Solaris 8 Installation Supplement

Chapter 1 What's New at a Glance

This chapter highlights new installation features added to the Solaris 8 operating environment in the 6/00 release.

Table 1-1 Solaris 8 Features

Description 

First Released in . . . 

Upgrading 

The Patch Analyzer is now available when upgrading with Web Start 3.0 using the Solaris 8 6/00 Installation CD. The Patch Analzer performs an analysis on your system to determine which (if any) patches will be removed or downgraded by upgrading from the Solaris 8 release to the Solaris 8 6/00 release.  

 6/00

Early Access 

This release includes an Early Access (EA) directory with EA software. For more information, see the README on the Solaris 8 Software 2 of 2 CD.

6/00