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Preface

1.  Installation Issues

2.  Oracle Solaris Runtime Issues

3.  System-Specific Issues

4.  End-of-Software Support Statements

5.  Documentation Issues

A.  Previously Documented Bugs That Were Fixed in the Oracle Solaris 10 9/10 Release

Preface


Note - This documentation is in prerelease status and is intended for demonstration and preliminary use only. It may not be specific to the hardware on which you are using the software. Oracle Corporation and its affiliates are not responsible for and expressly disclaim all warranties of any kind with respect to this documentation and will not be responsible for any loss, costs, or damages incurred due to the use of this documentation.


This document describes the Oracle Solaris 10 9/10 operating system (OS). For information about the Solaris 10 3/05, Solaris 10 3/05 HW1, Solaris 10 3/05 HW2, Solaris 10 1/06, Solaris 10 6/06, Solaris 10 11/06, Solaris 10 8/07, Solaris 10 5/08, Solaris 10 10/08, and Solaris 10 5/09 releases, see Solaris 10 5/09 Release Notes, (Sun part number 820–7273).

Oracle Solaris 10 9/10 Release Notes contains installation and runtime problem details. Also included are end-of-software support statements for the Oracle Solaris 10 OS.

For the latest version of this document, search for “Oracle Solaris 10 9/10 Release Notes” on http://docs.sun.com.


Note - This release supports systems that use the SPARC and x86 families of processor architectures: UltraSPARC, SPARC64, AMD64, Pentium, and Xeon EM64T. The supported systems appear in the Solaris 10 Hardware Compatibility List at http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl. This document cites any implementation differences between the platform types.

In this document the term “x86” refers to 64-bit and 32-bit systems manufactured using processors compatible with the AMD64 or Intel Xeon/Pentium product families. For supported systems, see the Solaris 10 Hardware Compatibility List.


Who Should Use This Book

These notes are for users and system administrators who install and use the Oracle Solaris 10 OS.

Related Books

You might need to refer to the following documentation when you install the Oracle Solaris 10 OS:

For information about current CERT advisories, see the official CERT web site at http://www.cert.org.

For some hardware configurations, you might need supplemental hardware-specific instructions for installing the Oracle Solaris software. If your system requires hardware-specific actions at certain points, the manufacturer of your hardware has provided supplemental Oracle Solaris installation documentation.

Third-Party Web Site References

Third-party URLs are referenced in this document and provide additional, related information.


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Documentation, Support, and Training

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Typographic Conventions

The following table describes the typographic conventions that are used in this book.

Table P-1 Typographic Conventions

Typeface
Meaning
Example
AaBbCc123
The names of commands, files, and directories, and onscreen computer output
Edit your .login file.

Use ls -a to list all files.

machine_name% you have mail.

AaBbCc123
What you type, contrasted with onscreen computer output
machine_name% su

Password:

aabbcc123
Placeholder: replace with a real name or value
The command to remove a file is rm filename.
AaBbCc123
Book titles, new terms, and terms to be emphasized
Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide.

A cache is a copy that is stored locally.

Do not save the file.

Note: Some emphasized items appear bold online.

Shell Prompts in Command Examples

The following table shows the default UNIX system prompt and superuser prompt for shells that are included in the Oracle Solaris OS. Note that the default system prompt that is displayed in command examples varies, depending on the Oracle Solaris release.

Table P-2 Shell Prompts

Shell
Prompt
Bash shell, Korn shell, and Bourne shell
$
Bash shell, Korn shell, and Bourne shell for superuser
#
C shell
machine_name%
C shell for superuser
machine_name#