User Guide

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How to Get the Syslinux and SIA Software

Note – Support for creating a USB ash drive version of SIA was introduced with SIA version

2.0.144 and is provided as a downloadable package from the Sun download site. Earlier versions

of SIA will not support running SIA from USB ash drive media.

Go to the SIA main page on the Sun web site:

http://www.sun.com/systemmanagement/sia.jsp

Navigate to your server’s download page.

Select and download the following les to a convenient le folder on a Windows XP or Linux

(Red Hat or SUSE) system.

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syslinux-version.zip (where version is 3.52 or later)

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sia-version.zip (where version is 2.0.144 or later)

Note – These les may be available separately or bundled in a single package.

Preparing the USB Flash Drive

This section describes how to prepare the USB ash drive in order to use it to run the SIA

software on your server. You can use either a Windows or a Linux system to prepare the USB

ash drive. The procedure is dierent for Windows and Linux systems; both procedures are

described below.

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“How to Prepare the USB Flash Drive on a Windows XP System” on page 64

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“How to Prepare the USB Flash Drive on a Linux (Red Hat/SUSE) System” on page 66

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How to Prepare the USB Flash Drive on a Windows XP System

Extract (unzip) the contents of the downloaded syslinux-version.zip archive le.

Where version represents the Syslinux version number.

Insert the USB ash drive into a USB 2.0 port.

After Windows has found the new hardware, double-click on My Computer from the desktop.

Preparing the USB Flash Drive

Sun Installation Assistant 2.2 User's Guide for the Sun Fire X4640 Server • October 2009, Rev. A64