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x86: Installing Solaris Software
Cover
Credits
Contents
About This Book
Who Can Use This Book
Don't Read the Entire Book!
How This Book Is Organized
Related Information
1 About Installing Solaris
Definition: Installing Solaris Software
2 Preparing to Install Solaris
Why You Should Not Ignore This Chapter
Steps to Prepare to Install Solaris
Task Map: Interactive Installations
Task Map: Custom JumpStart Installation
3 Preparing to Install Solaris Over a Network
About Installing Solaris Over a Network
Servers Required for Network Installation
Requirements for Hands-Off Network Installation
Commands You Should Know About
Creating an Install Server
Setting Up Servers for Network Installation
Using add_install_client to Set Up Servers for Network Installation
Preconfiguring the Default Locale
4 Preparing Custom JumpStart Installations
Definition: Custom JumpStart Installation
Reasons to Choose a Custom JumpStart Installation
Tasks to Prepare for Custom JumpStart Installations
What Happens During a Custom JumpStart Installation
Creating a JumpStart Directory on a Diskette
Creating a JumpStart Directory on a Server
Enabling All Systems to Access the JumpStart Directory
Creating a Profile
Creating the rules File
Using check to Validate the rules File
5 Using Optional Custom JumpStart Features
Overview
Creating Begin Scripts
Creating Finish Scripts
Using pfinstall to Test Profiles
Creating a Disk Configuration File for an x86 System
Using a Site-Specific Installation Program
6 Preparing a System for Upgrade
Overview
Can You Use Upgrade?
Upgrading and Install Patches
Check Other Software Documentation
If You're Using Custom JumpStart
If You Override the Boot File Location
Upgrading Dataless Clients
Important Files For Upgrading
Backing Up Your System
Preserving Local Modifications
7 Booting and Installing Solaris: Interactive
8 Booting and Installing Solaris: Custom JumpStart
9 Completing an Upgrade
Overview
What Happened During the Upgrade
Cleaning Up the System After an Upgrade
How to Upgrade Clients With Different Platforms and Platform Groups
10 Where to Go After Installing Solaris
A Worksheets for the Solaris Installation Program
What's in the Worksheets
How to Use the Worksheets
Worksheet for the Initial Installation Option
Worksheet for the Upgrade Option
B System Identification Label
Sample - System Identification Label
System Identification Label
C Platform Names and Groups
D Sample Custom JumpStart Installation
Sample Site Setup
E Troubleshooting
Specific Installation Errors
General Installation Problems
F Time Zones
G Preserving MS-DOS and Installing the Solaris Operating Environment
H Glossary
Index
Revision History
French Credits
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