Solaris Express Developer Edition 1/08 [DVD] [i386]

Solaris Express Developer Edition





Welcome to the Solaris Express Developer Edition DVD!



Solaris Express Developer Edition is a free, quarterly release of Sun's

next generation Solaris Operating System built from the source code

repository at OpenSolaris.org. The release includes the latest tools,

technologies, and platforms to create applications for the

Solaris OS, Java Application Platforms, and Web 2.0.



To quickly determine if your machine is able to run

this version of Solaris Express, run the Sun Device Detection

Tool. This tool is available in "sddtool" directory on the DVD.

Alternately, you can find the most current version of the

Sun Device Detection Tool at the following url :

http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl/hcts/device_detect.jsp




For Windows systems double-click the jar file to run the program.

For more information refer to "SDDTool_ReadMe.txt" in that directory.



For hardware requirements, disk partitioning information,

and other pre-install steps to ensure optimal performance,

please visit:

http://developers.sun.com/solaris/articles/getting_started_guide.html




The Solaris Express Developer Edition DVD will install its

contents onto your system. To accomplish this, you will

need to shutdown your system and then boot from the DVD.



For additional information about Solaris Express Developer Edition,

including FAQs, documentation, community forums, training, and

Sun Support services, please visit:



http://developers.sun.com/sxde