User guide

Chapter 3 Diagnostics 3-15
1. Remove the Supplemental CD from the DVD tray.
2. Reboot the machine and start the Solaris 10 Operating System.
3. Become root (superuser).
4. Type the following command to determine if your diagnostic partition has been
configured to be mounted:
# ls /diagpart
■ If this command fails to list the log files created by the hardware diagnostics
software then the operating system has never been configured to mount the
diagnostic partition. Continue to Step 5.
■ If this command succeeds in listing the log files created by the hardware
diagnostics software, then the operating system has already been configured to
mount the diagnostic partition. All users have read access to this partition. Only
the superuser has read/write access to this partition. You do not need to continue
this procedure.
5. Insert the Supplemental CD into the DVD tray.
6. When the CD is mounted, open a terminal window.
7. Type the following:
# cd /cdrom/cdrom0/drivers/sx86
8. Type the following to install the diagnostic partition:
# ./install.sh
9. Press the Enter key.
The following lines appear if the diagnostic partition is mounted successfully:
10. Type the following command to list the contents of the diagnostic partition:
# ls /diagpart
3.6.6 Accessing the Diagnostic Partition on a Windows
XP System
The Windows XP operating system does not allow you to mount a diagnostic
partition. There is no way to view or gain access to the diagnostic partition if you are
running Windows XP on a Sun Fire X2100 Server.
Mounting Diagnostic Partition
Installing Successful