Installation VNMRJ 1.1D/VNMRJ 2.1B on Sun Blade 1500 ( 9/21/07 )

(update 7/23/2008)

#uname –a

SUN OS snap-ii 5.8 Generic_108528-29 sun 4u sparc SUNW , Sun-Blade-1500

9/2/2008: attempt install Solaris 8 on to SUN Blade-150. Notes: on Green

If Solaris 8 is already installed on this machine. Re-install it.

Re-install everything: SUN OS 8 and SUN patches and VNMRJ 1.1D and Patches for Mercury plus or Vx (1.1DallSOLmpl1006.tar.Z)------ to work with Mercury 300.

Login as root:

#/usr/sbin/psrinfo –v check the speed of processor and version.

The SparcV9 processor operates at 650Mhz. has a SparcV9 floating point processor.

#shutdown –y –g0 –i0 or stop A; or power down/up then press stop A

Come down to ok prompt.

Insert CD “Solaris 8 software 2/04 1 of 2 Part # 705-0852-10” (We have this one)

Note: SOLARIS 8 SOFTWARE 2/02 or older version ---- will not work on Blade 1500.

Error message:

Boot: can not open kernel /sparcv9/unix:

Enter file name /kernel/sparcv9/unix:

Problem: For SUN Blade 1500 should use Solaris HW 5/03 or later version. The above 2/02 will not work. Change to a newer version of Solaris 8 5/03 or, 2/04.

#### For Blade 150, install Solaris 8 2/04, Error message:

Connection refused (error 146) unable to connect to X server.

You have to install the Mouse, otherwise , you will have above error message.

Ok> printenv or help to display some information of SUN computer settings.

OK>Setenv auto-boot false

OK> help

Ok> boot cdrom

The screen will go blank then loading some files, stopped

1024 Mb installed

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Loading /platform/SUNW, Sun-blade-1500-s/ufsboot

Loading /plateform/sun4u/ufsboot

SunOS release 5.8 version Generic 108528-29 64 bit

.After boot up on CD, There are two questions for the language selection:

• Select English for both questions. It will restart again and become openwin enviroment.
• Read and then click Continue

• Networked YES
• use DHCP? NO

DHCP ---- ( Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is a network protocol that enables a DHCP server to automatically assign an IP address to an individual computer's TCP/IP stack software. DHCP assigns a number dynamically from a defined range of numbers (i.e., a scope) configured for a given network.

Client computers configured to use DHCP for IP assignment do not need to have a statically assigned IP address. In addition, they generally do not need to have addresses configured for DNS servers or WINS servers, as these are also set by the DHCP server.

• primary network interface: on board beg0, 2 nd card: hme0 Note: beg0 is on board for internet,
• host name: m300.chem.emory.edu
• IP:
• System part of subnet: yes.
• 255.255.252.0
• Enable IPv6 NO
• It takes few minutes and show the selections If OK, click continue.
• select NO for keyberos security
• Name server: NO
• Geographic region: united State, Eastern
• Local time: after that it takes for few minutes.
• Initial installation. (Erase all the data on the disk)
• Entire distribution plus OEM support
• total 114469 MB
• customize the partition,

/ 1000mb swap (double the ram) 2mb /var 24 /opt 50 /usr 50 /export/home rest of the disk space available

detailed see the menual from Ken

• Answer few questions and select auto-reboot. It will start to copy files to the disk.
• After reboot; input the root passwd.
• Root passwd
• It will ask to install CD 2/2 and then skip other CD installations.
• Click Reboot now. After reboot.
• Install Sun Patches: Login as root. Insert “Solaris Patches for Solaris 7,8,9,” from Varian. Part number: 01-910699-03 June 16, 2004
• #cd cdrom --- Solaris patches load.patches
• Answer two yes, after the patches installed, reboot computer.
• Login as root to install VNMRJ

Insert VNMRJ 1.1D June 21, 2004 Part number: 01-907388-03

• login as root, open a terminal
• #cd /cdrom/cdrom0
• #ls there are few files in the directory: acc code load.nmr vnmrj vnmrrev
• #./load.nmr
• Select Mercury Plus to be installed (there are only two selections). For INOVA, select inova, there are more selections. It takes about 5 minutes. After this step, install the VNMRJ patches (see instruction from #40).
• Click “DONE” and read the message on the terminal window:

If you system is a spectrometer:

• Exit all vnmr/Vnmrj program.
• Run /vnmr/bin/setacq

On all other systems:

• Run /vnmr/bin/makeuser for everyuser
• In the VNMRJ interface from utilities à systemsettings click System Config to setup printers etc.
• Use vnmrj adm to update users and add printers

• Logout root and login as vnmr1 first time there is no passwd
• set the passwd for vnmr1 and login again. Use CDE environment.
• Click more information of the yellow window and then click never register.
• You have go to terminal and type eject to eject the CD.
• Varian Users’ page login: login name: usergroup passwd : vnmrj888848888me
• Download patches from Varian website. We have Mercury Vx 300. There is another type: Mercury Plus (it is a later model). There are two patches for Mercury Vx on SUN (Solaris) ---- 1.1DallSOLmvx106 (released 2004-10-25)

1.1DpsgSOLmvx905 (released 2006-01-20). This one is required for the system with ProTune accessory. We do not have it! Note: I installed as Mercury Plus, since there is not VNRMJ VX selection on the VNMRJ 1.1D installation CD. There are only INOVA and Mercury Plus. It works on Mercury Vx console with the patche 1.1DallSOLmpl106.tar.Z.

• Varian Patches have been downloaded and stored in my computer under Varian Documentation directory. The file size is 7.479MB. Use USB flash drive to transfer file from PC to SUN.
• To install patches, move the original patches file (zipped) into /vnmr/patches
• (login as VNMR1, root doesn’t work) type %./patcheinstall /vnmr/patches/patche_name. It will automatically check and install it.
• After the patched installed, reboot the computer. It is ready for connect to the console.
• Turn off the computer, printer, monitor, then connect all together. Turn on the power. After computer bootup, login as vnmr1.
• cd /vnmr/bin ./setacq select 2 for the connection. Reboot console. Then open vnmrj. It should be in idle mode. If not check the config, it should set to spectrometer. Set frequency, lock reference frequency etc. type su and exit vnmrj and get in again. The console RJ45 cable should be connected to add-on Ethernet board, rather than on-board Ethernet plug.
• ./makesuacqproc, vnmrj adm to update the vnmr1 account
• ./sudoins to update the links
• Type in the shim values and setup the lock, at this point the instrument should be able to take a proton spectrum.
• If there is no probe file, then we have to add a probe by vnmr1. calibrate the probe by using ethel benzene std.
• Modify the proton stdard files: /vnmr/parlib /parstd by using svp(‘Proton’) and svp(‘H1’). Double check the probe file if there are correct parameters.
• For the first time new account: a. add passwd, readjust windows, setup printers, setup the z0, Lpower, L gain, Lphase and shim etc.
• For the data folder, they could make a new one in the file manager window. Then in the command line: type cd(‘my_data_dir’) to switch to their own file directory. Cd to back to home directory.

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7/23/2008

Install VNMRJ 1.1D for Mercury 300 (Radiology Mercury 300) on Sun Blade 150

#uname –a

SUN OS wu-hp 5.8 Generic_108528-29 sun 4u sparc SUNW , Sun-Blade-100

The SUN OS has been installed properly.

Install SUN patches.

• Install Sun Patches: Login as root. Insert “Solaris Patches for Solaris 7,8,9,” from Varian. Part number: 01-910699-03 June 16, 2004
• #cd cdrom --- à Solaris patches à load.patches
• Answer two yes, after the patches installed, reboot itself.
• Login as root to install VNMRJ
• See above instruction from 33.

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Additional Reading:

Additional Patche information on VNMRJ 1.1D/SUN solaris/Mercury Vx

Solaris Patches:

VNMRJ ----Solaris Patches for Solaris 7,8,9 with VNMRJ 1.1D June 21, 2004

Part No. 01-910699-03

#cd cdrom/cdrom0

#./load.patches it will start to install the patches on the CD.

Before you install VnmrJ, there are Solaris patches that are necessary for proper VnmrJ and

VNMR operation. For example, Solaris patch 108940-24 handles core dumps. In Solaris 9

patch 111649-03 (which is not supplied with VnmrJ) might be needed for the firmware for

the Toshiba SD-M1401 DVD-ROM drive. We recommend that you load patches now.

Patches are on the VnmrJ Solaris Patches CD-ROM.

Make sure that your system has the latest Solaris patches. In the patch number, the two

digits after the dash are the patch version number. Each patch has a README file that

provides specific information about the patch.

For the latest information about Solaris patches, visit the SunSolve Online Web site:

http://sunsolve.sun.com

You can also check the Sun patch FTP server:

ftp://sunsolve.sun.com/pub/patches/

Or you can visit the Varian NMR User Page at http:/www.varianinc.com . Click on

NMR in the list of Scientific Instruments, then click on User Page in the Quick Links

section.

Preparing for Patch Installation

Before you begin installing patches, make sure the following conditions are true:

Chapter 3. Solaris Patch Installation and Error Messages

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• You are logged in as single user ( boot -s ).

• VnmrJ is not running.

• No users are logged on to your system (use the who command to verify this condition).

• The NMR console is idle.

If you are not sure which version of Solaris you are using, enter the command showrev .

If the command shows SunOS 5.8 , your system is running Solaris 8; similarly, SunOS

5.7 is Solaris 7.

Even within a given Solaris release, there can be newer versions that automatically include

and install many patches, including those required by VnmrJ. To check whether a particular

patch (for example, 108940-24) is already installed, use the following command (no output

means that the patch is not installed):

showrev -p | grep 108940-24

In addition to individual patches, Sun also offers entire clusters of recommended patches,

such as 2.8_Recommended.tar.Z (typically files of 20 to 30 MB after compression),

that permit bringing your Solaris installation to the latest level. Note, however, that the

installation of patch clusters requires extra disk space. If don’t have at least 36 MB of free

space in /var ( /var/sadm ), you can handle this problem four ways:

• Install patches one by one using the patchadd command.

• Use the -B option while invoking patchadd . This option directs patchadd to save

the backout data to the user-specified file system.

• Generate additional disk space by deleting files that are not needed.

• Override the saving of the old files by using the -d (do not save) option when running

patchadd . This method eliminates the possibility of restoring files to previous

versions.

Also see the manual page for the patchadd command:

man patchadd

Installation of a Solaris patch cluster takes one to two hours.

Installing Solaris Patches

To install Solaris patches, do the following:

1. Enter su to become root.

2. Enter init 0 .

3. Enter boot -s in order to boot up in the single user mode.

4. Enter the following:

# ps -ef | grep vold

If no results are shown , ?????:

# /etc/init.d/volmgt start

5. Insert patch CD, and enter the following in a terminal window:

# cd /cdrom/cdrom0

# ./load.patches

6. You are asked to confirm the installation of patches. Type y to install all patches or

n to skip patch installation.

If you select y , the appropriate patches for Solaris are installed.

3.2 Error Messages

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7. Eject the CD and reboot the computer:

# eject cdrom

# reboot

Mount USB Flash Drive on Sun Blade 1500

1. Plug the USB Flash Drive into one of the USB port at the front of the computer:

It will take about 10 seconds. The light on the USB Flash Drive (USBFD) will be on.

1. login as Root (root password). Open a terminal type the following:

#cd /var/adm

#more messages at the bottom of the message there are few lines as following:

p-ii genunix: [ID 408114 kern.info] /pci@1e,600000/usb@a/storage@1 (scsa2usb0) offline

Jul 20 15:14:53 snap-ii usba: [ID 855233 kern.info] USB-device: storage@1, scsa2usb0 at bus address 2

Jul 20 15:14:53 snap-ii usba: [ID 349649 kern.info] Memorex, Mini TravelDrive, 0A006461326059A5

Jul 20 15:14:53 snap-ii genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] scsa2usb0 is /pci@1e,600000/usb@a/storage@1

Jul 20 15:14:53 snap-ii genunix: [ID 408114 kern.info] /pci@1e,600000/usb@a/storage@1 (scsa2usb0) online

Jul 20 15:14:55 snap-ii scsi: [ID 193665 kern.info] usb_sd0 at scsa2usb0: target 0 lun 0

Jul 20 15:14:55 snap-ii genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] usb_sd0 is /pci@1e,600000/usb@a/storage@1/disk@0,0

Jul 20 15:14:55 snap-ii genunix: [ID 408114 kern.info] /pci@1e,600000/usb@a/storage@1/disk@0,0 (usb_sd0) onli

ne

Jul 20 15:14:55 snap-ii scsi: [ID 193665 kern.info] usb_sd1 at scsa2usb0: target 0 lun 1

Jul 20 15:14:55 snap-ii genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] usb_sd1 is /pci@1e,600000/usb@a/storage@1/disk@0,1

Jul 20 15:14:55 snap-ii genunix: [ID 408114 kern.info] /pci@1e,600000/usb@a/storage@1/disk@0,1 (usb_sd1) onli

Ne

It tells you the USBFD is properly inserted, otherwise the USBFD is not compable for the SUN station.

1. Type the following to find the mounting point:

#cd /dev/dsk

#ls The following lines will be displayed:

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 42 Nov 11 2005 c0t2d0s5 -> ../../devices/pci@1e,600000/ide@d/sd@2,0:f

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 42 Nov 11 2005 c0t2d0s6 -> ../../devices/pci@1e,600000/ide@d/sd@2,0:g

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 42 Nov 11 2005 c0t2d0s7 -> ../../devices/pci@1e,600000/ide@d/sd@2,0:h

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 54 Jul 20 14:24 c1t0d0s0 -> ../../devices/pci@1e,600000/usb@a/storage@1/disk@0,0:a

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 54 Jul 20 14:24 c1t0d0s1 -> ../../devices/pci@1e,600000/usb@a/storage@1/disk@0,0:b

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 54 Jul 20 14:24 c1t0d0s2 -> ../../devices/pci@1e,600000/usb@a/storage@1/disk@0,0:c

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 54 Jul 20 14:24 c1t0d0s3 -> ../../devices/pci@1e,600000/usb@a/storage@1/disk@0,0:d

Note: if the USBFD is not plug in, then there is no c1t0d0s0 etc. there is only c0t0d0s0 etc.

1. So the c1t0d0s0 is the first mount point for your USBFD. Type the following to mount the USBFD:

# mount -Fpcfs /dev/dsk/c1t0d0s0:c /mnt ---note: there is a space between :c and /mnt. It will take 20 seconds to show up the # prompt again, indicate mounting completed.

To access the files in the USBFD:

#cd /mnt

# ls

(01)~1.MP3 -(02)~2.MP3 -(03)~3.MP3 -(05)~1.MP3 -(06)~2.MP3

To copy files from SUN to the USBFD:

#cp –r file_dir /mnt

1. Remove the USBFD from SUN:

#cd / - make sure you are not in the directory of /mnt otherwise:

It will say the device is busy!

# umount /mnt

umount: /mnt busy

# umount /mnt

#

It should come back with prompt #, then you could unplug the USBFD.

1. Note:

Only ROOT can mount/umount the USBFD. Normal users (including vnmr1) can

not mount/umount the USBFD.

This method is also works for some 60G USB external disks.

Checked ----- (Western Digital 40G and 60G) It takes few minutes to mount on. Be patient.

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