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Solaris 7 (Intel Platform Edition) Installation Library
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Chapter 1 Planning and Starting Your Installation
Chapter 2 What's New at a Glance
Why Upgrade to the Solaris 7 Release
Features Added in Previous Solaris Releases
Solaris 2.6 Release
Solaris 2.5.1 Release
Chapter 3 What's New: A Closer Look
SPARC: Solaris 64-bit Operating Environment
Web Browser
Netscape Communicator
Network Management and System Administration
UFS Logging
UFS Mount Option to Ignore Access Time Updates
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
SPARC: Dynamic Reconfiguration for Hot-Pluggable System Boards
New Commands, pgrep and pkill, to Manage Processes
sendmail
Traceroute Utility
System Crash Dump Utility
Network Performance Improvements
TCP With SACK
Network Security
RPCSEC_GSS
NIS+ Extended Diffie-Hellman (DH)
BIND 8.1.2
Ease-of-Use and Management Improvements
Installation
Installing the 64-bit Operating Environment
Installing AnswerBook with Web Start
More Locale Selections
Documentation
Solaris Reference Manual (Man Pages) Available in AnswerBook2 Format
Running an AnswerBook2 Server Directly from the Documentation CD
Ability to Use CGI-based Web Servers
Ability to Control Display of Stylesheet Errors
Language Support
Enhanced Language Framework
Expanded Unicode Support
Complex Text Support
Internet Intranet Input Method Protocol Support
Enhanced Font Management
Expanded Locale Support
"Euro" Currency Support
New User Locales
Standards
UNIX 98 Branding
Software Developer Environment
SPARC: 64-bit Developer Environment
Runtime Linker
The man Utility Now Displays SGML Code
SPARC: Solaris 64-bit X Window Libraries
Java Development Kit Improvements
WebNFS
The truss Utility Performs Function Call Tracing
Improved Library for Device Configuration
Graphics/Imaging
XIL 1.4 Runtime Environment
Common Desktop Environment
Motif 2.1
Printing
Enhanced Font Management
Hardware Support
x86: SCSI Disk Driver sd
x86: Intelligent I/O Framework Support
Chapter 4 Using Solaris Web Start
What Is Solaris Web Start?
How Does Solaris Web Start Work?
About Solaris Web Start's Default Behavior and Limitations
Product-Specific Defaults
Limitations of Default Installation on Multiple-Disk Systems
About Using Solaris Web Start With an Install Server
Getting Started
Solaris Web Start Install Server Process
About Manual File System Layout
Running Solaris Web Start
Chapter 5 Preserving Existing Operating Systems and User Data
Chapter 6 Upgrading a System
Ways to Upgrade a System
Frequently Asked Questions About Using the Upgrade Option
Upgrade Instructions
To Clean Up After Upgrading
Chapter 7 Troubleshooting
Booting a System
Error Messages
General Problems
Installing the Solaris Operating Environment (Initial)
Upgrading Solaris Software
Error Messages
General Problems
Chapter 8 Adding Software After Solaris Installation
Adding Software With Solaris Web Start
To Add Software With Solaris Web Start
Adding and Removing Packages Using Commands
To Add Packages With the pkgadd Command
Example: Installing Software From a Mounted CD
To Remove Packages With the pkgrm Command
Example: Removing Software From a System
Adding and Removing Packages Using Admintool
To Add Packages With Admintool
To Remove Packages With Admintool
Chapter 9 Accessing Online Documentation
Introduction to the AnswerBook2 Product
AnswerBook2 Features and Functions
New AnswerBook2 Features for This Release
Pieces and Parts
Frequently Asked Questions
Where's the Documentation?
Getting Started
Do I Need to Install Anything?
Launching the AnswerBook2 Viewer
Viewing Information
Finding a Documentation Server
Installing Documentation Server Software
Before Installing Server Software
Hardware and Software Requirements
Installation Choices
To Install the AnswerBook2 Server Software
To Install Document Collections Onto the Server
Registering the Server
Registering Your Server Using the ab2regsvr Command
Registering Your Server Using Standard FNS Commands
Name Services and AnswerBook2 Users
To Run a Documentation Server From the Solaris 7 Documentation CD
Important Notes When Running the AnswerBook2 Server From the CD
Notes About Running Two Servers
Running the AnswerBook2 Server as a CGI Process
Solving AnswerBook2 Problems
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