Preface

The Release Notes for Solaris 7 3/99 are provided in two sets:

• The Solaris 7 3/99 Online Release Notes are included as ASCII files on the Solaris 7 3/99 CD in the SUNWrdm package as well as on http://sun.docs.sun. They cover:

  • installation_bugs file with known installation problems. This file contains duplicate information that is also included in the Solaris^TM 7 3/99 (SPARC^TMPlatform Edition) Release Notes and the Solaris 7 3/99 (Intel Platform Edition) Release Notes

  • runtime_bugs file with known runtime problems

  • new_features file with information about new features that arrived too late to be included in the "What's New In Solaris 7" section of the "Solaris 7 Installation Library" manual

  • eof file with end-of-software support statements

  • patches file that lists already released as well as preliminary patches and includes CERT Advisories that have been fixed in the Solaris 7 release

  • driverupdate file with late-breaking information about device drivers

Here is how you access the the ASCII files of the Solaris 7 3/99 Online Release Notes on your Solaris CD:

• You can access the online release notes (the SUNWrdm package) as follows for the SPARC platform:

  • When booting from the Solaris 7 3/99 CD, information about this release can be found in the directory:

    /cdrom/sol_7_399_sparc/s0/Solaris_2.7/Docs/release_info/C

  • The default installed location for information about this release can be found in the directory:

    /usr/share/release_info/Solaris_2.7/C

• You can access the online release notes (the SUNWrdm package) as follows for the x86 platform:

  • When booting from the Solaris 7 3/99 CD, information about this release can be found in the directory:

    /cdrom/sol_7_399_x86/s2/Solaris_2.7/Docs/release_info/C

  • The default installed location for information about this release can be found in the directory:

    /usr/share/release_info/Solaris_2.7/C

The name of this product is Solaris 7 3/99 but code and path or package path names may use Solaris 2.7 or SunOS 5.7. Always follow the code or path as it is written.

The Solaris 7 3/99 (SPARC Platform Edition) Release Notes and the Solaris 7 (Intel Platform Edition) Release Notes are available in print as well as on http://sun.docs.sun. Both document provide additional information not included in the Solaris 7 3/99 Online Release Notes.

Be sure to read all documents.

Who Should Use This Book

These notes are for users, system administrators, and developers who are installing and using Solaris 7 3/99 software.

If you are using any Solaris locale other than the C/POSIX locale, be sure to check locale-specific bugs and issues in the "Localization Issues" and "Localization Bugs" sections of the "Runtime" chapter.

Related Books

You may need to refer to the following manuals when installing Solaris software:

• Solaris 7 (SPARC Platform Edition) Start Here

• Solaris 7 (SPARC Platform Edition) Installation Library

• Solaris 7 (Intel Platform Edition) Start Here

• Solaris 7 (Intel Platform Edition) Installation Library

• Solaris 7 Installation Supplement

• Solaris 7 System Administration Supplement

• Solaris 7 Software Developer Supplement

Ordering Sun Documents

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For a list of documents and how to order them, see the catalog section of the SunExpress^TM Internet site at http://www.sun.com/sunexpress.