Preface

Creating a Custom Oracle Solaris 11 Installation Image provides instructions for using the Oracle Solaris Distribution Constructor (DC) tool to build custom Oracle Solaris installation images.

Related Information

Installing Oracle Solaris 11 Systems provides instructions for installing and configuring the Oracle Solaris operating system (OS) using any of the following methods:

A LiveCD image
An interactive text installer
The Oracle Solaris Automated Installer (AI) feature
The Oracle Solaris SCI Tool interactive system configuration tool
The sysconfig(1M) command line system configuration tool

Creating and Administering Oracle Solaris 11 Boot Environments describes how to manage multiple boot environments on your Oracle Solaris system, including non-global zones.

Chapter 5, Managing Services (Overview), in Oracle Solaris Administration: Common Tasks describes the Oracle Solaris Service Management Facility (SMF) feature. You can use SMF profiles to configure your system.

The pkg(5) man page describes the Oracle Solaris Image Packaging System (IPS) feature, which enables you to store and retrieve software packages for installation. The pkg(1) man page explains how to install IPS packages.

See the Oracle Solaris 11 System Administration documentation for more information about how to administer Oracle Solaris 11 systems.

Transitioning From Oracle Solaris 10 JumpStart to Oracle Solaris 11 Automated Installer provides information to help you migrate from JumpStart to AI, both of which are automated installation features of Oracle Solaris.

Access to Oracle Support

Oracle customers have access to electronic support through My Oracle Support. For information, visit http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=acc&id=info or visit http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=acc&id=trs if you are hearing impaired.

Typographic Conventions

The following table describes the typographic conventions that are used in this book.

Table P-1 Typographic Conventions

Typeface	Meaning	Example
`AaBbCc123`	The names of commands, files, and directories, and onscreen computer output	Edit your `.login` file. Use `ls -a` to list all files. `machine_name% you have mail.`
`AaBbCc123`	What you type, contrasted with onscreen computer output	`machine_name%` `su` `Password:`
`aabbcc123`	Placeholder: replace with a real name or value	The command to remove a file is `rm` `filename`.
AaBbCc123	Book titles, new terms, and terms to be emphasized	Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide. A cache is a copy that is stored locally. Do not save the file. Note: Some emphasized items appear bold online.

Shell Prompts in Command Examples

The following table shows the default UNIX system prompt and superuser prompt for shells that are included in the Oracle Solaris OS. Note that the default system prompt that is displayed in command examples varies, depending on the Oracle Solaris release.

Table P-2 Shell Prompts

Shell	Prompt
Bash shell, Korn shell, and Bourne shell	`$`
Bash shell, Korn shell, and Bourne shell for superuser	`#`
C shell	`machine_name%`
C shell for superuser	`machine_name#`

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