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From: Chris Cox on 18 Sep 2009 17:22
On Fri, 2009-09-18 at 15:29 -0500, Chris Cox wrote:
....
> > Both Dell and HP (and IBM?) certify some of their systems with Solaris.
> > Generally these are server boxes.
>
> http://www.hp.com/wwsolutions/solaris
>
>

And of course:
http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl/data/os/


From: Oscar del Rio on 18 Sep 2009 17:44
Chris Cox wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-09-18 at 15:29 -0500, Chris Cox wrote:
> ...
>>> Both Dell and HP (and IBM?) certify some of their systems with Solaris.
>>> Generally these are server boxes.
>> http://www.hp.com/wwsolutions/solaris
>>
>>
>
> And of course:
> http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl/data/os/
>
>

And of course:
http://www.sun.com/desktop/index.jsp

-- Sent from my OpenSolaris on Sun Ultra 24 workstation
From: Albretch Mueller on 18 Sep 2009 19:34
> Some of the good features from Indiana get backported into 10, but not all.

-some- ... after searching on: Indiana Solaris vs Opensolaris, I
found quite a bit of "I say this, you say that" discussions like this
one:

http://fixunix.com/solaris/391331-opensolaris-vs-solaris.html

could you plase direct me to some current info on that matter?

> No, there's no Solaris 10 Live CD

Bummer!

But is the kernel the same in say, Solaris 10 10 11/06 and
OpenSolaris 2009.06, so that you may be able to use a knoppix-like
bootfrom feature and free the CD-drive or could you at least use such
a feature using OpenSolaris LiveCD? Where can I find the cheatcodes
for OpenSolaris LiveCD?

and thinking of those that may find this thread; from

http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl/data/sol/systems/views/all_desktops_certified.model.page1.html

you will find out that many of the certified PCs have been tested
both on Solaris and OpenSolaris

I still have my doubts since I have read about ZFS being somewhat
picky about/faulty with some hardware, so I still wonder how did these
commercial SATA drives dealt with ZFS

Do you know of best practices installating in a multiboot fashion
Solaris + OpenSolaris + FreeBSD + Linux + ... + some Windows version
in PC hardware?

Thanks
lbrtchx
From: hume.spamfilter on 18 Sep 2009 20:19
Albretch Mueller <lbrtchx(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> could you plase direct me to some current info on that matter?

Check out the forums on opensolaris.org.

> But is the kernel the same in say, Solaris 10 10 11/06 and
> OpenSolaris 2009.06, so that you may be able to use a knoppix-like

Definitely not (and not just because Solaris 11/06 is at least three years
older than 2009.06...)

LiveCD is a function of the userland of the OS. And for your exam you need
to learn the Sol10 userland. What would be the point of hacking it into
something different? It'd invalidate what you're trying to learn.

> Do you know of best practices installating in a multiboot fashion
> Solaris + OpenSolaris + FreeBSD + Linux + ... + some Windows version
> in PC hardware?

You could ask on opensolaris-help on opensolaris.org. But, seriously, I'd
just install a virtual machine.

--
Brandon Hume - hume -> BOFH.Ca, http://WWW.BOFH.Ca/
From: Richard B. Gilbert on 18 Sep 2009 21:34
Albretch Mueller wrote:
>> I wouldn't use it as a learning base for something as specific as an exam.
>> Use 10, they're both free.
> ~
> I see that Solaris 10 can be also freely installed, but does it have
> a LiveCD option? I couldn't find it and to me this is very important
> ~

What do you mean by "a LiveCD option"?

FWIW Solaris has not been distributed on CD for two or three years now.
You can download CD images and burn your own if you wish.

I found it easier and simpler to replace my CD-ROM drives with DVD
drives and install from the DVD.

> Also, any x86-based PC vendors that build good boxes compatible with
> Solaris HCL?

Why don't you consult the HCL?

The Graphics cards for PCs have the life span of the average fruit fly.
Whatever you buy, it will be obsolete by the time it's delivered! If
the manufacturer can't supply a Solaris driver for the video, forget it!
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