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Solaris 7 3/99 Release Notes (Intel Platform Edition)
Book Information
Preface
Chapter 1 Installing Solaris 7 3/99 Software
Backing Up Your System
Installing Solaris 7 3/99 System Software
Verifying the Installation
Using Solaris 7 as an Install Server
Installing Solaris 7 3/99 System Software on Diskless Clients and AutoClients From a Server
Verifying the Installation
Upgrading to Solaris 7 3/99 System Software
Upgrading From the Solaris 2.5.1 or 2.6 Operating Environment
Upgrading From the Solaris 7 Operating Environment
Analyzing the Patches
Running the analyze_patches Script
Reviewing the Patch Analyzer Output
Upgrading to Solaris 7 3/99 System Software From the Solaris 7 Operating Environment
Verifying the Upgrade
Updating Diskless Clients and AutoClients From a Server After an Upgrade
Identifying the Version of Your Solaris 7 3/99 Software
Chapter 2 Installation Issues
Solaris Web Start Bugs
Cannot Move the Root File System (4046659)
Products May Not Use All Reserved Space (4059182)
The Root (/) File System Extends Beyond HBA Cylinder 1023 (4062008)
Interactive Installation Issues
Solaris dtlogin Screen
dtlogin Notes for System Administrators
Interactive Installation Bugs
Installation Fails With a False Non-Mountable File System Error (4164303)
TotalNET Advanced Server (SunLink) Drivers Cause Panic After a Reboot (4121961)
Installation Bugs That Occur Before the Start of an Interactive Installation
DiskSuite May Cause Data Loss (4121281)
Installation Bugs That Occur During an Interactive Installation
Erroneous Messages Indicating Packages Added a Second Time (1235464)
Installation Progress Bar May Be Inaccurate (1266156)
JumpStart Installs on Wrong Default Boot Disk (4027156)
Installation of Diskless Client Does Not Preserve Changes in the dfstab File on a Server (4045544)
Installation Bugs You Need to Know About Before the Start of an Upgrade
Installation Bugs That May Occur During an Upgrade
Multiple Architecture Server Cannot Be Patched (1249343)
Disk Space Requirements Can Be Exaggerated By the Upgrade Process (4041733)
elxl: elx: After Upgrading, the Ethernet Controller Does Not Work (4193228)
Solaris Installation Bugs
Warnings May Occur When Creating a File System (4189127)
Not All Locales Supported Outside of Entire Metacluster (4181942)
System Administration Installation Bugs
Addition of Solaris 7 Service to an OS Server Results in an Upgrade Failure Message (4171470)
Chapter 3 Late-Breaking Solaris Runtime Issues
Debugging
dbx 4.0 Cannot Dump the Stack Trace When Debugging a Multi-Threaded Program (4207409)
Chapter 4 End-of-Support Statements
End of Software Support Statements for Future Releases of the Solaris Operating Environment
The sysidnis(1M) System Identification Program
Appendix A Maintenance Update Patch List
Patch List
Appendix B Hardware Compatibility List for Solaris 7 (Intel Platform Edition) 3/99
Added Support for Video Devices
Added Support for Physical Address Extension (PAE) Mode
Disabling PAE Mode Support
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