Solaris

MPxIO and stmsboot
I have enabled mpxio on my SPARC system. HDS storage. This has worked perfectly on all of my systems except one, or rather partially. Format shows: AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS: 0. c4t60060E8005476700000047670000036Bd0 <HITACHI-OPEN-V - SUN-6003-75.00GB> /scsi_vhci/ssd(a)g60060e8005476700000047... 5 Nov 2009 14:31

Optimising Gigabit ethernet speeds
Seeing the other discussion on "solaris downloads much slower than linux" got me thinking a bit. I decided not to hijack that thread, but start another thread. I've got a new Sun Ultra 27 (Quad core Xeon 3.33 GHz, 12 GB RAM). Today I fitted a Sun Quad GigaSwift Ethernet PCI adapter (X4444A) into my much older Bl... 10 Nov 2009 08:03

Randomly changing keyboard layout
I've got a Sun Ultra 27 which has a type 7 USB keyboard, with a UK English layout, P/N 320-1365-03. The Sun is running OpenSolaris 06/2009. drkirkby(a)hawk:~$ cat /etc/release OpenSolaris 2009.06 snv_111b X86 Copyright 2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. ... 4 Nov 2009 11:57

shadow file question
In the shadow file which has the format of: username:password:lastchg:min:max:warn:inactive:expire:flag if the 'lastchg' field has a '0' in it for a user, does that mean that this user has never logged in or does it mean this account is set to never have to change the password For example: username:qTBsrX... 16 Nov 2009 20:16

Problem with Developer Releases - Drive offline
I understand that there will be problems with devloper releases but I have a rather strange problem. I'm currently running the 118 snapshot without any real problems but I've attempted to boot with the 120 and 126 snapshots and I've experienced the same problem both times. I have six sata drives in a raidz2 ... 4 Nov 2009 18:38

proc_t for the active process
Hi all I have some trouble with the very internals of Solaris on UltraSPARC III. The problem is that I need access to the proc_t struct of the process whose thread is executing on a processor. Can proc_t for the running thread/process or a pointer to it be found somewhere in the process address space? Thanks,... 5 Nov 2009 04:26

Warning: error writing VTOC Warning: no backup labels Write label failed
i canot format my new hard disk or use it. i found dublacate action like the following: root(a)dnuspc02 # format Searching for disks...done c8t60060E8004F3AD000000F3AD00001217d0: configured with capacity of 4.87GB c8t60060E8004F3AD000000F3AD00001218d0: configured with capacity of 4.87GB c8t60060E8004F3AD000000F... 31 Oct 2009 03:34

Infotechspectrum: Our Direct Client is urgently in need of "Network Administrator"
(Send your resume to neel(a)infotechspectrum.com) Hi, Please find the Requirement below and send me your Resume along with your expected salary, contact details, current location and visa status. if still available. Position : Network Administrator.(State Government Project) Location ... 30 Oct 2009 14:27

V240/V210 OBP patch 142700-01 left my machine unbootable.
Flashed my V240 using the Solaris based script; patch took but machine wouldn't reboot; Got (transcribed) ok reset-all SC Alert: Host System has Reset Probing system devices Probing memory Probing I/O buses ERROR:/pci(a)1d,700000/pci@1/<Unnamed> Last Trap: Data Access Error Did poweroff and poweron, s... 22 Nov 2009 09:23

Blastwave down / troubles ?
When trying to get to Blastwave, I get: http://guide.opendns.com/?url=www.blastwave.org ... 9 Nov 2009 04:27