ChorusOS 5.0 Target Family Guide (Intel Platform Edition)

Preface

How This Guide is Organized

ChorusOS 5.0 Intel x86/Pentium specific information is provided in the following major sections:

Related Books

See the ChorusOS 5.0 Installation Guide for a description of the installation process of the ChorusOS 5.0 product on a host workstation running the SolarisTM operating environment. This document also describes how to set up a boot server running the Solaris operating environment.

See the ChorusOS 5.0 Features and Architecture Overview for a detailed description of the ChorusOS 5.0 features.

Typographical Conventions

The following table describes the typographic changes used in this book.

Table 1-1 Typographical Conventions

Typeface or Symbol 

Meaning 

Example 

AaBbCc123

 The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output

Edit your .login file.

Use ls -a to list all files.

machine_name% you have mail.

AaBbCc123

 What you type, contrasted with on-screen computer outputmachine_name% su Password:

AaBbCc123

 Command-line placeholder: replace with a real name or value

To delete a file, type rm filename.

AaBbCc123

Book titles, new words or terms, or words to be emphasized 

Read Chapter 6 in User's Guide.

These are called class options.

You must be root to do this.

Shell Prompts

The following table shows the default system prompt and superuser prompt for the C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell.

Table 1-2 Shell Prompts

Shell 

Prompt 

 C shell promptmachine_name%
 C shell superuser promptmachine_name#
 Bourne shell and Korn shell prompt$
 Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser prompt#

Ordering Sun Documents

Fatbrain.com, an Internet professional bookstore, stocks selected product documentation from Sun Microsystems, Inc.

For a list of documents and how to order them, visit the Sun Documentation Center on Fatbrain.com at http://www1.fatbrain.com/documentation/sun.

Accessing Sun Documentation Online

The docs.sun.comSM Web site enables you to access Sun technical documentation online. You can browse the docs.sun.com archive or search for a specific book title or subject. The URL is http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/indexes/documentation/index.html.

Obtaining Technical Support

Contact your account manager in order to identify your authorized Sun support provider for ChorusOS support information.

For general information on Sun Support Access Offerings, visit: http://www.sun.com/developers/support or contact the Sun Developer Connection Program office near you.