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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
3. Installing Oracle Solaris 11 Express
Installing Oracle Solaris 11 Express by Using an Interactive Installer
Running Oracle Solaris 11 Express in VirtualBox
How to Download and Install VirtualBox for Use With Oracle Solaris
How to Install VirtualBox on Windows or a Mac OS X (Intel) System
How to Install VirtualBox on a Linux System
How to Configure VirtualBox For Use With the Oracle Solaris Software
How to Start Oracle Solaris 11 Express by Using VirtualBox
Running Oracle Solaris on a Mac OS X System With Parallels Installed
How to Install Oracle Solaris 11 Express on a System Using Parallels
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
You can install Oracle Solaris by using either the GUI installer on the live CD or the text installer option. Both installers can be used to install Oracle Solaris on the x86 platform. The text installer can also be used to install Oracle Solaris on the SPARC platform. Both installers are capable of functioning with a minimum of 512 MB of memory. Both installers enable you to select, create, or modify partitions during an installation.
The text installer has the following advantages over the GUI installer:
Enables you to install the operating system on either SPARC or x86 based systems. The text installer enables you to select, create, or modify VTOC slices or partitions for use in the installation.
Can be used on systems that do not have (or do require) graphics cards.
Can require less memory than the GUI installer, depending on your system's specifications.
Note - If you use the text installer, be aware that it does not install all of the software packages that are included when installing from the live CD. In particular, the text installer does not install the GNOME desktop. You work from the command line on the installed system. To install additional packages after an installation with the text installer, see Appendix B, Troubleshooting the Oracle Solaris 11 Express Release.
To download either the live CD ISO image or the text installer image, go to http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/solaris11/downloads/index.html.
Following are the default network and security settings that are used by the GUI installer on the live CD and by the text installer:
Oracle Solaris is automatically networked by using DHCP, with Domain Name System (DNS) resolution.
The DNS domain and server Internet Protocol (IP) addresses are retrieved from the DHCP server.
IPv6 is disabled.
The NFSv4 domain is dynamically derived.
The nwamd daemon, which is controlled by the Service Management Facility (SMF), performs automatic network configuration.
Kerberos is disabled.
When installing Oracle Solaris, note the following important information about disk partitioning:
The installation overwrites the whole disk layout, if any of the following is true:
The disk table cannot be read.
The disk was not previously partitioned.
You select the entire disk for the installation.
A maximum of 2 TB on a disk or a partition can be used for installing the OS, regardless of whether the disk or partition is larger than 2 TB. Disks that do not have enough space for a successful installation are labeled as such.
If an existing Oracle Solaris fdisk partition is on a system, and you make no modifications to the existing partitions, the installation overwrites the Oracle Solaris fdisk partition only. Other existing partitions are not changed.
For more information about partitioning a system before an installation, see Guidelines for Partitioning a System Prior To Installation.
For information about partitioning a system during an interactive installation, see Guidelines for Partitioning a System During an Interactive Installation.
Whether you are using the GUI installer on the live CD or the text installer, you follow the same basic steps to perform an installation. However, the order in which the steps are performed and the details that are displayed on each installation panel might vary, depending on which installer you are using, and whether you are installing on the SPARC or x86 platform.
Review the following basic installation steps. For detailed instructions on what to do at a particular installer screen, see the online help for that screen.
Table 3-1 Interactive Installation Steps
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