Overview of the Solaris Documentation Set

When you purchase the Solaris 8 product, you receive a documentation set that can include:

• Printed documents that describe installation and configuration, including:

  • An installation quick reference card to guide you through the installation: Solaris 8 Start Here

  • Release notes that contain installation issues: Solaris 8 (SPARC Platform Edition) Release Notes or Solaris 8 (Intel Platform Edition) Release Notes

• Online documents, including:

  • Online AnswerBook2 collections that contain the full documentation set for the product

  • A README file that describes the installation of the Solaris documentation collections: Solaris 8 Documentation CD README

  • Installation documentation in PDF and HTML format, including:

    • Solaris 8 (SPARC Platform Edition) Online Release Notes or Solaris 8 (Intel Platform Edition) Online Release Notes

    • Solaris 8 (SPARC Platform Edition) Installation Guide or Solaris 8 (Intel Platform Edition) Installation Guide

    • Solaris 8 (Intel Platform Edition) Hardware Compatibility List

    • Solaris 8 (Intel Platform Edition) Device Configuration Guide

You might not have printed documents if your software was preinstalled. You might have printed documentation for other products that are packaged with the Solaris operating environment, but they are not described here.