How to Install MATLAB 7.2 Using ISO Images

Before You Begin

Note that this method consumes considerable disk space.

1. Obtain the MATLAB 7.2 CDs .

   There are three CDs in the MATLAB/Simulink package. Only discs 1 and 3 are needed for a simple MATLAB installation.

2. Create and install an lx branded zone as described in How to Configure, Verify, and Commit the lx Branded Zone and Installing and Booting lx Branded Zones.

3. Copy the data from each CD to a .iso file.

   global# /usr/bin/dd if=/dev/rdsk/c1d0s2 of=disk1.iso

   
   

   This copies the data from the first CD to the file disk1.iso. Repeat, using a different file name such as disk3.iso, for the third CD.

4. From the global zone, lofi-mount the first .iso file in the lx zone.

   global# lofiadm -a /zpool/local/disk1.iso global# mount -F hsfs /dev/lofi/1 /zones/lx-zone/root/mnt

   
   

5. Log in to the lx zone.

   global# zlogin lx-zone

   
   

6. Use X forwarding to redirect the display to your desktop:

   lx-zone# ssh -X root@lx-zone

   
   

7. Create the license file as described in the MATLAB documentation.

8. Install the product as described in the product installation guide.

   lx-zone# /mnt/install

   
   

9. When prompted to insert CD 3, go back to the global zone terminal window and mount disk3.isofile in place of the first.

   global# umount /zones/lx-zone/root/mnt global# lofiadm -d /dev/lofi/1 global# lofiadm -a /zpool/local/disk3.iso global# mount -F hsfs /dev/lofi/1 /zones/lx-zone/root/mnt

   
   

   The installation will finish.

Backing Up lx Branded Zones

For information on zone backup, see About Backing Up a Solaris System With Zones Installed, Determining What to Back Up in Non-Global Zones, Backing Up a Solaris System With Installed Zones, About Restoring Non-Global Zones, and Restoring a Non-Global Zone.

Features That Are Not Supported in an lx Branded Zone

The chroot command is not supported in a Linux zone. If used on a process, that process would no longer be able to see the Solaris libraries it needs to run.

Although you can configure and install lx branded zones on a Trusted Solaris system that has labels enabled, you cannot boot lx branded zones on this system configuration.

You cannot add local Linux file systems using the fs resource property of the zonecfg command.