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SunOS is an older text-based UNIX† that runs on Sun SPARC. Solaris is an enhancement of SunOS that includes a graphic user interface.

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“SunOS (1.x - 4.x) is Sun’s original, BSD-based Unix.” — Chris Hansone55

“Sun OS is basically all the “real unix” stuff. Solaris is a bundling of Sun OS with all the “window dressing” (pun intended) like CDE (Common Desktop Environment) a.k.a. the GUI, and other OS “accessories” like a Web browser, etc.” — Greg T. Loosee57

Intended purpose

server/mainframe: medium to large scale servers

desktop/workstation: workstations (for those with UNIX familiarity)

handheld: not appropriate

real time: not appropriate

Kind of OS: proprietary System V Release 4-based UNIX†e55

“SunOS is part of Solaris. Current versions of SunOS were originally based on the AT&T SVR4.0 flavor of Unix. Since then it has diverged. SunOS is compliant with the Open Group’s Unix 98 specifications (http://www.UNIX-systems.org/).” —Greg Onufere68

Release Date: 4.0; replaced by Solaris

Current Version: 5.8e116

Cost:

Hardware Supported: Sun SPARC

Maximum Number of Processors: 64e64

“SunOS 4 supports 1 processor per system except in some very old configurations (4/6xx series machines with slow processors). SunOS 5 supports up to 64 processors in a single box (the E10000, for example).” —Greg Onufere64

Number of bits: 64e107

Kernel: proprietary

POSIX: compatible

Peripherals:

Graphics Engine:

Text Command Shell: UNIX shells

User Interface (graphic):

Graphic Command Shell:

Internet Services:

ftp://ftp.eng.auburn.edu/pub/doug/ “bootp-DH2.x” free, patched CMU BOOTP-DD2.4.x server from Doug Hughes of auburn.edu. Supports DHCP, even for Win95 clients. Adds the patches from the Samba mailing list to support PCNFS and Win95 simultaneously. For SunOS 4.x, Solaris 2.x, Linux, and NetBSD servers.

http://www.join.com “JOIN DHCP/DDNS” commercial integrated DHCP and DDNS servers from Join Systems for DHCP and BootP clients running on SunOS 4.x, Solaris 2.x SPARC and x86, Digital UNIX, HP-UX 10.x using Motif GUI, evaluation copies available online.

Other:

references

further reading: web sites

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FAQs

(Frequently Asked Questions)

user group web sites

http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/products.html “UNC’s Sunsite repository”

http://home.earthlink.net/~bhami/rosetta.html “Rosetta Stone for Unix”; a guide for comparable commands and directories in several popular forms of UNIX (AIX, Darwin, DG-UX, FreeBSD, HP-UX, IRIX, Linux, NetBSD, OpenBSD, SCO OpenServer, Solaris, SunOS, Tru64, and ULTRIX).

HP-UX/Sun Interoperability Cookbook: a detailed comparison of commands, OS calls, data structures, directories, and other parts of Sun-OS and HP-UX, especially for those going from one OS to the other.

SunOS to HP-UX 9.05 Porting Guide: a detailed comparison of commands, OS calls, data structures, directories, and other parts of Sun-OS and HP-UX, especially for those going from one OS to the other.

Stokely’s Sun System Administrator FAQ links

http://www.unix-vs-nt.org/ John Kirch’s article “Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 versus UNIX”

further reading: books

For more UNIX book listings, see also the general book listings on the UNIX web page.

Also see also the Solaris web page for additional Solaris-related books.

If you want your book reviewed, please send a copy to: Milo, POB 1361, Tustin, CA 92781, USA.

further reading: books: introductory/general

Price listings are for courtesy purposes only and may be changed by the referenced businesses at any time without notice.

A Practical Guide to the Unix System; by Mark G. Sobell; Addison-Wesley Pub Co; October 1994; ISBN 0805375651; paperback; 800 pages; $37.95

further reading: books: internet

Building a Unix Internet Server; by George Eckel; New Riders Publishing; June 1995; ISBN 1562054945; paperback (with CD-ROM); 325 pages; $30.40

further reading: books: enterprise/business

further reading: books: content creation

further reading: books: programming

Advanced Programming in the Unix Environment (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series); by W. Richard Stevens; Addison-Wesley Pub Co; June 1992; ISBN 0201563177; hardcover; 744 pages; $63.95

further reading: books: hardware

further reading: books: miscellaneous

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Last Updated: February 17, 2002

Created: June 22, 1998

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