1 Before You Begin

This chapter describes the minimum hardware, operating system, and disk space required by the Solaris OpenStep^TM software.

• Installation Sequence
• Recommended Computer Configuration
• Hardware
• Operating System
• Disk Drive Space and Partitioning
• Solaris OpenStep CD-ROM Contents

Installation Sequence

1. Verify the computer meets the minimum configuration as described in "Recommended Computer Configuration".

2. Install the Solaris OpenStep software on the computer as directed in Chapter 2, "Solaris OpenStep Installation."

3. If you have purchased WorkShop OpenStep, install the WorkShop OpenStep as directed by the WorkShop OpenStep Installation Guide.

Recommended Computer Configuration

Before installing OpenStep software, ensure the selected computer meets the minimum requirements described by this section.

Hardware

Each computer you have selected for Solaris OpenStep installation should match or exceed the following:

• SPARCstation^TM 5 or above computer recommended.

• Solaris 2.4 operating environment or above installed.

• 32 Mbytes of memory minimum.

• Local or network access to a CD-ROM drive.

Operating System

Solaris OpenStep and WorkShop OpenStep require Solaris 2.4, 11/94 (Sun OS 5.4) Hardware Release operating environment or higher (with patches) installed. The following Solaris configurations are available: Entire Distribution, Development System Support, End User System Support, and Core System Support.

Use the command uname -a to display the Solaris version of your system. The Output will resemble:

SunOS janedoe 5.4 Generic_101945-23 sun4c sparc

The SunOs 5.4 operating system equates to the Solaris 2.4 operating environment. If the Solaris 2.4 (or higher) operating environment is not installed, install it now using the recommended partitioning shown by Table 1-2, "OpenStep Recommended Partition Sizes", and then install the appropriate Solaris patches. Refer to the appropriate Solaris manuals for procedures.

Disk Drive Space and Partitioning

A maximum local installation requires 400Mbytes for all the OpenStep software and AnswerBooks.

OpenStep Space and Partitioning Requirements

The following two tables provide the disk space and partitioning requirements for OpenStep.

To confirm that you have enough disk space to install Solaris OpenStep, use the command df -F ufs -k to check the amount of free space. The output will resemble the following listing:

Filesystem            kbytes    used   avail capacity  Mounted on

/dev/dsk/c0t3d0s0      61583   10520   44913    19%    /
 
/dev/dsk/c0t3d0s6     197383  152820   34698    81%    /usr
 
/dev/dsk/c0t3d0s5      76703   35728   37140    49%    /var
 
/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s7     869022    3961  847681     0%    /export/home
 
/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s0     480511   10418  422043     2%    /opt

Solaris OpenStep CD-ROM Contents

The Solaris OpenStep CD-ROM contents are described below. Note that you do not need to understand packages to install the OpenStep software.