Andrew:
Andrew Gaylard wrote:
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?
You should not use SXCE-98 to install later builds, it is not supported.
You should download the latest SXCE DVD and use the installer from there
directly.
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?
ZFS-root option is only available if you do text install.
ok boot net - text
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.
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