this is obsolete doc -- see http://doc.nethence.com/ instead

SunOS 4.1.4 (Solaris 1.1.2) 

Installation 

Boot from the cdrom on the ok prompt, 

boot cdrom

the installer kernel starts up and you need to switch to 7-bit serial console to get to the installer. 

Ref http://solaris.itags.org/q_solaris_51221.html 

Drop to the shell (2) and erase previously written partitions on the disk you need to install the operating system on, here sd0, the first disk, 

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/rsd0c bs=1024k count=1

get back to the installer, 

exit or Ctrl-D

At the format prompt, choose a disk, 

disk

define a type, 

type

check with, 

current

verify the default partitioning provided by the type selection, 

partition

print

quit

write the partitions to the disk and quit, 

label

quit

Once the system has rebooted, launch the post-installer, 

suninstall

and answer the questions, 

  Select your terminal type: 4) Others 

  Enter the terminal type ( the type must be in /etc/termcap ): vt100 

  Do you want to preserve the existing data partitions? [Y/N] : n 

SPACE SPACE... x to choose your installation type

Configuration 

Configure the network, 

address=<IP ADDRESS>

short=<SHORT HOST NAME>

gw=<DEFAULT GATEWAY>

cd /etc/

ifconfig -a

echo "$short" > hostname.le0 

cat > hosts <<EOF9

127.0.0.1       localhost

$address $short loghost

EOF9

echo "$gw" > defaultrouter

You can now access the system through telnet and rlogin. 

Usage 

Reboot the system, 

shutdown -r now

Shutdown the system, 

shutdown -h now

and serial console it gets to the ok prompt, you can now power the system off, 

ok power-off

Note. do not use "reboot" nor "halt" commands directly. 

Note. there is also -f for fastboot(8). 

Miscellaneous notes 

Adding a disk to the system, 

dmesg | grep ^sd

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/rsd1c bs=1024k count=1

format

choose the disk you want to prepare, 

1. sd1 at esp0 slave 8 

sd1: <SUN1.05 cyl 2036 alt 2 hd 14 sec 72> 

choose the type of disk, 

11. SUN1.05 

check the type, 

current

Initialize the file system, 

newfs /dev/rsd1c

Troubleshooting 

If you get an error message about not having enought space on the disk, do the dd trick above before you launch the installer. 

References 

QEMU/SunOS 4.1.4 

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/QEMU/SunOS_4.1.4 

Archive-name: Solaris2/FAQ 

http://www.science.uva.nl/pub/solaris/solaris2.html 

Maximum partition size for sunos 4.1.4 on sunsparc 20 

http://solaris.itags.org/q_solaris_25103.html 

Solaris 1.1.2 / Sunos 4.1.4 - please help install problem 

https://forums.oracle.com/thread/1935038 

19.1.4 File System Mounting, SunOS 4.1.X 

http://www.cs.duke.edu/csl/docs/sysadmin_course/sysadm-347.html 

SunOS Install Media 

http://www.sun3arc.org/install/install.phtml 

Examples--Identifying the Disks on a System 

http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19455-01/805-7228/disksprep-8/index.html 

SunOS 4.1.3 manual pages 

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=SunOS+4.1.3