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Solaris 8 Advanced Installation Guide

Solaris 8 Interactive Installation Program Post-Upgrade Task

When you upgrade, the Solaris 8 Interactive Installation Program merges local software modifications of the existing system with the new Solaris software. However, in some situations, merging is not possible. After you finish upgrading a system, you might need to correct some local modifications that were not preserved.

Caution – Caution –

Your system might not boot if you do not correct the local modifications that were not preserved.

To Correct Local Modifications After Upgrading

  1. Review the contents of the following file to determine whether you need to correct local modifications that the Solaris 8 Interactive Installation Program could not preserve.

    /a/var/sadm/system/data/upgrade_cleanup

  2. Correct any local modifications that were not preserved.

  3. Reboot the system.


    # reboot