Checklist for Installation

Use the following checklist to prepare to install the Solaris operating environment.

• If you intend to install the Solaris software on a system through a tip(1) line, make sure your window display is at least 80 columns wide and 24 rows long.

  To determine the current dimensions of your tip window, use the stty(1) command.

• If the system is part of a network, verify that an Ethernet connector or similar network adapter is plugged into your system.

• If you are installing with the Solaris Web Start program using the Solaris 8 Installation CD, review the requirements in Requirements When Using the Solaris 8 Installation CD.

• Verify that you have enough disk space. For more information, refer to Chapter 4, Guidelines for Allocating Disk Space.

• When you are using DVD media and if you use the boot dvdrom command at the ok prompt, the system does not boot from the DVD-ROM drive. When you are asked to boot from the OK prompt, always type the following command: boot cdrom.

• Review the Solaris 8 Release Notes and vendor release notes to ensure that the software you use is supported in the new Solaris release.

• Review the Solaris 8 Sun Hardware Platform Guide to make sure your hardware is supported.

• Review the documentation that came with your system to make sure your system and devices are supported by the Solaris release.