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by **Joseph Blacket** » Wed, 07 Feb 1996 04:00:00

I recently ordered a copy of Solaris 2.5 for my pentium. I was told by
a SunExpress person that the ONLY difference between their server and
desktop package was the number of users supported. I later spoke to
another rep who said NIS was also missing.

Can anyone else tell me what other functionality I have foresaken.
I don't want to install it and spend the next few months finding stuff
missing. Since I will be seriously banging the machine and comparing
it with results found on my sparc, any and all info would be
greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.
Joe

by **Gert Poleti** » Wed, 07 Feb 1996 04:00:00

>I recently ordered a copy of Solaris 2.5 for my pentium. I was told by
>a SunExpress person that the ONLY difference between their server and
>desktop package was the number of users supported. I later spoke to
>another rep who said NIS was also missing.
>Can anyone else tell me what other functionality I have foresaken.
>I don't want to install it and spend the next few months finding stuff
>missing. Since I will be seriously banging the machine and comparing
>it with results found on my sparc, any and all info would be
>greatly appreciated.
>Thanks in advance.
>Joe

The NIS server stuff (nskit 1.2) is on another CD, not on de solaris CD.
But I don't know whether that other cd is included in the client package or
not.
The client sofwtare is included though. On a client you can have 2 users
max *legally*, though as far as i know the system does not enforce the
limit.

Gert
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by **D. Van Bever** » Wed, 14 Feb 1996 04:00:00

: >I recently ordered a copy of Solaris 2.5 for my pentium. I was told by
: >a SunExpress person that the ONLY difference between their server and
: >desktop package was the number of users supported. I later spoke to
: >another rep who said NIS was also missing.

: >Can anyone else tell me what other functionality I have foresaken.

In the Solaris Desktop, you get two CDROMs:

Solaris 2.5
Desktop 1.0, which contains
CDE 1.0.1
Wabi 2.1

In the WG server lite you also get:
Admin Suite 1.0 (a souped-up version of admintool). The admintool
in the base OS has been reduced in functionality from 2.4.
NISkit, which lets you still run as a NIS server

In the WG server, you also get:
Solstice DiskSuite 4.0 - software controlled RAID 0, 1, 2, 5, and a nifty GUI
Solstice Backup 4.1 - aka Legato Networker
System Administrator's answerbook.

The WG server ans server lite also have more documentation. The desktop
weighs 4lbs, the WG server, 7 1/2 lbs. (x86)

dvb
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