About Solaris 9 Documentation

Installing

The following tables list documentation that describes installation issues, features, and functionality. The table title lists the name of the collection where you can find the document in the Solaris 9 documentation set.

Table 3–1 Solaris 9 About What's New Collection


Document	Description
What's New in the Solaris 9 Operating Environment	This book contains high-level feature descriptions of new functionality in the Solaris 9 operating environment. Chapters summarize new features for desktop users, system administrators and software developers. The system administration chapter includes Solaris 9 installation features. New Java^TM features are also summarized.

Table 3–2 Solaris 9 Release and Installation Collection


Document	Description
Solaris 9 Installation Guide	This book describes how to install the Solaris operating environment on both networked and non-networked systems. The book describes how to use the Solaris Web Start installation program and the `suninstall` program to install systems interactively. The book contains instructions for using the Web Start Flash or the custom JumpStart^TM technology to set up, automate, customize, and automatically install Solaris on any number of systems, primarily in enterprise network environments. This book also describes how to use Solaris Live Upgrade to substantially reduce the usual service outage that is associated with an operating system upgrade.
Solaris 9 Package List	This book contains the list of packages that are installed with the Solaris operating environment. Also included are package descriptions and the software group in which each package is installed.
Solaris 9 Release Notes for the appropriate platform	These books, published in the Solaris 9 documentation set and in the Installation Kiosk, describe important installation and runtime issues and bugs. These Release Notes also include new feature descriptions, end-of-software support statements, and documentation issues. For any updates, see the Solaris 9 Release Notes on `http://docs.sun.com`.

Table 3–3 Solaris 9 Printed Documentation


Document	Description
Solaris 9 Installation Release Notes for the appropriate platform	These books, printed and included in the Solaris 9 Media folder, describe critical installation issues and bugs for the Solaris 9 operating environment. For runtime issues, see the Solaris 9 Release Notes for the appropriate platform. Also, for any updates, see the Solaris 9 Release Notes on `http://docs.sun.com`.
Solaris 9 Start Here	This booklet outlines the process of installing the Solaris operating environment and related software.