Solaris 10 11/06 Installation Guide: Solaris Live Upgrade and Upgrade Planning

Related Books

Table P–1 lists related information that you might need when you install the Solaris software.

Table P–1 Related Information

Information 

Description 

Solaris 10 11/06 Installation Guide: Planning for Installation and Upgrade

Guides you through planning the installation or upgrade of the Solaris operating system. This book provides overviews of all the Solaris installation programs. This book also provides overviews of the following features as they relate to installation: 

  • GRUB, the open source boot loader

  • Solaris Zones partitioning technology

  • RAID-1 volumes that can be created at installation time

Solaris 10 11/06 Installation Guide: Basic Installations

Describes a basic OS installation with a graphical user interface (GUI). 

Solaris 10 11/06 Installation Guide: Network-Based Installations

Describes how to perform a remote Solaris installation over a local area network or a secure installation over a wide area network. 

Solaris 10 11/06 Installation Guide: Custom JumpStart and Advanced Installations

Describes how to create the files and directories necessary to perform an unattended custom JumpStartTM installation.

Solaris 10 11/06 Installation Guide: Solaris Flash Archives (Creation and Installation)

Provides instructions for creating Solaris Flash archives that are used to install the Solaris OS on multiple systems. 

Chapter 24, Backing Up and Restoring File Systems (Overview), in System Administration Guide: Devices and File Systems

Describes how to back up system files and other system administration tasks. 

Solaris Release Notes

Describes any bugs, known problems, software that is being discontinued, and patches that are related to the Solaris release. 

SPARC: Solaris Sun Hardware Platform Guide

Contains information about supported Sun hardware. 

Solaris Package List

Lists and describes the packages in the Solaris OS. 

Solaris Hardware Compatibility List for x86 Platforms

Contains supported hardware information and device configuration. 

A web-based database that contains supported hardware information and device configuration. Covers SPARC and x86 based systems from Sun Microsystems and other vendors.