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Getting Started With Oracle Solaris 11 Express Oracle Solaris 11 Express 11/10 |
1. Exploring Oracle Solaris 11 Express
2. Preparing to Install Oracle Solaris 11 Express
Oracle Solaris 11 Express Installation Options
System Requirements for Installing Oracle Solaris
Additional Installation Considerations
Preparing a Boot Environment That Supports the Installation of Multiple Operating Systems
Guidelines for Partitioning a System Prior To Installation
x86: How to Partition a System Prior to Installation
Guidelines for Partitioning a System During an Interactive Installation
x86: Setting Up Partitions During an Interactive Installation
Setting Up Solaris VTOC Slices With the Text Installer
How to Prepare to Install Oracle Solaris From the Live CD or Text Installer
Preparing to Run Oracle Solaris 11 Express in a Virtual Machine
3. Installing Oracle Solaris 11 Express
4. Verifying and Finalizing Your Installed System
5. Understanding Users and Roles
7. Setting Up Your Application Development Environment
8. Keeping Your System Up-To-Date
A. Managing the GRUB Menu in the Oracle Solaris Release
Before installing Oracle Solaris, determine whether your system's devices are supported. The Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) at http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl/data/os/ provides information about hardware that is certified or reported to work with Oracle Solaris. The Solaris on x86 Platforms Device Support tool tells you which Oracle Solaris driver supports the various x86 components.
The following utilities can also be used to determine whether a device driver is available:
The Device Driver Utility provides the same information as the Oracle Device Detection Tool. This utility is available on the Oracle Solaris 11 Express Live CD ISO image and also on the desktop of an installed system. The utility is also available through the text installer menu options.
Oracle Device Detection Tool
The Oracle Device Detection Tool reports whether the current release supports the devices that have been detected on your system. This tool runs on many different systems, including several different Oracle Solaris 10 releases, Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, and FreeBSD. There is a link to the Oracle Device Detection Tool on the HCL (http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl/data/os/). For instructions on using the tool, see How to Use the Oracle Device Detection Tool.
The Device Driver Utility provides information about the devices on your system and the drivers that manage those devices. The utility reports whether the currently booted operating system has drivers for all of the devices that are detected in your system. If a device does not have a driver attached, the Device Driver Utility recommends a driver package to install.
The Device Driver Utility runs automatically when you boot an installation image. You can also manually start the Device Driver Utility after you have installed Oracle Solaris.
You can also use the Device Driver Utility to submit your system information to the HCL at http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl/data/os/. Your system and its components are then listed on the HCL as “Reported to Work”.
When you boot the live CD ISO image, the Device Driver Utility runs in the background. If a missing driver is found in an IPS package from the default publisher, the Device Driver Utility installs that driver package automatically. If any other drivers are missing, the Device Driver Utility displays a dialog that prompts you display the utility window, so that you can review the report and install any additional missing drivers.
To manually start the Device Driver Utility from the desktop of the live CD, double-click the Device Driver Utility icon on the desktop. Or, choose Applications -> System Tools -> Device Driver Utility from the main menu.
To start the Device Driver Utility from the text installer, choose Install Additional Drivers from the initial menu.
Note - The NWAM feature of Oracle Solaris is set up by default when the text installer boots. If you are using DHCP, no further network setup is necessary to use the Device Driver Utility. If you are not using DHCP, select the Shell option on the initial menu, then use the appropriate commands to manually configure your network settings before using the Device Driver Utility.
To start the Device Driver Utility from the desktop of an installed system, choose Applications -> System Tools -> Device Driver Utility from the main menu.
The Device Driver Utility scans your system and then displays a list of the devices that are detected. For each device that is detected, the list displays information, such as manufacturer, model, and the name of the driver that is currently managing the device. If the utility detects a device that does not have a driver attached, that device is selected on the device list. From here, you can display more information about the device and install the missing driver.
The Device and Driver Details window is displayed. The device name, vendor name, node name, driver name, and other detailed information about the device is displayed in this window.
If no driver is currently managing the device, the Driver column of the device list displays a status for the driver of that device.
If there is a missing driver in one of your configured IPS package repositories, the driver status for that device entry is IPS.
If there is a missing driver in a System V Revision 4 package (SVR4), the driver status for that device entry is SVR4.
If there is a missing driver in a DU package, the driver status for that device entry is DU.
If the Device Driver Utility cannot locate an Oracle Solaris driver for this device, the driver status is UNK.
When you click the Info link, the text field for the Package radio button is populated with the relevant package information. The correct publisher is selected from the drop-down menu.
The Repositories manager window is displayed.
The Submit Information To Hardware Compatibility List window opens. This window displays all of the information that was collected about your system.
The Manufacturer Name is the name of the system maker, for example, Toshiba, Hewlett-Packard, or Dell.
Provide the complete model number.
The BIOS/Firmware Maker is the information on the BIOS Setup screen that is usually displayed while the system is booting.
The CPU Type is the name of the CPU maker.
For more information about using the Device Driver Utility, click the Help button.
As an alternative to the Device Driver Utility, you can use the Oracle Device Detection Tool to determine whether the current release includes drivers for all of the devices on your system.
Review the information in the System Requirements for Installing Oracle Solaris section.
The tool runs, but it is not installed on your system.
For additional information, click the Help button.