02-16-2005
The author does have a point that the less well known an operating
system such as Solaris is, the less likely there is for they're to be a
virus or other maliciously coded plague to infect it. The writers of
these programs want to infect the most common operating systems
in use.
I like my old Red Hat 6.2 and Solaris 8 best and have never had a
problem and am reluctant to upgrade, because I think the less common operating systems will have less likely a chance of attack being unknown
to attackers.
Doesn't this line of reason make sense?
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LEARN ABOUT SUSE
suninstall
suninstall(1M) System Administration Commands suninstall(1M)
NAME
suninstall - install the Solaris operating system
SYNOPSIS
suninstall
DESCRIPTION
install-solaris(1M) is now the preferred command for starting and restarting the Solaris Installation program. It should be used instead of
suninstall. suninstall is symbolically linked to install-solaris.
suninstall is a forms-based and graphical subsystem for installing the operating system.
suninstall exists only on the Solaris installation media (CD or DVD) and should only be invoked from there. Refer to the Solaris 10 Instal-
lation Guide: Basic Installations for more details.
suninstall allows installation of the operating system onto any standalone system. suninstall loads the software available on the installa-
tion media. Refer to the Solaris 10 Installation Guide: Basic Installations for disk space requirements.
USAGE
Refer to the Solaris 10 Installation Guide: Basic Installations for more information on the various menus and selections.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWcdrom (Solaris instal- |
| |lation media) |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
pkginfo(1), install(1M), install-solaris(1M), pkgadd(1M), attributes(5)
Solaris 10 Installation Guide: Basic Installations
NOTES
It is advisable to exit suninstall by means of the exit options in the suninstall menus.
SunOS 5.10 9 Sep 2004 suninstall(1M)