New Minimum Memory Requirement
Changes in Upgrade Support for Solaris Releases
Support for Products Not Part of the Solaris OS
Installation Change for the Solaris Companion DVD
Solaris Live Upgrade and Solaris Zones
Patching Miniroot on x86 Machines
Additional Procedures Required When Installing Patches for Solaris 10 11/06 Release
Resolving Issues With the GNOME Display Manager (6277164)
Sun Fire V250 Server Installation
NFS Version 4 Introduces New Prompt at First System Boot
Custom JumpStart and Advanced Installations
x86: Systems With elx or pcelx NICs Fail Network Configuration
Default Size of /var File System Inadequate for Extra Value Products
x86: Do Not Upgrade Hewlett-Packard (HP) Vectra XU Series Systems With BIOS Version GG.06.13
SPARC: Older Firmware Might Need Boot Flash PROM Update
Additional Patches Are Needed to Run Solaris Live Upgrade
Limitation When Installing Solaris Live Upgrade Packages
SPARC: Upgrade Hangs on Sun Blade 1500 Workstations (6363365)
x86: Failure of BIOS Device Utility Prevents Installation or Upgrade From Being Completed (6362108)
Upgrade Option Unavailable if the Root (/) File System Is a RAID-1 Volume (Mirror) (6263122)
Cannot Create a Solaris Flash Archive When Solaris Zones Are Installed (6246943)
x86: Serial Consoles of Some Sun Fire Systems Do Not Work (6208412)
x86: X Server Unable to Open Mouse Device in Sun LX50 Servers (5027771)
Locales Problem After Upgrading a System With Non-Global Zones Installed (6494427)
SPARC: Installing a Solaris Flash Archive Causes Sun4v System to Hang (6411690)
x86: Install Hangs on Systems With 512 Mbyte of Memory (6423854)
x86: SVM Upgrade Fails From Solaris 9 9/05 OS to Solaris 10 11/06 or to Solaris Express (6397251)
Solaris Not Sending a PRLI to Tape Device (6379955)
x86: Custom JumpStart Profile Test Fails With Locale Keyword (6340509)
x86: Invalid /sbin/dhcpinfo Error During Installation (6332044)
x86: Installation From CD Media Appears to Hang After Reboot Selection (6270371)
x86: kdmconfig Program Runs Twice After Initial Installation (6209092)
x86: System Fails to Boot After Custom JumpStart Installation (6205478)
x86: GUI Interactive Installation From DVD Fails if boot-device Variable Is Not Set (5065465)
SPARC: Solaris 10 OS Installation Program Might Not Display Special Case Panels Properly (5002175)
x86: USB Keyboards Might Freeze During Install on Some Dell Precision Workstations (4888849)
Warnings Might Occur When a File System Is Created (4189127)
Upgrade Fails on System With Zones That Have Been Installed But Not Booted
Zone Creation Error With SUNWgnome-a11y-libs-share (6437617)
qlc.conf Configuration File Not Updated While Upgrading to Solaris 10 11/06 Release (6428334)
x86: Upgrade Option Is Not Available When Upgrading to Solaris Express 3/06 OS (6386504)
Device ID Discrepancies After Upgrading From Solaris 9 9/04 OS
Locale Problem Occurs After You Upgrade a System That Contains Zones (6361672)
x86: Adding Driver Updates Might Cause Failure of Network Configuration (6353146)
Solaris Live Upgrade luupgrade Command Missing the Progress Bar (6239850)
SPARC: Upgrading From Solaris 9 Releases With Recommended Patch Cluster Partially Succeeds (6202868)
Configuration File pam.conf Not Automatically Updated After an Upgrade (5060721)
Installer Text Display Problem When Using Solaris Live Upgrade (4736488)
SPARC: Removal of SUNWjxcft Package Records Error During Upgrade (4525236)
Upgrading to Solaris 10 Release Might Disable Existing Secure Shell Daemon (sshd) (4626093)
Upgrade Fails if /export Directory Is Near Capacity (4409601)
Upgrading Diskless Client Servers and Clients (4363078)
Additional Installation Issues
Patchadd Fails When Installing Patches From the UpgradePatches Directory (6241052)
smosservice add Command Does Not Install Designated ARCH=all Packages (4871256)
StarOffice Patch Application Requires Additional Steps
StarOffice and StarSuite Software Cannot Coexist in the Same System
Additional Related Locales Might Be Installed
Languages CD Installs All Languages By Default With Solaris Live Upgrade (4898832)
4. End-of-Software Support Statements
A. Table of Integrated Bug Fixes in the Solaris 10 Operating System
This chapter describes problems that relate to the installation of the Solaris 10 Operating System.
Note - Some of the issues and bugs in this chapter have been fixed in subsequent Solaris 10 releases. If you have upgraded your Solaris software, certain issues and bugs in this chapter might no longer apply. To see which bugs and issues no longer apply to your specific Solaris 10 software, refer to Appendix A, Table of Integrated Bug Fixes in the Solaris 10 Operating System.