Re: Not exactly a Perl question

[Michael Barto]

Speaking of Solaris and Mac's and multiple OS environments. Solaris 10 is free for X86. It loads really easy in Parallels. There is even a web site where a Solaris Parallels image that is down loadable. Solaris 10 supports a virtualization called Zones (virtual Solaris server). This weekend on an Intel Mac we installed Solaris and setup a couple of Zones all running under Parallels. Each zone has its own IP and login like a regular OS. One zone for the database, one zone for the Web server, with the programming development on the Mac. Note: You need memory to do this. But it is free. You can download the Solaris image Parallels image at: http://www.sun.com/download/products.xml?id=461d6b7d Also checkout the blog: http://mysqldatabaseadministration.blogspot.com/2007/05/installing-solaris-10-on-mac-book-using.html To setup a Solaris zone, use the runbook posted at : http://www.logiqwest.com/dataCenter/Demos/RunBooks/Zones/createBasicZone.html David Cantrell wrote: On Fri, Oct 26, 2007 at 08:51:16AM -0400, Robert Hicks wrote: Do any of you use use VMWare or Parallels to test your stuff on other distros? Which did you pick to use and why? I use Parallels for both my CPAN-testers stuff and also for testing my own code on Linux and FreeBSD. I also test on Solaris (on a Sparc box) and NetBSD on Alpha. I use Parallels because VMware for Mac didn't exist at the time. I wish that Parallels could run OS X as a 'guest' OS. That Apple won't allow virtualisation is bloody annoying. -- Michael Barto Software Architect LogiQwest Inc. 16458 Bolsa Chica Street, # 15 Huntington Beach, CA  92649 http://www.logiqwest.com/     [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel:  714 377 3705 Fax: 714 840 3937 Cell: 714 883 1949 'tis a gift to be simple This e-mail may contain LogiQwest proprietary information and should be treated as confidential.