Installation guide

Identifying a Problem With an Existing Device
1. Consult the manufacturer’s documentation and Device Reference Page, if there
is one. Ensure the device is properly configured and does not conflict with
other devices in the system.
2. Reboot the system with the Solaris 2.6 (Intel Platform Edition) Device
Configuration Assistant Boot Diskette.
3. Select Partial Scan to identify the devices that are automatically detected.
4. Select Scan for Specific Devices, select the device that you think caused the
hang, and start the scan.
If the scan doesn’t hang, the problem may be due to the order in which the
devices were scanned. Go to Step 5.
If the scan hangs, there is probably a hardware conflict. Verify that the device is
in your machine. Double check for conflicts by consulting the manufacturer’s
documentation for all installed hardware. Proceed to “Finding and Resolving
Resource Conflicts.”
5. Scan for each remaining device in the system.
If the hang is caused by a “software probe conflict,” you may be able to prevent
the hang by scanning for each device in a different order from the one used to
scan for all devices.
6. When the scan is successful, go to the Boot Solaris menu and select a device to
boot from.
If you plan to boot or install from a CD-ROM, select CD.
If you plan to boot or install using the network and your machine is registered
as a netinstall client, select NET.
If you plan to boot from the machine’s installed hard disk, select DISK.
7. Boot and install the Solaris software.
Finding and Resolving Resource Conflicts
1. Reboot the system with the Solaris 2.6 (Intel Platform Edition) Device
Configuration Assistant Boot Diskette.
2. Select Partial Scan to identify only the automatically detected devices.
3. Select Scan for Specific Devices to scan for each device in the system that did
not cause the initial hang.
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Information Library for Solaris 2.6 (Intel Platform Edition) ♦ August 1997