Preface

The Solaris 8 (Intel Platform Edition) Installation Guide describes how to use Solaris^TM Web Start to install and upgrade the Solaris operating environment and related software on a single IA based system from a local CD-ROM drive.

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In this document, the term "IA" refers to the Intel 32-bit processor architecture, which includes the Pentium, Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Pentium II Xeon, Celeron, Pentium III, and Pentium III Xeon processors and compatible microprocessor chips made by AMD and Cyrix.

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This book does not describe how to install the Solaris operating environment on networked systems or how to use the Solaris 8 Interactive Installation Program, Solaris JumpStart^TM, or Solaris custom JumpStart to set up, automate, customize, and perform the installation of Solaris on any number of systems in a large enterprise network environment. These advanced topics are covered in the Solaris 8 Advanced Installation Guide.

Who Should Use This Book

This book is intended for users and system administrators who want to install Solaris software on a single system with Solaris Web Start, Sun Microsystems' graphical, wizard based, Java^TM powered software installation application.

How This Book Is Organized

This section describes the chapters in this book.

Chapter 1, Getting Started defines terms used in this book and describes how to plan and set up for the installation process.

Chapter 2, Using Solaris Web Start describes how to use Solaris Web Start to configure your system and install the Solaris software.

Chapter 3, Preserving Existing Operating Systems and User Data describes how to use the Solaris 8 Interactive Installation Program to create an fdisk partition for Solaris software and consequently preserve other existing operating systems and user data on a disk.

Chapter 4, Upgrading a System discusses how to back up and plan for upgrading a system and how to set up, configure, and upgrade Solaris on a system. It also describes how to clean up after upgrading a system.

Chapter 5, Adding and Removing Software After Installing Solaris 8 describes how to add and remove individual software packages after installing the Solaris software.

Chapter 6, Troubleshooting describes some of the problems you may encounter during installation and provides possible solutions.

Appendix A, Packages on the Solaris 8 Software 1 of 2 Intel Platform Edition CD provides a brief description of each software package included on the Solaris 8 Software 1 of 2 Intel Platform Edition CD.

Appendix B, Packages on the Solaris 8 Software 2 of 2 Intel Platform Edition CD provides a brief description of each software package included on the Solaris 8 Software 2 of 2 Intel Platform Edition CD.

Appendix C, Packages on the Solaris 8 Languages Intel Platform Edition CD provides a brief description of each software package included on the Solaris 8 Languages Intel Platform Edition CD.

Related Books

Table P-1 lists related information you may need when installing the Solaris 8 software.

Table P-1 Related Information

Information	Description
Solaris 8 (Intel Platform Edition) Release Notes	Describes any bugs, known problems, software being discontinued, and patches related to the Solaris 8 release.
Solaris 8 (Intel Platform Edition) Hardware Compatibility List	Contains supported hardware information.
Solaris 8 Advanced Installation Guide	Describes how to install the Solaris operating environment on networked systems and how to use the Solaris 8 Interactive Installation Program, Solaris JumpStart, and Solaris custom JumpStart to set up, automate, customize, and perform the installation of Solaris on any number of systems in a large enterprise network environment.

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Accessing Sun Documentation Online

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What Typographic Conventions Mean

The following table describes the typographic changes used in this book.

Table P-2 Typographic Conventions

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. machine_name% you have mail.
AaBbCc123	What you type, contrasted with on-screen computer output	machine_name% su Password:
AaBbCc123	Command-line place holder: 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 the User's Guide. These are called class options. Do not save changes yet.

Shell Prompts in Command Examples

The following table shows the default system prompt and superuser prompt for the C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell.

Table P-3 Shell Prompts

Shell	Prompt
C shell prompt	machine_name%
C shell superuser prompt	machine_name#
Bourne shell and Korn shell prompt	$
Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser prompt	#