Table 8-2 summarizes booting differences.
Table 8-2 Summary of Booting Differences
SunOS release 4.x |
SunOS release 5.6 |
Feature |
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Now loads ufsboot from disk |
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boot program |
ufsboot |
Now loads unix from disk |
Bootable kernel image |
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Mounts and copies unix from network |
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Mounts /usr and checks file systems |
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System config scripts |
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Customizes system kernel, loads modules as needed |
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Prom monitor, single user, multiuser |
Run states 0 - 6, and S |
System run levels |
/dev/dsk/c0t1d0s6 |
More descriptive logical device names. See "Device Naming Conventions". |
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boot -r, |