solinstall

Install Solaris 10

Just some important notes

Disable the graphics environment

/usr/dt/bin/dtconfig -d

and reboot

Change the hostname

see Misc Solaris Tips and Tricks

Create root home directory

# mkdir /root
# chmod 700 /root
# chown root:root /root

end edit /etc/passwd

root:x:0:1:Super-User:/root:/sbin/sh

blastwave.org packages management

blastwave HOWTO

I needed wget to work in passive mode for ftp – so inside ~/.wgetrc

passive_ftp = on

# cp -p /var/pkg-get/admin-fullauto /var/pkg-get/admin
# pkg-get -i bash

Disable unused services

# svcadm disable inetd
# svcadm disable smtp
# /etc/init.d/init.sma stop
# /etc/init.d/init.dmi stop
# /etc/init.d/init.snmpdx stop
# /etc/init.d/init.wbem stop