The Solaris 7 Installation Supplement provides instructions on how to install or upgrade to the SolarisTM 7 11/99 operating environment and how to use new installation features in the Solaris 7 11/99, 8/99, 5/99, and 3/99 operating environments.
This document describes new or changed functionality in Solaris Update Releases. The information here supplements or supersedes information in the previous releases of Solaris 7 documentation sets.
You may need to refer to the following documents when installing Solaris software:
Solaris 7 Start Here (printed document)
Solaris 7 (SPARCTM Platform Edition) Installation Library (in print and on the Solaris 7 Documentation CD)
Solaris 7 (Intel Platform Edition) Installation Library (in print and on the Solaris 7 Documentation CD)
Solaris Advanced Installation Guide (on the Solaris 7 Documentation CD)
Solaris 7 11/99 (SPARC or Intel Platform Edition) Release Notes (printed document)
Solaris 7 Release Notes (SUNWrdm) on the Solaris CD
Solaris documentation is available on the Solaris 7 Documentation CD for the 11/99 release.
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.
The Sun Software Shop stocks select manuals from Sun Microsystems, Inc. You can purchase individual printed manuals and AnswerBook2TM CDs.
For a list of documents and how to order them, visit the Software Shop at http://www.sun.com/software/shop/.
The docs.sun.comSM 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.
The following table describes the typographic changes used in this book.
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. |
The following table shows the default system prompt and superuser prompt for the C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell.
Table P-2 Shell Prompts
Shell |
Prompt |
---|---|
C shell prompt | machine_name% |
C shell superuser prompt | machine_name# |
Bourne shell and Korn shell prompt | $ |
Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser prompt | # |