Oracle Solaris 11 Express Installation Options

There are a number of options for installing Oracle Solaris 11 Express on your system:

• Perform a new interactive installation of the OS from the live CD ISO image or from the text installer image.

  To decide whether to use the graphical user interface (GUI) installer on the live CD or the text installer, refer to the additional information in Chapter 3, Installing Oracle Solaris 11 Express. For instructions, see How to Prepare to Install Oracle Solaris From the Live CD or Text Installer.

• Run Oracle Solaris 11 Express in a virtual machine.

  For instructions, see Preparing to Run Oracle Solaris 11 Express in a Virtual Machine.

• Upgrade a system that is running the OpenSolaris 2009.06 release to Oracle Solaris 11 Express. For detailed instructions, see Oracle Solaris 11 Express Release Notes .

• Install Oracle Solaris on multiple client systems by using the automated installer (AI).

  The AI essentially performs “hands-free” network installations on both x86 and SPARC based systems. Use this option for fast installations on multiple systems that do not require any customization.

  As another option, you can download a SPARC or x86 an AI image, then burn the image to removable media, such as a CD, DVD, or for x86 installations, a USB stick. Then, you can boot the AI media directly on each of your systems to initiate an automated installation. Note that each system requires network access because the installation process retrieves packages from a networked IPS repository. Installations that use AI media are non-interactive.