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Installing SunFastEthernet Adapter 2.1 Software On Solaris 2.x Systems

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3.2 Net-Install of Solaris 2.4 Over the

hme

Interface

This section is only applicable if you are installing Solaris 2.4 on a net-install
client system over the SunFastEthernet Adapter (

hme

) interface.

Note – The Solaris 2.4 CD-ROM cannot be used to perform a net-install (read
only), thus the Solaris 2.4 CD image archive is required to update certain
SunFastEthernet Adapter files.

Updating the Solaris 2.4 Archive to Use the

hme

Interface

1. Determine the directory where the CD image is located on the boot server.

For example, if the Solaris software is located within a directory named

DIR, change to the root partition of the client being installed by typing:

The /

etc/bootparams

file will point you to the client’s root partition.

2. Edit the

name_to_major

file by adding an entry for the SunFastEthernet

Adapter device (

hme

).

If the major device number for the last file entry is

n

then use

n+1

for the

hme

channel major device number. As shown in the example below, if the

last entry for the major device number is

108

, use

109

for the

hme

device.

3. Copy the

hme

driver from the SunFastEthernet Adapter 2.1 CD-ROM to

the client’s root partition as follows:

4. On the client system, perform the tasks in Section 3.5.3, “Booting From

the Network Using Solaris 2.4.”

# cd DIR/export/exec/kvm//etc

# llcl 107

# audiocs 108

# hme 109

# cp /cdrom/sunfast_2_1/2.4/SUNWhmdl/reloc/kernel/drv/hme \

DIR/export/exec/kvm//kernel/drv