Preface

This book, Platform Notes: SPARCstation Voyager Software Guide, explains how to use the SPARCstation^(TM) Voyager^(TM) computer with software provided with the Solaris 2.4 release that is specific to this computer. This book is intended for the user of a SPARCstation Voyager and for a system and network administrator supporting users of that workstation.

Who Should Use This Book

If you are a SPARCstation Voyager user, the manuals provided with your workstation contain comparable information about using software with your system. Refer to this manual to find how to use your system with the latest release of Solaris software.

If you are an administrator supporting users of the SPARCstation Voyager, this manual provides you with software information you may need, even if you do not have a SPARCstation Voyager and its documentation set at hand.

Before You Read This Book

To install and use a SPARCstation Voyager hardware, you will need the documentation set provided with that system. These manuals include:

• SPARCstation Voyager User's Guide
• SPARCstation Voyager Technical Manual

If you have those manuals, you may not need this present manual unless you are using a different Solaris release than was covered in the workstation's original documentation set.

To use Power Management, read Installing and Using Power Management in the Solaris AnswerBook.

How This Book Is Organized

Chapter 1, "Software Installation," is an overview of how to install Solaris software on a SPARCstation Voyager system.

Chapter 2, "Turning the System Power On and Off," describes how to start up the system and how to halt or suspend use of the machine in a ways that makes it easy to resume your work later.

Chapter 3, "Using a Networked SPARCstation Voyager Disconnected From the Network," describes how a SPARCstation Voyager user can operate nomadically.

Chapter 4, "Configuring for Disconnected Operation," describes how an administrator can prepare a network for remote use of a SPARCstation Voyager system.

Chapter 5, "Configuring for Point-to-Point Protocol Connections," describes how to set up a PPP connection to link a SPARCstation Voyager system to a network.

What Typographic Changes and Symbols Mean

The following table describes the type changes and symbols used in this book.

Table P-1

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. system% You have mail.
AaBbCc123	What you type, contrasted with on-screen computer output	system%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.
Code samples are included in boxes and may display the following:
%	UNIX C shell prompt	system%
$	UNIX Bourne and Korn shell prompt	system$
#	Superuser prompt, all shells	system#