This section describes top-level directories on each DVD and CD.
The following figure shows the directories on the Solaris 8 Intel Platform Edition DVD.
Slice 0 (s0) contains the Solaris 8 miniroot.
Slice 2 (s2) contains Copyright and the following directories:
Euro_Doc_CD directory – Contains the tools and software necessary to install the Solaris 8 Documentation European.
Asian_Doc_CD directory – Contains the tools and software necessary to install the Solaris 8 Documentation Asian.
Solaris_8 directory – Contains the tools, software, and configuration information necessary to install the Solaris 8 software product. The Solaris_8 directory contains the following subdirectories:
Docs – An empty directory.
EA – Preliminary evaluation software and Solaris products not directly part of the Solaris operating environment.
Misc – The jumpstart_sample directory, which includes a rules file, a check script, profiles, begin scripts, finish scripts, and other JumpStart software and files.
Patches – All the Solaris 8 patches available at the time of this release
Product – The Solaris 8 packages and control files.
Tools – The Solaris 8 installation tools, which include add_install_client, dial, rm_install_client, and setup_install_server. The Tools directory also contains the Boot subdirectory, which contains the Solaris 8 miniroot.
The following figure shows the directories on the Solaris 8 Installation Multilingual Intel Platform Edition CD or Solaris 8 Installation Intel Platform Edition CD.
Slice 0 (s0) contains the Copyright and scripts that install the Solaris software. These scripts include:
add_install_client
modify_install_server
rm_install_client
Slice 1 (s1) contains the Solaris 8 miniroot.
The following figures show the directory structure of the Solaris 8 Software Intel Platform Edition CDs.
Slice 0 (s0) contains the Copyright and the Solaris_8 directory. The Solaris_8 directory contains all the tools, software, and configuration necessary to install, at a minimum, the Solaris 8 software product, including the Solaris Core and End User System Support software groups. The Solaris_8 directory contains the following subdirectories:
Docs – Empty
EA – A text file that directs you to the Solaris 8 Software 2 of 2 Intel Platform Edition CD.
Misc – The jumpstart_sample directory, which includes a rules file, a check script, profiles, begin scripts, finish scripts, and other JumpStart software and files.
Patches – All the Solaris 8 patches available at the time the Solaris 8 Software 1 of 2 Intel Platform Edition CD was created.
Product – The Solaris 8 packages and control files.
Tools – The Solaris 8 installation tools, which include boot miniroot, add_install_client, dial, rm_install_client, and setup_install_server.
The following figure shows the directories on the Solaris 8 Software 2 of 2 Intel Platform Edition CD.
The sol_8_ia_2 directory contains the Copyright, the Solaris Web Start installer, and the Solaris_8 directory. The Solaris_8 directory contains the following subdirectories:
EA – Preliminary evaluation software and Solaris products not directly part of the Solaris operating environment
Product – A limited number of packages, Developer system Support, Entire Distribution, and Entire Distribution Plus OEM Support software groups.
Tools – The Solaris 8 installation tools, which include add_to_install_server, and install_source.