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Old 01-16-2008, 09:56 AM
KJ
 
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Default Re: What is the best way to upgrade from Solaris 9 to 10?

Craig Dewick wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> What is the best way to upgrade from Solaris 9 to 10? Use the
> installation CD or the 1-of-x CD? Actually this Ultra 60 has a DVD-ROM
> drive so I could just use the DVD instead if the standard drivers will
> handle it.
>
> Anyway, I would like to upgrade this machine from 9 to 10 to 'clean'
> it's install as I've got tonnes of extra software on the machine and
> there are a lot of library clashes due to Gnome adding many libs which
> I'd already built from source in the past pre-Gnome when I first put
> Solaris 9 on the machine.
>
> Regards,
>
> Craig.

I believe the install DVD is much 'easier' to use as I can config and
start the install before going to bed and wake up to Solaris 10.
Further, it keeps me from having to swap in four CDs some time
apart...especially on older hardware like and Ultra 60.
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