Solaris Infrequently Asked and Obscure Questions
Composed by Argoth (2009.01.27)
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CHANGELOG

2009.01.27
  • Resurrection!
2008.04.29
  • Testing Ads
  • Working on new content of interest - Containers, Dtrace, LDOM, etc

2006.09.01
  • Content Added (I.A21) - How do I list just directories, but not their contents?

2005.05.31
  • Backed out "New HTML Layout"

2005.05.29
  • New "official" home @ iaoq.devunix.org
  • Content Added (I.A20) - What can I do about zombie processes?
  • Content Added (I.D10) - How do I change the default terminal setting on the system console?
  • Content Updated (I.A16) - Added Method headings for clarity to prevent redundant execution
  • Content Updated (I.A17) - Noted "Extended Header" switch in tar for Solaris 7 and higher
  • Content Updated (I.E13) - Included logical and fragment size for correctness
  • OS Version Specific Commands Verified or Updated for Solaris 8 / 9 / 10
  • Content Verified (I.A5) - Solaris 9 / 10
  • Content Verified (I.A11) - Solaris 9 / 10
  • Content Verified (I.A12) - Solaris 9 / 10
  • Content Verified (I.C2) - Solaris 9 / 10
  • Content Verified (I.D5) - Solaris 9 / 10
  • Content Updated (I.C9) - Solaris 9 / 10
  • Content Updated (I.D1) - Solaris 9 / 10
  • Content Updated (I.E8) - Solaris 9 / 10
  • Content Updated (I.C2) - Solaris 8 / 9 / 10
  • Content Updated (I.G1) - Solaris 8 / 9 / 10
  • Content Updated (I.G2) - Solaris 8 / 9 / 10
  • Content Updated (II.B2) - Solaris 8 / 9 / 10
  • Content Updated (II.B3) - Solaris 8 / 9 / 10
  • New HTML Layout
  • This document specifically covers Solaris 2.6 and greater. While some commands may work on earlier versions, they have not been tested or verified to do so. All content that may have referred to earlier versions has been changed to reflect 2.6 as the minimum covered by the document.

2004.12.08
  • Cosmetic Font Changes
  • Reversed Chronology of Changelog

2003.04.22
  • Content Updated (I.A9b) - Incorrectly listed as a second I.A9a
  • Content Updated (I.B4) - Cleaner code from Philip Anderson

2003.04.12
  • Content Added (I.A9b) - man -s2 Intro, from Glenn Satchell
  • Content Added (I.D7) - Where are device drivers located?
  • Content Added (I.D8) - How do I configure a device driver?
  • Content Added (I.D9) - How do I configure the scsi-options for my scsi controller? from Rachel Polanskis

2003.01.29
  • Content Added - By popular demand, a large font version of the IAOQ has been created
  • Content Updated (I.E9) - ToC reference was incorrect, functionality restored

2003.01.19
  • Content Added (I.C13) - What kind of binaries can my kernel run?
  • Content Added (I.C14) - What kind of drivers and modules can my kernel run?
  • Content Updated (I.H3) - Removed filesystem listing for clarity and correctness

2002.12.26
  • Content Added (I.C11) - What is the default memory page size?
  • Content Added (I.C12) - What is the current memory page size?

2002.12.12
  • Content Updated - Corrected spelling error, s/contributers/contributors/g
  • Content Updated (II.A3) - Corrected question and erroneous population of a read only parameter (long standing oversight)

2002.12.06
  • Content Added (I.A18d) - printf method

2002.12.04
  • Content Added (I.A18b) - bc method from truss
  • Content Added (I.A18c) - dc method from stacey sheldon
  • Content Added (I.A19) - How do I convert binary to decimal and vice versa?
  • Content Added (I.A19a) - bc method from truss
  • Content Added (I.A19b) - dc method and idea from stacey sheldon

2002.12.01
  • New "official" home @ Columbia University
  • Content Added (Mirror List) - Hopefully will address issues with out of date documents
  • Content Added - ^^ Shortcuts to top of document at each sectional heading
  • Content Added (I.B4) - How do I rename files with similar extensions like MS-DOS?
  • Content Updated (I.D6) - Added "Ethernet" to "Happy Meal Ethernet" for correctness
2002.06.06
  • Completely redone html