Installation guide

3. From Lay Out File Systems, select Modify.
The disk layout screen is displayed.
4. Type /var in the File System column for a specic slice, then click Apply.
The installation program suggests a default size for the /var le system.
5. Edit the Size column entry for the /var le system to twice the disk space size.
For example, if the installation program assigns 40 Mbytes of space, change the Size
value to 80.
6. Complete the installation.
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If you are using the Solaris installation program's text installer, follow these steps.
1. Begin the installation.
2. From Select Type of Install, select Custom Install.
The Solaris installation program displays several screens that enable you to customize
the software localizations, products, and disk layout that you want to install.
3. From Lay Out File Systems, select Auto Layout.
The disk layout screen is displayed.
4. Type /var in the File System column for a specic slice.
The installation program suggests a default size for the /var le system.
5. Press F4_Customize to customize the size of the /var le system.
6. Edit the Size column entry for the /var le system to twice the disk space size.
For example, if the installation program assigns 40 Mbytes of space, change the Size
value to 80.
7. Complete the installation.
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If you are using the custom JumpStart program, use the filesys prole keyword to set the
size of the /var le system. The following example sets the size of the /var le system on
slice 5 to 256 Mbytes.
filesys c0t0d0s5 256 /var
x86: Do Not Upgrade Hewlett-Packard (HP) Vectra XU
Series Systems With BIOS Version GG.06.13
The Solaris 10 software includes a feature that enables you to install large partitions. The system
BIOS must support logical block addressing (LBA). BIOS Version GG.06.13 does not support
LBA access. The Solaris boot programs cannot manage this conict. This issue can also aect
other HP Vectra systems.
BeforeYou Begin
Solaris 10 10/09 Release Notes • October 200924