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Solaris 8 (SPARC Platform Edition) Installation Guide
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Preface
Chapter 1 Getting Started
Terms Used in This Book
Planning and Setting Up for Installation
Ways to Run Solaris Web Start
What Determines Which Interface Is Used
To Plan Your Installation
To Set Up for Installation
Chapter 2 Using Solaris Web Start
Default Behavior and Limitations of Solaris Web Start
Limitations of Default Install on Systems With More Than One Disk
Laying Out a File System Manually
Using Solaris Web Start to Install Solaris
To Configure Your System
To Install Solaris
Using Solaris Web Start With an Install Server
Chapter 3 Upgrading a System
Ways to Upgrade a System
Frequently Asked Questions About Upgrading
Upgrading Your System
To Get Started
To Back Up a System
To Plan for Upgrading
To Set Up for Upgrading
To Configure Your System for Upgrading
To Upgrade Solaris
To Clean Up After Upgrading
Chapter 4 Adding and Removing Software After Installing Solaris 8
Adding Software With Solaris Web Start
To Add Software With Solaris Web Start
Adding and Removing Software With the Product Registry
Purpose
How the Product Registry Works
To List Information About All Installed Products
To Check the Integrity of an Installed Product
To Install Software With the Product Registry
To Uninstall Products
Adding and Removing Packages With Admintool
To Add Packages With Admintool
To Remove Packages With Admintool
Adding and Removing Packages With pkgadd and pkgrm
To Add Packages With pkgadd
Example: Installing Software From a Mounted CD
To Remove Packages With pkgrm
Example: Removing Software From a System
Chapter 5 Troubleshooting
Booting a System
Error Messages
Upgrading Solaris Software
Error Messages
General Problems
Appendix A Packages on the Solaris 8 Software 1 of 2 SPARC Platform Edition CD
Appendix B Packages on the Solaris 8 Software 2 of 2 SPARC Platform Edition CD
Appendix C Packages on the Solaris 8 Languages SPARC Platform Edition CD
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