Preface

The Solaris^TM 7 (SPARC^TM Platform Edition) 3/99 Release Notes contain installation problem details and other information that was not available until immediately before the release of the Solaris 7 3/99 operating environment, too late to be included in the SUNWrdm package that is resident on the Solaris 7 3/99 CD. This document complements the information in the SUNWrdm package, the online release notes, except for the information in Chapter 2, Installation Issues.

Chapter 2, Installation Issues supersedes the information in the installation_bugs file that is part of the online release notes.

You can access the SUNWrdm package (the online release notes) as follows:

• When reading from the Solaris 7 3/99 CD, information about this release can be found in the directory:

  /cdrom/sol_7_399_sparc/s0/Solaris_2.7/Docs/release_info/C

• The default installed location for information about this release can be found in the directory:

  /usr/share/release_info/Solaris_2.7/C

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Note -

The name of this product is Solaris 7 3/99 but code and path or package path names may use Solaris 2.7 or SunOS 5.7. Always follow the code or path as it is written.

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Who Should Use This Book

These notes are for users and system administrators who are installing and using the Solaris 7 3/99 operating environment.

Related Books

You may need to refer to the following manuals when installing Solaris software:

• Solaris 7 (SPARC Platform Edition) Start Here

• Solaris 7 (SPARC Platform Edition) Installation Library

• Solaris 7 Installation Supplement

• Solaris 7 System Administration Supplement

• Solaris 7 Software Developer Supplement

Solaris documentation is available on the Solaris 7 Documentation CD included with this product.

In this Solaris release you will find supplemental documentation describing new functionality. If a Solaris 7 AnswerBook2^TM collection has been updated, you will find a Solaris 7 Supplement in that collection.

For some hardware configurations, you may need supplemental hardware-specific instructions for installing the Solaris operating environment. If your system requires hardware-specific actions at certain points, the manufacturer of your hardware has provided supplemental Solaris installation documentation. Refer to those materials for hardware-specific installation instructions.

For known problems, new features, and patches not relating to installation, view the online files in the /cdrom/sol_7_399_sparc/s0/Solaris_2.7/Docs/release_info/C directory on the Solaris 7 3/99 CD.

The /cdrom/sol_7_399_sparc/s0/Solaris_2.7/Docs/release_info/C directory includes these files:

• new_features - product news and features that arrived too late to be included in the "What's New in Solaris" documentation on the Solaris 7 Documentation CD

• runtime_bugs - late-breaking problems not related to installation

• installation_bugs - known installation problems

• patches - late-breaking information on current and non-integrated patches for Solaris 7

• eof - late-breaking end of feature statements

• driverupdate - late-breaking information on drivers

• documentation_issues - late-breaking information about documentation errata and other documentation-related issues.

The installed location for the these files is the directory:

/usr/share/release_info/Solaris_2.7/C

Ordering Sun Documents

The SunStore^SM stocks hundreds of manuals from Sun Microsystems, Inc. You can purchase both documentation sets and individual manuals.

For a list of documents and how to order them, visit the SunStore at http://sunstore.sun.com.

Accessing Sun Documentation Online

The docs.sun.com^SM web site enables you to access Sun technical documentation online. You can browse the docs.sun.com archive or search for a specific book title or subject. The URL is http://docs.sun.com.

What Typographic Changes Mean

Table P-1 Typographic Conventions

Typeface or Symbol	Meaning	Example
AaBbCc123	The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output	Edit your .login file. Use ls -a to list all files. machine_name% you have mail.
AaBbCc123	What you type, contrasted with on-screen computer output	machine_name% su Password:
AaBbCc123	Command-line placeholder: replace with a real name or value	To delete a file, type rm filename.
AaBbCc123	Book titles, new words, or terms, or words to be emphasized.	Read Chapter 6 in User's Guide. These are called class options. You must be root to do this.