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Solaris 7 (Intel Platform Edition) 8/99 Release Notes
Book Information
Preface
Chapter 1 Installation Issues
Solaris Web Start Bugs
Cannot Move the Root File System (4046659)
Products May Not Use All Reserved Space (4059182)
The Root (/) File System Extends Beyond HBA Cylinder 1023 (4062008)
Installing With Solaris Web Start in Client/Server Mode May Produce Exception Messages in the HotJava Console Window (4248436)
Interactive Installation Issues
Solaris dtlogin Screen
dtlogin Notes for System Administrators
Interactive Installation Bugs
Installation Fails With a False Non-Mountable File System Error (4164303)
TotalNET Advanced Server (SunLink) Drivers Cause Panic After a Reboot (4121961)
Installation Bugs That Occur Before the Start of an Interactive Installation
DiskSuite May Cause Data Loss (4121281)
Installation Bugs That Occur During an Interactive Installation
Erroneous Messages Indicating Packages Added a Second Time (1235464)
Installation Progress Bar May Be Inaccurate (1266156)
Installation of Diskless Client Does Not Preserve Changes in the dfstab File on a Server (4045544)
Installation Bugs You Need to Know About Before the Start of an Upgrade
Installation Bugs That May Occur During an Upgrade
Multiple Architecture Server Cannot Be Patched (1249343)
Disk Space Requirements Can Be Exaggerated By the Upgrade Process (4041733)
Clients Do Not Receive All Patches When a Server Is Upgraded (4175220)
Errors May Occur During A European Upgrade (4230247, 4225787)
Upgrading With Disk Space Reallocation Removes Language Packages (4258815)
Symbolic Links to SUNWjvrt Are Missing After Upgrading from Solaris 7 (4259033)
Solaris Installation Bugs
Warnings May Occur When Creating a File System (4189127)
Not All Locales Supported Outside of Entire Metacluster (4181942)
Font Package Warning Occurs During Installation (4226416)
System Administration Installation Bugs
Addition of Solaris 7 Service to an OS Server Results in an Upgrade Failure Message (4171470)
User Disabling of Daemons and Servers in inetd.conf Overridden by Package Instance (4220923)
AnswerBook2 Documentation Installation Bugs
Installing SUNWab2u Before SUNWab2r and SUNWab2s Causes Problems (4230969)
The fr.UTF-8 Locale Displays ab2cd Installation Messages in English (4248169)
Solstice AutoClient Installation Issue
Chapter 2 Late-Breaking Solaris Runtime Issues
Common Desktop Environment (CDE) Bugs
Cannot Print in dtmail for Non-ISO_1 Locales (4072209)
Solaris Information Files Display in English (4202477)
System Administration Bugs
/var/adm/messages File Contains Incorrect Time Stamp (4216235)
UFS Quotas Not Enabled After Booting (4226352)
Remote Console Bugs
init Does Not Recognize Carrier Drop Off From a Serial Display and Therefore Does Not Revert to the Default Console (4191023)
init Prompts for Run Level When the reboot Command Is Executed From a Standalone Session (4191148)
Change the init Command's Run Level Prompt to Display on a tty On Which Control--D or the exit Command Are Executed (4196862)
The init Command Does Not Display Its Run Level Prompt When Reconnecting to the Port of an Auxiliary Console (4196993)
Some Console Messages Cannot Be Redirected to Auxiliary Consoles (4197589)
syslog Writes Messages to /dev/syscon When Unable to Send to syslogd (4219265)
File System Bugs
UFS File System Panic (4241656)
Java Development Kit (JDK) Bugs
JDK 1.1.7_07: Java Applications Dump Core When There Is Insufficient Swap Space (4037312, 4042667)
JDK 1.1.7_07: Adjust Colormap To Improve Performance in True-Color Environment (4102599)
JDK 1.2.1_02a: Underlined Text Displays Slowly on a Non-local Host (4170221)
JDK 1.2.1_02a: Text Rendering Performance Regression From JDK 1.1.7 and Earlier Releases (4210230)
AnswerBook2 Documentation Bugs
AnswerBook2 Print Function Disabled for Asian Locales (4163661)
ab2cd Causes TCL Errors When Started With LC_ALL Set to a Value Other Than C or Blank (4249211)
Solaris Runtime Bugs
Man Page for netstat Truncated (4246745)
Localization Bugs
OpenWindows Is Not Supported As a Desktop Option In Some Locales
Chapter 3 End-of-Support Statements
End of Software Support Statements for Future Releases of the Solaris Operating Environment
The sysidnis(1M) System Identification Program
XIL
The Console Subsystem for the Solaris Operating Environment, Intel Platform Edition Is Being Replaced
Chapter 4 Documentation Issues
Documentation Errata
Documentation Errata for AnswerBook2 Server
Documentation Errata for Solaris 7 8/99 Installation Supplement
Appendix A Maintenance Update Patch List
Patch List
Appendix B Hardware Compatibility List (Intel Platform Edition) 3/99, 5/99, and 8/99
Solaris 7 5/99 Hardware Compatibility List
Added Support for Video Display Devices
Solaris 7 3/99 Hardware Compatibility List
Added Support for Video Display Devices
Appendix C Device Configuration Guide (Intel Platform Edition) 3/99, 5/99, and 8/99
Solaris 7 8/99 Device Configuration Guide
Adaptec AHA-2940U2B, 2940U2W, 2940U2/OEM, 2950U2B, 3950U2B HBAs
Preconfiguration Information
Known Problems and Limitations
Configuration Procedure
LSI Logic (formerly Symbios Logic or NCR) 53C810, 53C810A, 53C815, 53C820, 53C825, 53C825A, 53C860, 53C875, 53C875J, 53C876, 53C895 HBAs
Preconfiguration Information
Known Problems and Limitations
Solaris 7 5/99 Device Configuration Guide
LSI Logic (formerly Symbios) 64-Bit PCI Dual Channel Ultra2 SCSI 53C896 HBA
Preconfiguration Information
Known Problems and Limitations
Solaris 7 3/99 Device Configuration Guide
Added Support for Physical Address Extension (PAE) Mode
Disabling PAE Mode Support
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