Slice Requirements for Upgrading

To use the Solaris Web Start program to upgrade, you must have a slice on the disk that does not store files. The swap slice is preferred, but you can use any slice that is not located in any of the “upgradable” root slices that are listed in /etc/vfstab. The size of this slice must be at least 512 Mbytes.

You cannot use the Solaris Web Start program to upgrade to Solaris 8 from the Solaris 2.5.1, Solaris 2.6, or Solaris 7 operating environments. The Solaris Web Start installation method requires a separate 10 Mbyte IA boot partition that was not required in previous Solaris releases. You must use the Solaris 8 Interactive Installation Program upgrade.

You can use the Solaris Web Start program to upgrade from the Solaris 8 release to a Solaris 8 Update release.