Re: [Aussie-sun] What is the best way to upgrade from Solaris 9 to 10?

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From: Gary R. Schmidt
Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 03:08

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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.
S10 doesn't have the "Installation CD" thingie any more, just boot off 
disk 1, or the DVD.

An upgrade install may not clean up the trash, someone else may have an 
opinion on that.

	Cheers,
		Gary	B-)

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