About Solaris 7 Documentation

Solaris 7 Installation Collection

The Solaris 7 Installation Collection contains manuals relevant to installing on a desktop or a network. These books are also provided in a printed version (hard copy). An abstract of each document contained in this collection follows.


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The books in the Installation Collection are also available in French, German, Italian, Swedish, and Spanish in the following packages:


Solaris 7 (Intel Platform Edition) Device Configuration Guide

The Solaris 7 (Intel Platform Edition) Device Configuration Guide contains guidelines and procedures to use when configuring x86 devices to run with the Solaris operating environment, and individual Device Reference Pages for hardware that needs to be configured to run in the Solaris operating environment.

Solairs 7 (Intel Platform Edition) Hardware Compatibility List

The Solaris 7 (Intel Platform Edition) Hardware Compatibility List provides information about general x86 hardware requirements, supported x86 system platforms, and supported x86 devices for Solaris Intel Platform Edition.

Solaris 7 (SPARC or Intel Platform Edition) Installation Library

The Solaris 7 (SPARC Platform Edition) Installation Library or the Solaris 7 (Intel Platform Edition) Installation Library provide information about installing the Solaris operating environmnet and related software. The first section contains step-by-step instructions on how to plan an installation. The steps point to other sections in the Installation Library. Planning an installation guarantees that you do not run into problems because of unsupported devices or not enough disk space, and ensures that you have gathered system information required during the installation.They are also provided as printed documents.

Solaris Advanced Installation Guide

The Advanced Installation Guide describes how to install the Solaris operating environment on both networked and non-networked systems. Although this book can be used to perform one-time installations, it provides detailed information on the Solaris advanced installation features that should be used for enterprise sites that have a large install base. The advanced Solaris installation features include setting up network installations, preconfiguring system information, and automating installations with the custom JumpStart technology.