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Solaris 8 Advanced Installation Guide

SPARC: Solaris 8 Media

The following tables list the primary DVD and CD media for the Solaris 8 SPARC Platform Edition software. You receive a multilingual media kit that contains a DVD or CDs for English, other languages, and locale software.

Table 30–1 SPARC: Multilingual DVD Media

DVD Title 

Description 

Solaris 8 SPARC Platform Edition DVD

Contains the following: 

  • Software, tools, and configuration information to install the Solaris product and all partial locales

  • Source code for some third-party public domain software

  • Interface software and documentation that has been localized

  • The Solaris documentation set for English, European, and Asian languages that includes Japanese

For directory structures, see Figure 30–1.

Table 30–2 SPARC: Multilingual CD Media

CD Title 

Description 

You receive one of these CDs: 

  • Solaris 8 Installation SPARC Platform Edition CD

  • Solaris 8 Installation Multilingual SPARC Platform Edition CD

  • Contains scripts to install Solaris software. For directory structures, see Figure 30–2.

  • Contains scripts to install Solaris software and all partial locales. For directory structures, see Figure 30–2.

Solaris 8 Software 1 of 2 SPARC Platform Edition CD

Contains the software, tools, and configuration information to install the Solaris product. For directory structures, see Figure 30–3.

Solaris 8 Software 2 of 2 SPARC Platform Edition CD

Contains the following: 

  • A limited number of packages, which the software prompts you to install if necessary

  • Source code for some third-party public domain software

For directory structures, see Figure 30–4.

The installation program prompts you for this CD if necessary. 

Solaris 8 Languages SPARC Platform Edition CD

Contains interface software and documentation that has been localized. For directory structures, see Figure 30–10.

The installation program prompts you for this CD if it is necessary to support languages for specific geographic regions. 

Solaris 8 Documentation CD 

 

Contains the Solaris documentation sets. For directory structures, see Figure 30–9.