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Solaris 8 Advanced Installation Guide

Preface

The Solaris 8 Advanced Installation Guide describes how to install and upgrade the SolarisTM 8 operating environment on both networked and non-networked SPARCTM and Intel Architecture (IA) based systems.

The Solaris operating environment runs on two types of hardware, or platforms—SPARC and IA. The information in this document pertains to both platforms unless called out in a special chapter, section, note, bullet, figure, table, example, or code example.

This book does not include instructions about how to set up system hardware or other peripherals.

Note –

In this document, the term “IA” refers to the Intel 32-bit processor architecture, which includes the Pentium, Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Pentium II Xeon, Celeron, Pentium III, and Pentium III Xeon processors and compatible microprocessor chips made by AMD, Cyrix, and Transmeta. In this document, the term IA refers to the overall platform architecture, whereas Intel Platform Edition appears in the product name.

Note –

In this document, the term “Solaris 8 Installation CD” refers to both the Solaris 8 Installation English CD and the Solaris 8 Installation Multilingual CD.

Who Should Use This Book

This book is intended for system administrators responsible for installing the Solaris operating environment. This book provides both of the following types of information.

Related Books

Table P–1 lists related information that you need when you install the Solaris software.

Table P–1 Related Information

Platform 

Information 

Description 
 

System Administration Guide, Volume I

Describes how to back up system files 

SPARC  

Solaris 8 (SPARC Platform Edition) Release Notes

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

Solaris 8 Sun Hardware Platform Guide

Contains information about supported hardware 
 IA

Solaris 8 (Intel Platform Edition) Device Configuration Guide

Contains device configuration information 
 

Solaris 8 (Intel Platform Edition) Hardware Compatibility List

Contains supported hardware information 
 

Solaris 8 (Intel Platform Edition) Release Notes

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

Ordering Sun Documents

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Accessing Sun Documentation Online

The docs.sun.comSM Web site enables you to access Sun technical documentation online. You can browse the docs.sun.com archive or search for a specific book title or subject. The URL is http://docs.sun.com.

Typographic Conventions

The following table describes the typographic changes used in this book.

Table P–2 Typographic Conventions

Typeface or Symbol 

Meaning 

Example 

AaBbCc123

 The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output

Edit your .login file.

Use ls -a to list all files.

machine_name% you have mail.

AaBbCc123

 What you type, contrasted with on-screen computer output

machine_name% su

Password:

AaBbCc123

 Command-line placeholder: replace with a real name or value

To delete a file, type rm filename.

AaBbCc123

Book titles, new words, or terms, or words to be emphasized. 

Read Chapter 6 in User's Guide.

These are called class options.

You must be root to do this.

Shell Prompts in Command Examples

The following table shows the default system prompt and superuser prompt for the C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell.

Table P–3 Shell Prompts

Shell 

Prompt 
 C shell promptmachine_name%
 C shell superuser promptmachine_name#
 Bourne shell and Korn shell prompt$
 Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser prompt#