07-26-2001
Actually -- @Home rules vary slightly based on your cable provider. @Home is an internation company -- and in the US alone there are a dozen cable companies that have contracts with @Home. This of course changes continually becuase cable companies are continually buying out other companies ... for example TCI, or AT&T is always buying out everyone else.
In any case ... MOST of @Home does not provide static IP addresses, but "prefers" that you be set up statically -- this way they are free to change things on the network (splitting nodes, etc.) with out doing to much work like retaining IP addresses. What this also means ... is that even though most people don't have a "static" IP address, your IP address probably will not change for a long time - unless AT&T/Comcast/Insight ... whoever you MSO happens to be, do something in your specific local area as mentioned above (spltting nodes, etc.).
Some MSO's (AT&T is one of them) have started to "offer" static IP addresses... so that you can fill out a form online and supposedly your IP won't change, but only if you are running an OS that isn't compatible with DHCP. Hope this helps some. I have heard of one or two MSO's prividing static IP's at an additional chage - but I have also heard of those IP's changing also. The problem with this is that in the case of SOME MSO's... when you call @Home Tech support and tell them that your paying more money for a static IP... they most likly have never heard of such a thing... becuase local MSO's do it with out offering this service (seems that MSO's and @Home don't communicate there policies back and fourth as one would expect).
Hope this helps a little!
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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
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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)
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