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Contents
Preface ...................................................................................................................................................13
1 Installation Issues ................................................................................................................................17
General Information ........................................................................................................................... 17
New Minimum Memory Requirement ..................................................................................... 17
Changes in Upgrade Support for Solaris Releases ................................................................... 17
SPARC: Supported Memory Conguration for Newboot ...................................................... 18
Support for Products Not Part of the Solaris OS ...................................................................... 18
Before You Begin ................................................................................................................................. 18
Solaris Live Upgrade and Solaris Zones .................................................................................... 18
Solaris Live Upgrade Restrictions .............................................................................................. 19
Upgrading a Solaris Trusted Extensions System That is Congured with Labeled Zones . 19
Patching Miniroot on x86 Machines ......................................................................................... 21
Solaris Data Encryption Supplement on Solaris 10 Updates .................................................. 21
Additional Procedures Required When Installing Patches for Solaris 10 5/08 Release ....... 21
x86: Systems With elx or pcelx NICs Fail Network Conguration ..................................... 21
Default Size of /var File System Inadequate ............................................................................. 22
x86: Do Not Upgrade Hewlett-Packard (HP) Vectra XU Series Systems With BIOS Version
GG.06.13 ....................................................................................................................................... 23
SPARC: Older Firmware Might Need Boot Flash PROM Update ......................................... 23
Additional Patches Are Needed to Run Solaris Live Upgrade ................................................ 24
Solaris Management Console 2.1 Software Is Not Compatible With Solaris Management
Console 1.0, 1.0.1, or 1.0.2 Software .......................................................................................... 24
x86: Failure of BIOS Device Utility Prevents Installation or Upgrade From Being
Completed (6362108) .................................................................................................................. 26
Cannot Create a Solaris Flash Archive When Solaris Zones Are Installed (6246943) ......... 27
x86: Sun Java Workstations 2100Z Might Panic When Booting From Solaris 10 Operating
System DVD (6214356) ............................................................................................................... 28
x86: Serial Consoles of Some Sun Fire Systems Do Not Work (6208412) ............................. 30
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