How This Book Is Organized

This section describes the chapters in this book.

Chapter 1, Overview of Solaris 8 Installation provides an overview of the different ways to install Solaris 8.

Chapter 2, Disk Space Planning describes how to plan disk space.

Chapter 3, Organization of Solaris 8 CDs illustrates how the Solaris 8 CDs are organized.

Chapter 4, Preconfiguring System Configuration Information describes how to set up preconfiguration installation information.

Chapter 5, Using the Solaris 8 Interactive Installation Program describes how to use the Solaris 8 Interactive Installation Program to install and upgrade Solaris on a SPARC and an IA based system.

Chapter 6, Preparing Custom JumpStart Installations discusses how to set up and prepare a custom JumpStart installation.

Chapter 7, Using Optional Custom JumpStart Features describes how to create begin and finish scripts and how to take advantage of other optional custom JumpStart features.

Chapter 8, Creating Custom Rule and Probe Keywords provides information and procedures for creating your own custom rule and probe keywords.

Chapter 9, Preparing to Install Solaris Software Over the Network discusses how to prepare to install Solaris software over a network.

Chapter 10, Performing a Custom JumpStart Installation describes how to perform a custom JumpStart installation.

Chapter 11, Example of Setting Up and Installing Solaris Software With Custom JumpStart shows, by example, how to set up and use Custom JumpStart to install Solaris software on a SPARC and an IA based system.

Chapter 12, Troubleshooting offers suggestions about how to troubleshoot and resolve problems you might encounter during installation.

Appendix A, Platform Names and Groups lists the platform names and groups of various hardware platforms, which you might need when preparing a system on which to install Solaris software.

Appendix B, Locale Values lists the values that are required to set the locale keyword in a profile, which defines how Solaris is to be installed on a system.

Glossary defines selected terms and phrases used in this book.