Re: REQUEST FAST HELP



Andrew Gabriel wrote:
In article <a_6dnWmWnZbTVonVnZ2dnUVZ_jednZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilbert88@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
James Tabak wrote:
Haven't touched Solaris for 4+ years and that was Solaris 7. Now, I
have to get up to speed fast on Solaris 10. What are the best books
both from a typical SysAdmin perspective and from a higher level
overview.
Thank you all,
jim
Docs.sun.com

These are the real thing! The downloads are free. You COULD pay $50 for a copy of "Solaris 10 for Complete Idiots" or some similar volume but you are probably better off with the official documentation.

I'd suggest that you also download a copy of Solaris 10 for whichever architecture you plan to work with, install it, and start working with it! If you have a DVD drive, you can order a copy of Solaris on DVD. It may be free or there may be a modest charge depending on the policy of the week. If you have a CDROM drive you will need to burn your own CDs since Solaris is no longer distributed on CDs. This has been problematic for some people; some CDROM drives do not like home made CDs. Burning your CD's at the slowest available speed may help.

And a new DVD drive would cost, what, $20?


Dunno! I got mine used. And a lot depends on what hardware he already has! A SPARC box with SCSI but no EIDE? On X86 he could probably install just about anything but he didn't specify what hardware he had or intended to use.
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