Installing Solaris Software

Install the Solaris 2.6 software on the server or standalone system using the software installation procedures given in Installation Instructions for Solaris 2.6 (SPARC Platform Edition) or Installation Instructions for Solaris 2.6 (Intel Platform Edition).

Preserve Option

The Solaris 2.6 installation program has a preserve screen that enables you to preserve existing file systems during installation. This is a good way to preserve any SunOS 4.x file systems so you don't have to restore them.

If you cannot preserve a SunOS 4.x file system or you choose not to (because you want to change how the system's disks are partitioned), you should create new file systems with sufficient disk space for the SunOS 4.x file system that you want to restore (using the disk space requirements you recorded earlier). Then you can restore the SunOS 4.x file systems into the new file systems after Solaris is installed.