Installation guide

TABLE 9–2 Hardware and Software Requirements
Component Requirement
Document server system hardware SPARCstation 2 or higher (SPARCstation 5
recommended)
Intel-based personal computer
Operating system Solaris 2.6 (for SPARC or x86, as appropriate)
Admin GUI and AnswerBook2 client viewer Any HTML 3.2-compliant browser, such as HotJava,
Netscape Navigator, or Lynx
TABLE 9–3 Disk Space Requirements Table
Directory Path Description Space
/usr/lib/ab2/
Contains executable files, server
processing files, library files, and
graphics and document source files for
the product interface.
19.5 Megabytes
/var/log/ab2/
Contains catalog files and log files, if
logging functions are enabled.
0.01 Megabytes (grows
according to amount of
access to server)
/etc/init.d/ab2mgr
Server startup file 0.01 Megabytes
In addition, you need to set aside some amount of disk space for the actual book
files. The exact amount of space depends on the specific collections.
Installation Choices
Before you install the AnswerBook2 server software, you should consider your
installation choices:
Install Everything on One System
The AnswerBook2 server software and documentation collections are on the
Solaris 2.6 Documentation CD. If you install both parts of the server product on a
single system, when you finish the installation process and start the server, it will
be ready to serve documents to all clients. See “Installing Server Software” on
page 9-15 for more information.
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Information Library for Solaris 2.6 (Intel Platform Edition) ♦ August 1997