............................Contents


Preface	vii
1. What's New in Solaris 2.5.1	1
...Security	1
......Large User IDs and Group IDs	1
...Imaging	2
......KCMS Calibrator Tool	2
...PowerPC: System Administration	2
......PowerPC: System Administration for the PowerPC System .	2
...Supplemental Documentation	3
...Ordering Hard Copy Documentation	3
2. Large User and Group IDs	5
...Archive Format Limitations	6
...SunOS 4.x to SunOS 5.x Migration Issues	6
...x86: Restrictions When Mounting System V File Systems	7
...Some System Databases Grow Larger	7


...Summary of Large UID/GID Limitations	8
3. Solaris 2.5.1 PowerPC Edition Administration	11
...Where to Find System and Network Information	12
...System Administration Differences Between SPARC, x86, and
......PowerPC Systems	14
4. Booting a PowerPC System	17
...PowerPC: Virtual Open Firmware	18
...PowerPC: The Boot Process	18
......PowerPC: Conventional Firmware	19
......PowerPC: Open Firmware	20
...PowerPC: The Boot Process Details	21
......PowerPC: The Diagnostic Monitor Phase	21
......PowerPC: Boot Programs Phase	21
......PowerPC: Kernel Initialization Phase	21
......PowerPC: The `init` Phase	22
...PowerPC: The VOF Interface	23
......PowerPC: VOF Terminology	23
...PowerPC: Using the VOF Interface	25
......Automatic Booting	25
......· *PowerPC*: How to Change the `auto-boot` Setting	26
......· *PowerPC:* How to Change the Default Boot Device	28
......· *PowerPC:* How to Reset the Default VOF Settings	30
...PowerPC: Booting a System	32
......· *PowerPC:* How to Reboot the System	33


......· *PowerPC:* How to Boot a System to Run Level 3 (Multiuser
........State)	35
......· *PowerPC:* How to Boot a System to Run Level S (Single-User
........State)	37
......· *PowerPC:* How to Boot a System From the Network	39
......· *PowerPC:* How to Boot a System Interactively	41
......· *PowerPC:* How to Boot a System for Recovery Purposes	43
......· *PowerPC:* How to Stop a System for Recovery Purposes	46
5. PowerPC: Adding a Disk	47
...PowerPC: About System and Secondary Disks	48
...PowerPC: Adding a System or Secondary Disk	49
......PowerPC: Guidelines for Creating an `fdisk` Partition	50
......· *PowerPC:* How to Connect a System Disk and Boot	51
......· *PowerPC:* How to Connect a Secondary Disk and Boot	52
......· *PowerPC:* How to Create a Solaris `fdisk` Partition for
........a Secondary Disk	54
......· *PowerPC*: How to Create `fdisk` Partitions for a System
........Disk	58
......· *PowerPC*: How to Create Disk Slices and Label a Disk	66
......· *PowerPC*: How to Create a File System	72
......· *PowerPC*: How to Install a Boot Block on a System Disk.	74