv/setenv
> > b.  boot-device, input-device, output-device
> > c.  when all else fails: set-defaults
> > d.  booting from CD-ROM or network or tape
> >
> > 4.  NVRAM/IDPRM issues
> > a.  what to do if the nvram battery is dead
> > b.  sources of replacements
> >
> > 5.  I've got an OS already!
> > a.  "I dont know the root password"
> > I.  Booting off cd-rom to reset root password
> > b.  I'm in as root, now how do I reconfigure the network?
> > I.  IP address
> > II.  Hostname
> > III.  Subnet/Netmask
> > IV.  Routing / default router
> > V.  DNS issues and setup
> >
> > 6.  I dont have an OS installed!
> > a.  Make sure you have a HD and CD-ROM
> > I.  Compatible CD-ROM drives, setting SCSI IDs, blocksize..
> > b.  Make sure your HD is big enough.
> > II.  SCSI vs. IDE, etc.
> > c.  Booting an OS (Solaris, etc) off CD-ROM and installing
> > I.  IP address, hostname, etc
> > II.  Which "distribution" should I pick to install?
> > III.  Disk layout for home users
> > IV.  Disk layout for servers
> >
> > 7.  Everything's installed and on the network, now what?
> > a.  Lockdown the system.
> > I.  Security guidelines here
> > b.  Software packages
> > I.  Sunfreeware, etc.
> > II.  Mozilla, etc, etc.
> > III.  Freshmeat.
> > c.  Where's the compiler?
> > I.  How to get/install GCC
> > II.  Forte personal free license
> >
> > 8.  CDE/Openwindows is ugly, how do I get <linux-centric window manager>
on
> >     here?
> > a.  www.plig.org/~xwinman
> > b.  how to start other window managers using .xinitrc
> > c.  (optional) compiling XFree86 on Solaris/SPARC
> >
> > Something like that - I'm sure much more could be added, and I've
forgotten
> > things.. but what do you guys think?
> >
> > Bill
> >
> > --
> > Bill Bradford
> > mrbill at mrbill.net
> > Austin, TX
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> >
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