Unofficial Installation Guide for the Solaris 9 OS on x86 Systems

This informal guide was written to help you install the Solaris 9 Operating System, x86 Platform Edition, on a variety of x86 hardware.

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Contents

1. Introduction
2. Obtaining Media for the x86 Platform Edition
3. Licensing Policies
4. Choosing the Hardware
5. Installing the Software
   1. Recommendations
      1. Device Configuration Assistant
      2. Identified Devices
      3. Boot Solaris
   2. Install Options
      1. Type of Install
         1. Solaris Interactive
         2. Custom JumpStart
      2. Language
      3. Install Program Information
      4. kdmconfig
      5. Configure Desktop Devices
      6. XFree86 Porting Kit
      7. Testing Desktop Devices
      8. Successful Test
   3. sysidtool
      1. Configuration Options
      2. Solaris Interactive Options
         1. Type of Installation
         2. Source of Installation
         3. Geographic Location
         4. Software Cluster
   4. Disk Partitioning
      1. Edit Disk (fdisk)
      2. Preserve Data?
      3. Automatic Layout
      4. Disk Customization
      5. Remote FS
      6. Profile
      7. Auto Reboot
      8. Final Confirmation
   5. Reboot
      1. Root Password
   6. Patches
      1. Getting the Latest Patches
   7. Additional Software
      1. Obtaining Additional Software
      2. XFree86
         1. kdmconfig
         2. GNOME
         3. StarOffice Software or OpenOffice
         4. SFWgcmn
         5. Mozilla
   8. Fine-Tuning
      1. USB
      2. Driver Problems
         1. PCMCIA Cards
         2. Wireless
      3. DHCP Client
      4. Audio Drivers
      5. FireWire
6. Trouble-Shooting
   1. Where Is My NIC?
7. Further Reading and Resources

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