Frequently Asked Questions

Operating Systems:

• Solaris Frequently Asked Questions by Casper Dik.
• Solaris on Intel/x86 Frequently Asked Questions by Dan Anderson

Security / Administration / Performance:

• Solaris Security Frequently Asked Questions – Frequently Asked Questions
• Solaris Performance Frequently Asked Questions – by Adrian Cockcroft
• Sun Administration Frequently Asked Questions from comp.sys.sun.admin
• Sun TCP/IP FAQ Part 1 & Part 2
• Tuning Solaris 2.x TCP/IP
• MemConf – utility to determine physical RAM installed without opening system
• The Sun Serial Console HOWTO by techrat@vm.com
• Backup and Restore FAQ
• Solstice DiskSuite FAQ
• Ola Eriksson’s Solaris 8/Intel FAQ

OpenBoot / NVRAM / IDPROM:

• Sun NVRAM / Host ID FAQ by Mark Henderson
• NVRAM battery replacement FAQ
• Sun OpenBoot FAQ – by Steve Leung

Peripherals:

• Sun CD-ROM FAQ by Mike Frisch
• Sun Frame Buffer FAQ by David Tong
• Sun Frame Buffer History FAQ by David Tong
• Sun Color Map FAQ by David Tong
• Using a ZIP drive on a Sun workstation – from Iomega
• Mike Gerdts’ instructions on
  Using a CD-RW drive with an Ultra 10

Windowing Systems:

• X Window System FAQ
• X Performance FAQ
• Open Look FAQ
• CDE
  (Common Desktop Environment) FAQ by Aditya Talwar.
• 
  Sun OpenGL Developer FAQ

Network / Communications:

• PPP on Solaris FAQ by Dave Brillhart
• Sun/Unix Serial Port Resources by Celeste Stokely

Name Services / DNS:

• NIS FAQ
• NIS+ FAQ – by Ray Hiltbrand
• DNS FAQ/Tip Sheet

NFS / Automounter:

• NFS FAQ/Tip Sheet
• AutoMounter FAQ

Sendmail / Mail Transfer Agents:

• Sun Sendmail FAQ/Tip Sheet
• Sendmail
• PostFix by Wietse Venema
• QMail by Dan Bernstein

Other:

• Sun Routing FAQ / Tip Sheet
• Solaris 2.x PC Card FAQ
• Using IDE disks> 8G on Solaris 7