The SolarisTM 8 (Intel Platform Edition) 2/02 Release Notes contains installation problem details and other information that were not available until immediately before the release of the Solaris 8 2/02 operating environment.
In this document the term "IA" refers to the Intel 32-bit processor architecture, which includes the Pentium, Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Pentium II Xeon, Celeron, Pentium III, Pentium III Xeon, and Pentium 4 processors and compatible microprocessor chips made by AMD.
These notes are for users and system administrators who are installing and using the Solaris 8 2/02 operating environment.
The Solaris 8 2/02 release notes are available:
In the Solaris 8 2/02 Release Documents Collection on the Solaris 8 2/02 Documentation CD
In print with the product (installation issues and bugs only)
On http://docs.sun.com (the most up-to-date information)
You might need to refer to the following manuals when installing Solaris software:
Solaris 8 Start Here
Solaris 8 (Intel Platform Edition) 2/02 Hardware Compatibility List
Solaris 8 (Intel Platform Edition) Device Configuration Guide
For information on current CERT advisories, see the official CERT web site at http://www.cert.org.
Solaris documentation is available on the Solaris 8 2/02 Documentation CD that is included with this product.
For some hardware configurations, you might need supplemental hardware-specific instructions for installing the Solaris operating environment. If your system requires hardware-specific actions at certain points, the manufacturer of your hardware has provided supplemental Solaris installation documentation. Refer to those materials for hardware-specific installation instructions.
The docs.sun.comSM Web site enables you to access Sun technical documentation online. You can browse the docs.sun.com archive or search for a specific book title or subject. The URL is http://docs.sun.com.
The following table describes the typographic changes used in this book.
Table P-1 Typographic Conventions
Typeface or Symbol |
Meaning |
Example |
---|---|---|
AaBbCc123 | The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output |
Edit your .login file. Use ls -a to list all files. machine_name% you have mail. |
AaBbCc123 | What you type, contrasted with on-screen computer output |
machine_name% su Password: |
AaBbCc123 | Command-line placeholder: replace with a real name or value |
To delete a file, type rm filename. |
AaBbCc123 |
Book titles, new words, or terms, or words to be emphasized. |
Read Chapter 6 in User's Guide. These are called class options. You must be root to do this. |
The following table shows the default system prompt and superuser prompt for the C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell.
Table P-2 Shell Prompts
Shell |
Prompt |
---|---|
C shell prompt | machine_name% |
C shell superuser prompt | machine_name# |
Bourne shell and Korn shell prompt | $ |
Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser prompt | # |