About ChorusOS 5.0 Documentation

ChorusOS 5.0 Installation Collection

The ChorusOS 5.0 Installation Collection contains documents relevant to installing the ChorusOS operating system (host, targets, boot services, network connections). A brief description of each document in this collection follows.

Table 3-1 ChorusOS 5.0 Installation Collection

Document title 

Description 

About ChorusOS 5.0 Documentation

This book is intended for all users of ChorusOS products. 

ChorusOS 5.0 Installation Guide

This book documents the procedures for installing, building, and booting ChorusOS system. It describes how to: 

  • Install the ChorusOS operating system on a host workstation running the Solaris operating environment.

  • Set up a boot server running on the Solaris operating environment.

  • Build and boot the ChorusOS operating system on the UltraSPARC, Intel, PowerPC, and MPC8xx supported reference targets.

This document is aimed at system administrators and solution designers. It is the companion volume to the ChorusOS 5.0 System Administrator's Guide.

ChorusOS 5.0 Transition Guide

This book provides information on:

  • The major differences between version 4.0 and version 5.0 of the ChorusOS operating system.

  • Porting your existing software applications and drivers.

This book is intended for solution designers, application developers, and system administrators.