Solaris Express Package List

Preface

The Solaris Express Package List lists and describes the packages included in the SolarisTM Express Operating System (Solaris OS). The list includes information about the software groups that contain each package.


Note –

This Solaris release supports systems that use the SPARC® and x86 families of processor architectures: UltraSPARC®, SPARC64, AMD64, Pentium, and Xeon EM64T. The supported systems appear in the Solaris Hardware Compatibility List at http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl. This document cites any implementation differences between the platform types.

In this document the term “x86” refers to 64-bit and 32-bit systems manufactured using processors compatible with the AMD64 or Intel Xeon/Pentium product families. For supported systems, see the Solaris Hardware Compatibility List.


Who Should Use This Book

This book is intended for system administrators responsible for installing the Solaris software.

Related Books

The following table lists related information that you need when you install the Solaris software.

Table P–1 Related Information

Information 

Description 

Solaris Express Installation Guide: Planning for Installation and Upgrade

Guides you through planning the installation or upgrade of the Solaris operating system. This book provides overviews of all the Solaris installation programs. This book also provides overviews of the following features as they relate to installation: 

  • GRUB, the open-source boot loader

  • Solaris Zones partitioning technology

  • RAID-1 volumes that can be created at installation time

Solaris Express Installation Guide: Basic Installations

Describes how to perform a basic Solaris installation, on SPARC or x86 platforms, with a graphical user interface (GUI). 

Solaris Express Developer Edition Installation Guide: Laptop Installations

Describes how to install the Solaris Express, Developer Edition on an x86 laptop. The Solaris Express, Developer Edition provides a quick initial installation of the Solaris Operating System (OS) for x86 based systems. This release includes the tools, technologies, and platforms to create Solaris, JavaTM, and Web 2.0 applications.

Solaris Express Installation Guide: Network-Based Installations

Describes how to perform a remote Solaris installation over a local area network or a wide area network. 

Solaris Express Installation Guide: Solaris Live Upgrade and Upgrade Planning

Describes how to use Solaris Solaris Live Upgrade to create and upgrade new boot environments. 

Solaris Express Installation Guide: Custom JumpStart and Advanced Installations

Describes how to create the files and directories necessary to perform an unattended custom JumpStartTM installation.

Solaris Express Installation Guide: Solaris Flash Archives (Creation and Installation)

Provides instructions for creating Solaris Flash archives and using Solaris Flash archives to install the Solaris OS on multiple systems. 

System Administration Guide: Devices and File Systems

Describes how to back up system files and other system administration tasks. 

Solaris Express Release Notes

Describes any bugs, known problems, software that is being discontinued, and patches that are related to the Solaris release. 

SPARC: Solaris Sun Hardware Platform Guide on http://docs.sun.com

Contains information about supported hardware. 

x86: Solaris Hardware Compatibility List

Contains supported hardware information and device configuration details. 

Documentation, Support, and Training

The Sun web site provides information about the following additional resources: