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Chapter 12. Installing UNIX at Home

Steve “Mor” Moritsugu

General UNIX installation issues

Installing SCO UnixWare 7 at home

Installing Sun Solaris 7 at home

Tip for Beginners

Two of the most advanced, sophisticated UNIX operating systems available today (UnixWare 7 and Solaris 7) are very inexpensive for you to load on a home PC for non-commercial purposes. There is no better way to become a UNIX expert than to install, administer, and use your own UNIX or Linux system. This is not an easy job but this chapter will help you understand the installation issues, obtain the software, and install it.

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