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# Linux+Solaris HOWTO

## Max Berger

v0.8-$Revision: 1.1 $, $Date: 2000/04/17 23:48:03 $

Describes how to use Linux (x86) and Solaris (x86) together on one machine

## 1. Introduction

- 1.1 Why Solaris?
- 1.2 Things covered in this HOWTO
- 1.3 Referenced versions
- 1.4 Warning

## 2. Preparing your Hard Drive

- 2.1 Traditional PC partitions
- 2.2 Solaris partition labels
- 2.3 Hard disk space
- 2.4 Quick check list

## 3. Preparing Linux

- 3.1 Building a new kernel
- 3.2 Preparing your boot loader

## 4. Installing Solaris

- 4.1 Solaris interactive
- 4.2 Web-Start
- 4.3 Getting GNU-tools

## 5. Boot managing

- 5.1 Using the Solaris boot manager
- 5.2 Using lilo
- 5.3 Using grub

## 6. Sharing data

- 6.1 Using a shared partition
- 6.2 Alternative ways

## 7. Running foreign binaries

- 7.1 Linux binaries on Solaris
- 7.2 Solaris binaries on Linux

## Appendix

## 8. Finding additional info

## 9. Credits and legal stuff

- 9.1 Credits
- 9.2 Questions, comments, suggestions
- 9.3 License

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