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4. Go back to the Device Tasks menu, select Review/Edit Devices, and examine

the list of devices provided to determine if the problem device conﬂicts with

another device.

Note - This method may not work if a hardware conﬂict interferes with the

ability of the device scan to correctly determine the conﬁguration of a device.

If a conﬂict is found for a device that requires setting jumpers and switches,

turn the system off, manually change settings for the problem device, turn the

system on, boot the Conﬁguration Assistant diskette, and go to Step 5.

If a conﬂict is found for a device that requires a manufacturer’s conﬁguration

utility, do the following:

a. Remove the Conﬁguration Assistant diskette.

b. Insert the manufacturer’s conﬁguration utility diskette.

c. Change device settings.

d. Remove the conﬁguration utility diskette.

e. Insert the Conﬁguration Assistant diskette, and go to Step 5.

If a conﬂict is not found, go to Step 2 in “Providing Information About the

Device Manually.” You don’t have to reboot.

5. Select the Scan for Speciﬁc Devices option from the Device Tasks menu.

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.

Providing Information About the Device Manually

1. Reboot the system with the Solaris 2.6 (Intel Platform Edition) Device

Conﬁguration Assistant Boot Diskette.

2. If all other devices have been found by selective scanning, select View/Edit

Devices from the Device Tasks menu and manually add the name of the

problem device.

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