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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

Ensuring That You Have the Proper Device Drivers

How to Use the Device Driver Utility

How to Use the Oracle Device Detection Tool

Related Information

3.  Installing Oracle Solaris 11 Express

4.  Verifying and Finalizing Your Installed System

5.  Understanding Users and Roles

6.  Managing System Services

7.  Setting Up Your Application Development Environment

8.  Keeping Your System Up-To-Date

A.  Managing the GRUB Menu in the Oracle Solaris Release

B.  Troubleshooting the Oracle Solaris 11 Express Release

Index

System Requirements for Installing Oracle Solaris

The following table outlines the various requirements for installing Oracle Solaris 11 Express.

Requirement
Description
Memory
The minimum memory requirement is 512 MB.

Note - The live CD ISO image, and both the GUI and text installers, are capable of functioning with a minimum of 512 MB of memory. However, this minimum requirement varies, depending on system specifications. If your system does not have enough memory to run the GUI installer, use the text installer instead.
Disk space
The recommended size is at least 10 GB. A minimum of 4 GB is required.
x86 only: Support for multiple operating systems
If you are installing Oracle Solaris on an x86 based system that will have more than one operating system installed in it, you can partition your disk during the installation process. See x86: Setting Up Partitions During an Interactive Installation.

Alternatively, you can use the fdisk command or a third-party partitioning tool to create a new partition or make adjustments to preexisting partitions prior to an installation. See Guidelines for Partitioning a System Prior To Installation.

For more information about preparing an environment for the installation of specific operating systems, see Preparing a Boot Environment That Supports the Installation of Multiple Operating Systems.
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