Solaris 8 (SPARC Platform Edition) 6/00 Release Notes Update

Solaris Web Start 3.0 Bugs You Need to Know About Before Using the Solaris 8 Installation CD

Installation Kiosk Does Not Look Up DNS Correctly (4318101)

If you use the Solaris 8 Installation CD to install the Solaris 8 6/00 operating environment, select DNS as the name service, and type a host name as the proxy, the installation kiosk does not look up DNS correctly, and the attempt to establish a network connection fails. The following message is displayed.

Connection Failure

Workaround: To enable the installation kiosk to resolve the IP address of the proxy server, perform the following steps:

Open a terminal window.
Start the nscd daemon to enable the kiosk to resolve the proxy server IP address.
# /usr/sbin/nscd

For more information on the nscd daemon, see the man page nscd(1M).

To prevent this problem, type an IP address as the HTTP proxy instead of a host name.

Cannot Specify an Alternate Network Interface to Use During System Identification on Network Gateway Systems (4302896)

A network gateway is used to communicate with other networks. A gateway system contains multiple network interface adapters and each adapter connects with a different network.

If you use the Solaris 8 6/00 Installation CD to install the Solaris 8 6/00 operating environment on a gateway system, Solaris Web Start 3.0 uses the primary interface to gather system information. You cannot instruct Solaris Web Start 3.0 to use an alternate network interface to gather information for system identification.

Workaround: To specify another interface for gathering system information, choose one of the following workarounds.

Create a sysidcfg file that specifies the network interface to use during system identification. See "Guidelines for Preconfiguring With the sysidcfg File" in Solaris 8 Advanced Installation Guide and the man page sysidcfg(4) for information on how to create and modify a sysidcfg file.
Use the Solaris 8 6/00 Software 1 of 2 CD to launch an Interactive Installation of the Solaris 8 6/00 operating environment. Specify that the system is networked, and then select the alternate network interface to use for system identification from the list provided.