Installation guide

TABLE 2–1 Solaris 2.6 Features at a Glance (continued)
Feature Description
Upgrade with
Disk Space
Reallocation
The upgrade option provides an auto-layout feature to reallocate disk space if the current
file systems don’t have enough space for the upgrade.
Testing Upgrade
Profiles
The pfinstall command is now available to test profiles that use the upgrade option.
Changing a
System’s Boot
Device
A system’s boot device is now changeable during installation.
Preconfiguring
System
Configuration
Information
Using the sysidcfg file, you can now preconfigure system configuration information
through a set of keywords. You can choose to provide one or more of the keywords to
preconfigure varying levels of system information.
Optional 8-Bit
Locales
The installation window in the English Solaris 2.6 CD offers several English language
locales. To use 8-bit characters, users should install through one of the en_XX options. The
locale used in the installation becomes the default system locale.
Documentation
AnswerBook2
Documentation
Solaris online documentation can be accessed with any popular browser. The
AnswerBook2 viewer is the Sun premier online documentation system. It uses a web
browser-based interface that enables users to view and print a variety of Solaris
information, including existing AnswerBook
TM
documents and man pages.
Desktop
Common Desktop
Environment
(CDE)
Solaris CDE is an advanced Motif-based desktop with an easy-to-use interface that
provides a consistent look and feel across UNIX
®
platforms. With Solaris CDE you can run
OpenWindows
TM
applications without modifications. In addition, CDE applications are
integrated with the Web; for example, you can click on an HTTP address in a CDE Mailer
message and a browser will open to the selected address.
Power
Management for
SPARC Desktops
Power Management software enables users to be more frugal with power consumption on
desktop systems when they are not being used. By default, all UltraSPARC
TM
desktop
systems power off when left alone for 30 minutes. Users can modify or turn off Power
Management if needed.
OpenWindows
Desktop
The OpenWindows 3.6 desktop and libraries have been updated with bug fixes and
prepared for the year 2000.
New User Locales Ten new locales added for Eastern European, Russian, Greek, and Baltic states.
2-4 Information Library for Solaris 2.6 (Intel Platform Edition) ♦ August 1997