Solaris Operating System

Solaris Operating System

Overview

Solaris is the current commerial UNIX offering from Sun Microsystems. It is available on Intel processors as well as Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC systems.

The CSL Solaris software offering consists of a full Solaris Developer and OEM product support, plus support for the AFS filesystem and kerberos 5 authentication mechanisms. Additional software from other sources can be found in /s on CSL-supported systems.

Depending on the size of the local disk, certain system files are accessed from AFS filesystem directories, not from the local disk. A minimum 1GB of local disk space is recommended for root disk on Solaris systems.

Upgrades to CSL linux from other OSs should be invisible, with the exceptions of user-compiled software and mh (see mh note).

Solaris 7 New Features

Solaris Distribution:	Solaris 7
Authentication:	Fully integrated with Kerberos, afs, ssh, etc. A fully functional kerberos/afs PAM is available.
New features:	Performance enhancements Reliability improvements Security fixes
64-bit kernel support:	Not supported on CSL-supported systems until a 64-bit AFS client is available (now in beta-test from Transarc) Only produced for UltraSPARC systems, and not supported for Ultra 1 systems at or below 200 MHz clock speeds. Systems running SPARC 32-bit kernel can be converted to 64-bit kernel by changing a boot parameter and rebooting the machine (when supported AFS client is available).
Software Changes:
mh	No longer maintained. nmh provides the same functionality; however, `$HOME/.mh_profile` may need to be updated.
Access to devices:
cdrom	Managed by the Solaris volume manager, and mountable as an iso9660 file system. To mount, insert CD. To unmount, run `eject cdrom`
zip disk	X86: Mount with `mount-zip`, unmount with `unmount-zip`. MS-DOS filesystem is supported. SPARC: Mount with `mount`, unmount with `umount`. UFS filesystems supported (pcfs not available).
floppy disk	Managed by the Solaris volume manager, and mountable as a pcfs (DOS) or ufs (Solaris) file system. To mount, insert floppy (and run `volcheck` if the drive has an eject button). To unmount, run `eject`
Additional software installed for Solaris 7
SPARC	PC File Viewer 1.0.1 (views files generated from various PC office productivity packages)
Both platforms	Sun WorkShop 5.0

Solaris 8 New Features

Solaris Distribution:	Solaris 8
Authentication:	Fully integrated with Kerberos, afs, ssh, etc. A fully functional kerberos/afs PAM is available.
New features:	See Sun's list of what's new in Solaris 8 for more details.
64-bit kernel support:	By default, Solaris 8 systems will be installed with 64-bit enabled for systems on which 64-bit kernels are supported (SPARCstation 5/10/20 and Ultra 1/1E models are excluded). 64-bit systems can be configured to run the 32-bit kernel upon request by changing a boot parameter.
Software Changes:
mh	No longer maintained. nmh provides the same functionality; however, `$HOME/.mh_profile` may need to be updated.
Access to devices:
cdrom	Managed by the Solaris volume manager, and mountable as an iso9660 file system. To mount, insert CD. To unmount, run `eject cdrom`
zip disk	X86: Mount with `mount-zip`, unmount with `unmount-zip`. MS-DOS filesystem is supported. SPARC: Mount with `mount`, unmount with `umount`. UFS filesystems supported (pcfs not available).
floppy disk	Managed by the Solaris volume manager, and mountable as a pcfs (DOS) or ufs (Solaris) file system. To mount, insert floppy (and run `volcheck` if the drive has an eject button). To unmount, run `eject`
Additional software installed:	Sun WorkShop 5.0 Compiler Suite

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