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by ajstancato

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Is there a good book or location out there that will teach me the basics and beyond for installing hardware on a sparc box running Solaris 2.6? I need to know how to install internal and external hardware effectively. Thanks in advance for your help.

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by cpfeiffe

It sounds like you are asking about how to make Solaris 2.6 recognize newly added hardware. If that is correct you can pick up a Solaris System Administrator's Guide, Second Edition at your local book store. The ISBN # is 1-57870-040-X. If you areactually looking on the proper way to add hardware to a Sparc you need a hardware user's guide for the model you have. You'll have to get that from Sun direct.

by cavedweller

Sun has some decent info on their website. They also sell some reference books at store.sun.com. Many of the books are available from traditional bookstores too.

Here is a general procedure: You should install any special drivers provided withyour hardware (generally with admintool or pkgadd.) If your hardware is from Sun the drivers may already be installed. Next you do a "boot -r" (reconfigure) to search for hardware and link in drivers.

by fzr_boom

Sun sells a Field Engineers Handbook I find it very useful. It covers everything from UltraSparc to I/O and beyond. Here is the Sun part number: FE-HNDBK-1
There are two books in the set and run for about 750.00.
Every Field Engineer I know has a set.
Good Luck...

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