Revision History

Release	Date	Comments
Solaris 2.5	November 1995	Change to Service Setup For Clients During Installation The Solaris installation program (interactive and custom JumpStart) no longer sets up services for clients. During installation, selecting the system type 'OS server' only allocates space for clients; to complete client set up you must use Solstice Host Manager after Solaris software is installed. New bootparams Keyword/Value A new bootparams keyword/value forces sysidtool to attempt to configure a specified name service (overriding the default NIS+), thus enabling clients to be set up for off-subnet servers. See bootparams(4). The bootparams keyword/value has the following syntax: ns=[server] : nameservice [ (netmask) ] This addition affects the etc/bootparams file, Solstice Host Manager, and add_install_client script (where -n <ns_string> is the string to put in the bootparams table). Change of Location of Diskless Client Booting Information Information on how to boot diskless clients has been moved to the System Administration Guide, Volume I

Release	Date	Comments
		Solstice Host Manager Replaces add_install_client The Solstice Host Manager now supports remote installations, and is the recommended tool for setting up network install servers (instead of the add_install_client command). Solstice Host Manager can also now be used to set up custom JumpStart installations. Hardware Support Dropped The sun4 and sun4e hardware is no longer supported in Solaris 2.4 Underlying Software Changes The /usr/kvm directory is replaced by the /usr/platform directory. Servers no longer have to export /usr/kvm for each supported platform, and clients do not have to mount the exported /usr/kvm directory appropriate for their platform. With /usr/platform, the same exported /usr file system can support all platforms. The terms, kernel architecture and architecture, have been replaced by the terms platform name (for example SUNW,S240), and platform group (for example, sun4m).
Solaris 2.4	October 1994	Book Rewrite The System Configuration and Installation Guide was rewritten. Procedures for installing Solaris software for x86 and SPARC were separated into two books and the titles changed to: x86: Installing Solaris Software and SPARC: Installing Solaris Software. New Interfaces For Interactive Installations New graphical user interface (GUI) and character user interface (CUI) were added for installing Solaris software.