Solaris 9 x86 Platform Edition DVD Directory Structure (Solaris 9 Installation Guide)

Solaris 9 Installation Guide

Solaris 9 x86 Platform Edition DVD Directory Structure

The following figure shows the directories on the Solaris 9 x86 Platform Edition DVD.

Figure 38–6 Solaris 9 x86 Platform Edition DVD

The diagram describes the structure of the sol_9_x86 directory on the DVD media.

Slice 0 (s0) contains the Solaris 9 miniroot.
Slice 2 (s2) contains the Copyright and Solaris_9 directories. The Solaris_9 directory contains all the tools, software, and configuration information necessary to install the Solaris 9 software product. Slice 2 contains the following directories:
- ExtraValue – Two subdirectories:
  - CoBundled – Fully supported Solaris products not directly part of the Solaris operating environment that includes Solaris Web Start Wizards SDK 3.0.1 and SunScreen 3.2
  - EarlyAccess – Preliminary evaluation software
- Misc – The jumpstart_sample directory, which includes a rules file, a check script, profiles, begin scripts, finish scripts, and other JumpStart software and files.
- Patches – All the Solaris 9 patches available at the time of this release.
- Product – The Solaris 9 packages and control files.
- Tools – The Solaris 9 installation tools, which include the following.
  - The Boot subdirectory that contains the Solaris 9 miniroot.
  - The scripts add_install_client, dial, rm_install_client, and setup_install_server
  - An Installers subdirectory that contains installers and supporting Java class files to install Solaris Live Upgrade and the Solaris 9 Software 2 of 2 x86 Platform Edition CD. Solaris Live Upgrade is automatically installed when you install the Solaris software. However, in order to use Live Upgrade to upgrade from a previous Solaris release, you need to install these packages first on your current release. For instructions on installing Solaris Live Upgrade, see To Install Solaris Live Upgrade.
  - A d1_image subdirectory that contains the Solaris 9 Device Configuration Assistant software that can be copied to a diskette.
- 1of2_Doc_CD – Documentation for English and European Languages
- 2of2_Doc_CD – Documentation for Asian Languages