Preface

The Solaris 10 Release Notes contain installation and runtime problem details. Also included are end-of-software support statements for the Solaris^TM 10 Operating System.

Note –

This Solaris release supports systems that use the SPARC® and x86 families of processor architectures: UltraSPARC®, SPARC64, AMD64, Pentium, and Xeon EM64T. The supported systems appear in the Solaris 10 Hardware Compatibility List at http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl. This document cites any implementation differences between the platform types.

In this document the term “x86” refers to 64-bit and 32-bit systems manufactured using processors compatible with the AMD64 or Intel Xeon/Pentium product families. For supported systems, see the Solaris 10 Hardware Compatibility List.

Who Should Use This Book

These notes are for users and system administrators who install and use the Solaris 10 software.

Related Books

You might need to refer to the following documentation when you install Solaris software:

Java Desktop System Release 3 Solaris 10 Collection
Solaris 10 Start Here card
Solaris 10 Installation Guide: Basic
Solaris 10 Installation Guide: Network-Based Installations
Solaris 10 Installation Guide: Solaris Live Upgrade and Upgrade Planning
Solaris 10 Installation Guide: Advanced, JumpStart, Solaris Flash Archives and RAID-1 Volumes
Solaris 10 System Administrator Collection

For information on current CERT advisories, see the official CERT web site at http://www.cert.org.

For some hardware configurations, you might need supplemental hardware-specific instructions for installing the Solaris software. If your system requires hardware-specific actions at certain points, the manufacturer of your hardware has provided supplemental Solaris installation documentation. Refer to those materials, such as Solaris Sun Hardware Platform Guide, for hardware-specific installation instructions.

How This Book Is Organized

The Solaris 10 Release Notes compile all the information that apply to the Solaris 10 software up to the current release.

This document includes the following information:

Chapter 1, Updates to Solaris 10 Release contains information about issues and bugs that apply to subsequent Solaris 10 releases after the software's general availability in March 2005.

Chapter 2, Installation Issues documents issues and bugs that you might encounter during installation or upgrade. Unless included in the list of fixed bugs in Appendix A, the information might remain applicable to a subsequent Solaris 10 release.

Chapter 3, Solaris Runtime Issues describes issues and bugs that might occur while you are running the Solaris 10 software. Unless included in the list of fixed bugs in Appendix A, the information might remain applicable to a subsequent Solaris 10 release.

Chapter 4, System-Specific Issues contains issues and other information about specific hardware systems.

Chapter 5, End-of-Software Support Statements includes notices about features that have been removed from all the releases of the Solaris 10 software. This chapter also contains announcements of possible removal of features from future Solaris releases.

Chapter 6, Documentation Issues describes issues in Solaris documentation. Unless otherwise indicated, the information might remain applicable to subsequent versions of those Solaris books.

Appendix A, Table of Integrated Bugs in the Solaris 10 Operating System lists all the bugs and issues that have been resolved in specific Solaris 10 releases after the software first became generally available. Refer to this appendix to know which issues in previous chapters no longer apply to your current Solaris 10 release.

Appendix B, Solaris 10 Operating System Patch List lists the patches that apply to the latest Solaris 10 release and the issues that these patches have resolved.

Third-Party Web Site References

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Documentation, Support, and Training

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Typographic Conventions

The following table describes the typographic conventions that are used in this book.

Table P–1 Typographic Conventions


Typeface	Meaning	Example
`AaBbCc123`	The names of commands, files, and directories, and onscreen computer output	Edit your `.login` file. Use `ls -a` to list all files. `machine_name% you have mail.`
`AaBbCc123`	What you type, contrasted with onscreen computer output	`machine_name%` `su` `Password:`
`aabbcc123`	Placeholder: replace with a real name or value	The command to remove a file is `rm` `filename`.
AaBbCc123	Book titles, new terms, and terms to be emphasized	Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide. A cache is a copy that is stored locally. Do not save the file. Note: Some emphasized items appear bold online.

Shell Prompts in Command Examples

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

Table P–2 Shell Prompts


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