Installing the Solaris Operating System
This chapter provides information about installing the Solaris OS on your workstation, if you
do not want to use the optional preinstalled Solaris OS.
Solaris 10 10/08 (x86/x64) is the minimum version supported for your Sun Ultra 27
Workstation. If you do not already have the latest CD distribution media, you can download it
from:
http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/releases.jsp
Note –
For information describing how to configure the optional preinstalled Solaris OS image,
refer to the
Sun Ultra 27 Workstation Installation Guide
(820-6771) for setup instructions. Do
not follow the instructions listed here.
This chapter includes the following sections:
■
“System Requirements” on page 17
■
“Preparing for the Solaris OS Installation” on page 18
■
“Installing the Solaris OS” on page 20
■
“Installing Drivers” on page 20
System Requirements
The following table outlines the various requirements for installing the Solaris 10 operating
system on your workstation.
Requirement
Description
Memory
Minimum 1024 MB of physical RAM
3
C H A P T E R
3
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