On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 3:14 AM, Fajar A. Nugraha <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 5:37 PM, Andrew Gaylard <[email protected]> wrote: >> I have an Ultra-60 (2x400MHz CPUs, 2 GiB RAM, elite-3D graphics) >> and I'm keen to install OpenSolaris. There are three wrinkles: >> >> - the box only has a CDROM, not a DVDROM >> - my OBP is 3.31. That means that AI images won't work, right? >> - I don't have any other Solaris boxen, so jumpstarting is tricky >> (impossible?) > > Just one question: have you tried to use solaris 10 with zfs root on > this system? > If no, I suggest you do. That would at least give some idea as to how > 400-MHz CPUs perform with zfs root. I've been using a T2000 (16 core > @1GHz, I believe) and even that seems sluggish when compared to x86 > servers. > > If you goal is to learn about Opensolaris, x86 servers (or laptop) > would probably be a better place. If your goal is to resurrect this > box you might have better performance with Solaris 10 or SXCE using > ufs root, or even Linux.
Thanks for this advice. I'm now busy installing SXCE build 98, since it's the last one with CD images. However, I noticed that the installer can install via NFS, which it's now busy doing (much faster than the CD drive too). This was easy to get going -- just mount the CDs with the Linux's loop device, and then NFS-export them. The only wrinkle was to follow the tip here: http://projects.nikenglund.com/installing_solaris_10_from_linux_nfs_server That raises a question: could I download the DVD of the latest SXCE, export it via NFS, and use the installer from the SXCE-98 series to install it? Another question: it appears that SXCE-98 doesn't offer ZFS-root. Certainly the installer just went with UFS without asking. If I want to give this a spin, which build has it? Thanks Andrew PS: if this is the wrong place to ask SXCE questions, please let me know, and point me to the right place if you can. _______________________________________________ indiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
