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7.3 SunOS 5.X
7.3.1 SunInstall
Our old friend SunInstall is still here. He's changed a little bit though. SunInstall no longer has MUNIX or miniroot. This is because it now works directly from CDROM. All temporary files are stored in memory and it does not require a dedicated swap partition. Since its using the file system from the CDROM its a bit slow; it takes about 5 minutes to boot SunOS 5.X. A significant advantage to this new method is that you can now modify the root and swap partitions of the hard disk with SunInstall, since the program is not using the hard disk.
Unix System Administration - 8 AUG 1996
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