Solaris 1.x to 2.x Transition Guide

Summary of Boot Differences

Table 18-1 summarizes the differences in the boot sequence between the SunOS release 4.x and the Solaris 2.6 operating environment.

Table 18-1 Summary of Boot Differences

SunOS release 4.x 

Solaris 2.6 

Description 

boot block

bootblk

Loads ufsboot from disk

boot program

ufsboot

Loads unix from disk

vmunix

unix

Bootable kernel image 

boot.sun4c.sunos.4.1.1

inetboot

Mounts and copies unix from network

rc.boot, rc.single

/etc/rcS

Mounts /usr and checks file systems

rc.local

/etc/rc2, /etc/rc3, /etc/rc2.d, /etc/rc3.d

System configuration scripts 

config

modload, /etc/system, add_drv, rem_drv

Customizes system kernel; loads, adds, and removes modules as needed 

PROM monitor, single user, multiuser 

Run states 0 - 6, and S 

System run levels