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Before installing the software, Verifying the software and hardware requirements, To remove older versions of the software – Sun Microsystems Sun PCI High Speed Quad Port Serial Interface Adapter 819-1207-11 User Manual

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Chapter 3

SunHSI PCI Software Installation

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Before Installing the Software

Verifying the Software and Hardware
Requirements

Before installing the software, answer the following questions:

Does your system have any available 3.3V or 5V PCI slots?

Have you downloaded the SunHSI software from the Sun Download Center at:

http://www.sun.com/download

What is the installation directory (default directory is /opt)?

Do you have the superuser password for both the system where the software is to
be installed and the system with download software, if different?

Does your system have enough disk space?

Use both the following commands to check for disk space:

▼ To Remove Older Versions of the Software

Caution –

Do not overwrite any existing SunHSI software packages. If you install

the SunHSI software packages over existing SunHSI software packages, you will
have two instances of the software packages. This might cause problems when
installing or backing out of software patches.

# df -k /opt

# df -k /

TABLE 3-1

Required Disk Space

SunHSI Package Name

Default Installation Directory

Approximate Space Required

SUNWhsip

/

1 Mbyte

SUNWhsipm and SUNWhsipu

/opt

1 Mbyte total