From: George Kahler (george@yorku.ca)
Date: Tue Aug 24 2004 - 10:01:01 EDT
Hello all,
thanks a lot for the responses. It was suggested that the way to
upgrade an existing 32bit Solaris 8 system was to install the missing
64bit packages from the installation CD.
George
On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 08:56:52 -0400 (EDT), George Kahler <george@yorku.ca> wrote:
> Hi,
> should it be possible to "upgrade" Sol8 10/01 to Sol 8 10/01 64bit ?
> When I boot the installation CD the only options I get is the
> following. There is no "Upgrade" option, only the "Standard" which I
> think will overwrite the existing system.
>
> Thanks,
> George
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> George Kahler e-mail: george@yorku.ca
> Sr. Systems Administrator humans: (416) 736-2100 x.22699
> Computing and Network Services machines: (416) 736-5830
> Ontario, Canada, M3J-1P3
>
>
>
> - Solaris Interactive Installation ---------------------------------------------
>
> You'll be using the initial option for installing Solaris software on the
> system. The initial option overwrites the system disks when the new Solaris
> software is installed.
>
> On the following screens, you can accept the defaults or you can customize
> how Solaris software will be installed by:
>
> - Selecting the type of Solaris software to install
> - Selecting disks to hold software you've selected
> - Specifying how file systems are laid out on the disks
>
> After completing these tasks, a summary of your selections (called a
> profile) will be displayed.
>
> There are two ways to install your Solaris software:
>
> - "Standard" installs your system from a standard Solaris Distribution.
> - "Flash" installs your system from one or more Flash Archives.
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> F2_Standard F4_Flash F5_Exit F6_Help
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