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Tips and Tricks in UNIX file system.

All the disks (filesystems and swap areas) that Solaris already knows about are listed in the file /etc/vfstab. Under Linux and other Unix variants this file is /etc/fstab.
The commands you will need to use are format(8), [...]

Solaris Booting Explained

Booting process in Solaris can be divided in to different phases for ease of study . First phase starts at the time of switching on the machine and is boot prom level , it displays a identification banner mentioning machine host id serial no , architecture type memory and Ethernet address [...]

Add or Remove Package on SunSolaris.

http://www.softpanorama.org/Solaris/Packages/index.shtml
o List patches applied:
# patchadd -p
o To apply a patch
Untar the patch tar.Z
# patchadd <dir>
o To add a package
# pkgadd -d <package file>
o To add a package in tar format
# tar xvfz package.tar.Z
# pkgadd -d .
This will ask you which packages in the
current directory you wish to install.
o To remove a package
# pkgrm <package>
o To [...]