Installing
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The Web Start Flash installation feature
enables you to create a single reference installation of the Solaris operating
environment on a machine and then replicate that installation on several machines.
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4/01
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The system identification utilities automatically
attempt to determine the default router during installation.
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4/01
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During system identification, the system
identification utilities can configure systems to be LDAP clients. Prior Solaris
releases allowed the configuration of a machine only as a NIS, NIS+, or DNS
client.
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1/01
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The SolarisTM Web
Start 3.0 installation method was updated to allow you to modify the selected
Solaris Software Group by adding or removing software packages.
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1/01
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Upgrading
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The Patch Analyzer is now available when
you upgrade with the Solaris Web Start 3.0 installation method on the Solaris
8 Installation CD. The Patch Analyzer 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 a Solaris 8 Update release.
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6/00
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Administering and Uninstalling Software
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A new version of the Solaris Product
Registry tool has been released. The Solaris Product Registry 3.0 includes
these new features:
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Ability to uninstall individual system packages.
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All of the Solaris system products that you installed in their
localized version appear in the System Software Localizations folder.
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Registry is compatible with more installation wizards.
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1/01
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Early Access
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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.
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6/00
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