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Operating Systems Solaris Solaris 10 Installation Post 302118208 by Xannen on Sunday 20th of May 2007 08:31:59 AM
Old 05-20-2007
Solaris 10 Installation
Firstly, I'm still new to all the technical of OS. But I'm learning. Hence I am starting to explore Unix via Solaris 10.

Today, I backed up all my files and formatted my computer.

I only have one physical hard drive of about 250GB. So unpartitioned all my exisiting drives and start my whole computer afresh.

First OS to install was Windows XP Pro. That was easy enough.

Next I installed Solaris 10. I didn't think I have much problem. Though the standard default interactive installation graphics was odd. The screen shot from the sun.com installation guide was nothing like I had. The colours were distorted when I installed.

In terms of partitioning my hard drive for the two OS. I let the windows did its partition and gave 50GB. And likewise for Solaris, again 50GB.

That is what I did. I hope I am on the right track so far.

I have some questions with using dual OS and also with using Solaris.

Firstly I would like to create a setup where on booting, windows should be the default boot after x seconds count down. I have tried to google this... All that I could understand so far is adjusting the boot.ini file. I am hesitant in doing so as I am not confident with technicality. I suppose I would like clarification on this so I know exactly what to do.

Can someone explain the file system type, I hear about NTFS and FAT32. And apparently FAT32 is compatible with most OS, how NTFS isn't compatible for Unix? I am not sure.

Having said that, how do I create different drives such that both OS can share such drive with minimal conflict in accessing and modifying the contain in it?

Lastly, it's a general question, how do I use solaris or set it up such that it has similar functionality like I do in windows?

For example, when I stick a USB key in, windows auto detects it or I can find it in Window Explorer? But I have problems accessing or finding the newly plugged in USB key?
 

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install-solaris

install-solaris(1M)													       install-solaris(1M)

NAME

       install-solaris - install the Solaris operating system

SYNOPSIS

       install-solaris

       install-solaris	invokes  the  Solaris  Install	program. Depending on graphical capability and available memory at the time of invocation,
       install-solaris invokes either a text-based installer or a graphical installer.

       The following minimum requirements for physical memory dictate which features are available during installation:

       For SPARC machines:

       128 MB

	   Minimum physical memory for all installation types

       128 MB

	   Minimum physical memory required for windowing system

       384 MB

	   Minimum physical memory required for graphical-based installation

       For x86 machines:

       256 MB

	   Minimum physical memory for all installation types

       256 MB

	   Minimum physical memory required for windowing system

       512 MB

	   Minimum physical memory required for graphical-based installation

       In some cases, even if the minimum physical memory is present, available virtual memory after system startup can limit the number  of  fea-
       tures available.

       install-solaris	exists	only  on  the Solaris installation media (CD or DVD) and should be invoked only from there. Refer to the  for more
       details.

       install-solaris allows installation of the operating system onto any standalone system. install-solaris loads the software available on the
       installation media. Refer to the  for disk space requirements.

       Refer to the  for more information on the various menus and selections.

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWcdrom  (Solaris instal-  |
       |			     |lation media)		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |Evolving			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

       pkginfo(1), install(1M), pkgadd(1M), attributes(5)

       It is advisable to exit install-solaris by means of the exit options in the install-solaris menus.

								    23 Sep 2005 					       install-solaris(1M)
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