I don't think there's all that much you need to know in terms of installing either on the metal or in a VM. In terms of DTrace material, I suggest you take a look at the information on the DTrace community web site and on various blogs:
http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/bmc?entry=demo_ing_dtrace http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/ahl/?anchor=dtrace_boot_camp http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/ahl?entry=dtrace_presentation_at_javaone And many others. Adam On Thu, Oct 27, 2005 at 01:14:25PM +1000, Philip Machanick wrote: > Something also useful would be some hints and howtos e.g. getting the > most out of DTrace, installing on common platforms, running on > virtual machines like VMware and VirtualPC, ... I am planning on > exploring some of this ground over December-February (our summer). > > On 27/10/2005, at 12:54 PM, Joey Guo wrote: > > >Hi all, > > > >It's really a good idea and it's proved helpful from my experience > >of making the first version of the OpenSolaris DVD. > > > >Please refer to my blog about the details (http://blogs.sun.com/ > >joeyguo) > >The First Version OpenSolaris DVD Rolled Out The first version > >OpenSolaris DVD will distribute at the OpenSolaris Beijing User > >Group meeting and 2005 China National OS Teachers' Conference on > >Oct. 15. The DVD include the following contents. > > > >Tools: > >All tools are classified into SPARC and x86 versions. Please go the > >subdirectories (./sparc and ./x86) to get the corresponding version > >of following tools: > >> 1. Netbeans 4.1 and 5.0 beta > >> 2. Sun Studio 10 > >> 3. Latest Firefox binary > >> 4. Latest Thunderbird binary > >> 5. Starsuites 8 trial on x86 > >> 6. OpenSolaris packages, > > > >Src: > >> 1. OpenSolaris source > >> 2. Closed Solaris binaries > > > >Documents: > >> 1. Solaris Express Install Guide > >> 2. OpenSolaris Build and Install Guide > >> 3. Sun Studio 10 Install Guide > >> 4. DTrace Guide > >> 5. Configuring Multiboot Environments on Sun x64 Systems with AMD > >>> > >>>We're pulling together a media kit and training DVD for > >>>students. Here > >>>are some of the things we'd like to include. Anything you would > >>>add or > >>>remove? > >>> > >>>- Solaris Express Community Release > >>>- OpenSolaris source code > >>>- Studio compiler and other tools > >>>- gcc compiler > >>> > >>>- Video of a Solaris installation > >I have a document with the pictures step-by-step. > >>>- What to expect from OpenSolaris vs Linux vs FreeBSD etc. > >I have a collection of the pointers and documents. > >>>- Documentation on how to install and boot Solaris > >>>- Pointers to key info on opensolaris.org > >>> > >>>What do you think? Are we on the right track? > >>> > >>> > >>Teresa, > >> > >>That's a great idea. Can you fit all of that onto a single DVD :) > >> > >Yep, it's possible. I have made the first version of DVD and handed > >out at the conference and user group. > > > >>How about StarOffice 8? > >> > >Yep, so far we have only the x86 version. > >>Do key info include pointers to external audio, ethernet drivers > >>and blastwave.org? > >> > >As for the drivers, it seems to me most of them are included in the > >Solaris Express DVD. > > > >We could include some pointers to the Download center and > >Blastwave, but we couldn't include everything in the DVD. > > > >Please tell me the expected date you want to release them. I could > >roll-up them and send to you for your reference. > > > >HIH. > > > >Thanks & Best regards, > >-- Joey Guo, Solaris x86 Engineering, http://blogs.sun.com/JoeyGuo > >Phone number: (8610) 8261-8200 (x.82245) > >_______________________________________________ > >edu-discuss mailing list > >edu-discuss at opensolaris.org > > Philip Machanick School of ITEE, University of > Queensland > Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/ > ~philip/ > phone +61(7) 3365 2766 fax +61(7) 3365 4999 > mailto:philip at itee.uq.edu.au > > > _______________________________________________ > edu-discuss mailing list > edu-discuss at opensolaris.org -- Adam Leventhal, Solaris Kernel Development http://blogs.sun.com/ahl
