On Wed, 6 Sep 2006, David Dyer-Bennet wrote:
How stuck am I once I decide to install Solaris 10, or Solaris Community Edition? How much do I have to blow away to switch to the other one? I mean, obviously it's easy if I scrub the disks down and start over from scratch, but I'm wondering if there are less-drastic options, and how hard they are.
You can upgrade from Solaris 10 to the community edition (which is based off of the Solaris Nevada code)
Also, what's the process for finding and applying periodic security and other important updates to the OS and the "layered products" or whatever the term used here is? Is it the same for s10 and sce (presumably with a different web site as the repository!). In particular, is what's documented in the sysadmin manuals right for both, or just for s10? (I haven't read that part yet, hence the vagueness.)
The Community Edition does not supply patches. You get security fixes by using "bfu" or by upgrading. For Solaris 10, there is normally a security cluster & you can find out about new security issues by signing up for SunAlerts. As you're getting started with installs/upgrades/etc, you may want to bounce over to install-discuss :) have fun! Valerie -- Valerie Bubb, http://blogs.sun.com/bubbva Solaris Security Technologies, Developer, Sun Microsystems, Inc. 17 Network Circle, Menlo Park, CA, 94025. 650-786-0461 _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
