Installation guide

Ease-of-Use and Management
Improvements
The Solaris operating environment is large and complex; its structure gives
customers the flexibility to meet their needs. New features enable customers to easily
install and manage the Solaris environment are
Solaris Web Start, a web-browser installation tool
An installation card to step customers through the installation
A device Configuration Assistant for x86 machines
A new, easy-to-use desktop
Installation
This section describes new features in the Solaris 2.6 software that affect installation.
Solaris Web Start Browser-based Installation
The Solaris software is the industry’s first operating system that can be installed via
a web browser. Solaris Web Start is a browser-based utility that guides users through
the selection and installation of both Solaris and copackaged application software. Its
graphical user interface also facilitates file system configuration.
The utility’s built-in suite of online information answers questions about the product
itself, the software it installs, and the hardware platforms it supports. Use of the
utility is optional: users can exit at any point and proceed with one of the more
traditional Solaris installation methods.
For more information, see the module Using Solaris Web Start in Information Library
for Solaris 2.6 (Intel Platform Edition) or Information Library for Solaris 2.6 (SPARC
Platform Edition).
New Installation Documentation
A documentation reorganization makes finding information on how to install Solaris
software easier. The desktop product contains a small, step-by-step guide that
describes installing the Solaris software from a local CD-ROM. The server product
contains an advanced guide for setting up servers and clients, and a description of
how to automate installations using custom JumpStart
TM
software.
What’s New: A Closer Look 3-7