SunOS 4.1.1A vs 4.1.1B

Thanks to:

Chris Hoover ch@lks.CSI.COM

Chip Christian <chip@allegra.att.com>

Tom Conroy <trc@ESD.3Com.COM>

Anthony A. Datri <datri@concave.convex.com>

Steve Hanson <hanson@calvin.fnal.gov>

Mark Harrow harvard!ames!da.amdahl.com!mdh20@EDDIE.MIT.EDU

Kenton C. Phillips <kenton@space.mit.edu>

the rest who will reply before reading this.

Chris Hoover sums it all up:

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Kevin,

I just talked to Sun about this. The response follows.

-- Chris.

Chris Hoover.

(ch@csi.com)

From: Jf.Unson@corp.sun.com (John Unson)

Subject: Differences between SunOS 4.1.1 Rev A and Rev B.

Return-Path:Jf.Unson@corp.sun.com

Dear Mr. Hoover,

In regard to your inquiry about differences between

SunOS 4.1.1 Rev A and Rev B, differences between

the two operating systems are extremely minimal.

Basically, the operating system between the two versions

are the same. No bugfixes, patches, or the like were

incorporated in 4.1.1 Rev B.

The main change in Rev B can be seen on pre-installed

systems that come from the factory. Automatic scripts

are run when one powers on a pre-installed system. These

automatic scripts allow easy configurations of systems

that are to be added to the network. These scripts ask

the user if the machine is connected to the internet, what

IP address will the machine use, what NIS domain does it

belong to, and the like.

Files like the rc files in /etc, were changed to make them

a little more verbose on bootup.

For a detailed list of what files were changed in Rev B, you can

take a look at the file /etc/install/chaged_in_revb.

> I include this file at the end. - Kevin

If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to call or

send electronic mail.

I will leave the service order open till the end of tomorrow.

If I don't hear from you by then, I will assume that you are

satisfied, and that I will close the service order at that point.

Thank you.

J.F. Unson

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#

# @(#)changed_in_revb 1.5 91/01/09 SMI

#

# Copyright (c) 1990 by Sun Microsystems, Inc.

#

# List of Files that are different between 4.1.1 and 4.1.1 Rev B

#

/etc/rc.boot

/etc/rc.ip

/etc/rc.local

/usr/man/man8/rc.8

/etc/ifconfig

/usr/etc/ifconfig

/sbin/ifconfig

/usr/kvm/boot/ifconfig

/usr/man/man8/ifconfig.8c

/usr/etc/hostconfig

/sbin/hostconfig

/usr/kvm/boot/hostconfig

/usr/man/man8/hostconfig.8c

/usr/man/man8/add_user.8

/usr/man/man8/List.8

/usr/etc/admin/classes/.class

/usr/etc/admin/classes/system/sys_add

/usr/etc/admin/classes/system/sys_domain

/usr/etc/admin/classes/system/sys_hostname

/usr/etc/admin/classes/system/sys_ipaddr

/usr/etc/admin/classes/system/sys_time

/usr/etc/admin/classes/system/sys_tz

/usr/etc/install/sysIDtool

/usr/etc/install/sys_rootpasswd

/usr/etc/install/install.bin

/usr/lib/NIS.Makefile

/var/yp/Makefile

/usr/etc/install/easyinstall

/usr/etc/install/sys-config

/usr/etc/install/re-preinstall

/usr/etc/install/run_configure

/usr/etc/install/sys-unconfig

/etc/magic

/etc/filetype

/usr/man/man5/filetype.5

/usr/man/man5/rmtab.5

/usr/man/man5/List.5

/usr/bin/desktop

/usr/man/man1/desktop.1

/usr/man/man1/List.1

/usr/lib/Login

/usr/lib/Cshrc

$OPENWINHOME/lib/Xdefaults

$OPENWINHOME/lib/Xinitrc

$OPENWINHOME/lib/openwin-init

$OPENWINHOME/lib/openwin-menu

$OPENWINHOME/lib/help/de/filemgr.info

$OPENWINHOME/lib/help/de/mailtool.info

$OPENWINHOME/lib/help/de/textsw.info

$OPENWINHOME/lib/help/fr/filemgr.info

$OPENWINHOME/lib/help/fr/mailtool.info

$OPENWINHOME/lib/help/fr/textsw.info

$OPENWINHOME/demo/online_intro/intro_start

$OPENWINHOME/demo/online_intro/intro_English.psix

$OPENWINHOME/demo/online_intro/intro_French.psix

$OPENWINHOME/demo/online_intro/intro_German.psix

$OPENWINHOME/demo/online_intro/READ_ME

$OPENWINHOME/demo/online_intro/tutorial

$OPENWINHOME/demo/online_intro/play

$OPENWINHOME/demo/online_intro/sample.txt

$OPENWINHOME/demo/online_intro/sounds/train.au

$OPENWINHOME/demo/online_intro/sounds/spacemusic.au

$OPENWINHOME/demo/online_intro/sounds/cuckoo.au

$OPENWINHOME/demo/online_intro/sounds/drip.au

$OPENWINHOME/demo/online_intro/sounds/laugh.au

$OPENWINHOME/demo/online_intro/sounds/rooster.au

/usr/kvm/showrev.dat

/usr/etc/showrev

/usr/kvm/showrev

/usr/man/man8/showrev.8

/etc/format.dat

/etc/install/changed_in_revb

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