Re: [osol-discuss] Help building Virtualized OSOL and other OSes on OS X 10.5
At home only have one Fast Intel for OpenSolaris, Virtual Box and other *NIX's. Intel Apple MAC (10.5.8) has Virtual Box 3.1.0. Any (I believe to be) bootable ISO's: OSOL, CENTOS are refused on the MAC based VirtualBox 3.1.0 as 'not bootable'. Does Mac OS X really ( or not ) work with VBOX, writing bootable DVDs loading boot images? Need a clue(s) on verifying / identifying bootable images for Vbox. Any utils on OS X that will admit / deny if a DVD is bootable (*by Virtual Box*)? Has this process worked for any other MAC users? I've loaded both OpenSolaris (a long time ago) and various SXCE (Solaris Express - development builds, but more like traditional Solaris in terms of packaging, etc) into VirtualBox on Mac OS X (10.5 and 10.6 up to current 10.6.2) by downloading the single-DVD (CD in the case of OpenSolaris?) ISO images and attaching them to VirtualBox. No problem whatsoever. Just to be safe, I always verified the MD5sums, although I was fortunate not to have download problems. The only problems I recall having are: * audio: much better with Boomer integration, although some builds since the3n still need tweaking * RAM: my Mini only has 3GB, and Safari is a pig unless one restarts frequently, so I can't really assign more than 1GB to the guest. That's not a Solaris problem except insofar as it isn't the leanest of OSs. :-) It does mean I'm not likely to be able to succeed in doing a build from source in a VirtualBox guest; not sure how much RAM that needs to work, but it certainly bombed when I tried. There may have been some other problems with either VirtualBox or certain SXCE releases, but they weren't particularly memorable. If you install the guest additions, you should keep them in sync with the version of VirtualBox (uninstall/reinstall them). In one or two versions of VirtualBox, I recall some problems getting transparent mode to work, but last I tried (current VirtualBox and SXCE snv_129), it was fine. Although it wasn't strictly necessary, I think (not there right now to absolutely verify this) I set my VirtualBox guest up to use a virtual SATA rather than IDE controller, which is supposed to perform better. But I'd used IDE before that, because the SATA wasn't available (or was available but not supported enough to be on the GUI) in older VirtualBox versions. I presently use bridged network configuration with a static IP (well, a block of them on my internal network, with separate IPs for separate guests, since I could run some of the lighter guests (ReactOS, Haiku) simultaneously), but I think I'd tried NAT and DHCP before that. Other stuff I've run with reasonable success on the Mac under VirtualBox: * Senryu distro of Haiku (a BeOS clone) * a beta of Windows 7 * ReactOS * Ubuntu Studio Not much luck with Plan 9, because none of the SCSI or IDE drivers it has play well with VirtualBox; that's about the only thing I tried that almost didn't work at all. Overall, I'm pretty impressed with VirtualBox, and since Boomer, with how Solaris runs on it. I do sometimes wonder though if both the Solaris and the VirtualBox developers include in their work testing OpenSolaris (or SXCE) on it, because it seems to me that if they did, some of the minor problems I've seen might have been caught earlier than they were. So I usually post about any problems I see when I update my guest. However, I don't have a formal checklist; I tend to just check those things that I've had problems with before (basic audio functionality, that at least one of the MP3 players (Real player, Rhythmbox, and I think one other whose name escapes me right now) work ok. I don't really expect much of video or 3D graphics in a guest, and I haven't had any reason to try the USB pass-through or anything tricky like that. On the VirtualBox side, the only real wish I have that AFAIK isn't supported (or at least, not yet) is a way to grow an existing VDI without re-creating it. After all, one can grow a (virtual) SAN LUN, and some OSs can then take advantage of that additional space (which may require some manual intervention, depending on the details). In the abstract, a virtual disk image shouldn't be all that different from a SAN LUN, in that it's (usually) a software construct and a subset of a much larger storage resource. So I don't see that it should be that big a deal to append (or ftruncate for a sparse image) to make it larger, and rewrite any header info to correspond. It's just one of those things that I think is missing to take advantage of how virtualization can make managing a virtualized client easier. After all, virtualization also adds complexity (more to know, more to maintain, potentially more to go wrong), so it needs to pay for that wherever reasonably possible in terms of added flexibility. And since (except for Snow Leopard!) newer releases of software are almost always larger, being able to easily grow the boot disk(s) would be one major advantage
Re: [osol-discuss] OpenSolaris first try issues
1. to setup your network interface with a
static
IP
address, simply select 'Network' from the
System-Administration menu
How do I do this on a server without a graphical
user
interface?
great question. i don't really know, i'm afraid.
;)
i would suspect you would begin by killing NWAM
(via
'pfexec svcadm disable nwam') and then use the
ifconfig and dladm utilities. there is an article
on
setting up a virtual NIC on one of the sun wikis
(http://wikis.sun.com/display/OpenSolarisInfo200906/Ho
me), so a physical one shouldn't be too dissimilar.
i
would also imagine docs.sun.com would have details
as
well.
or try the networking-discuss list. you'd find the
experts over there.
-- eldee
(t/l 295-8943)
Be very careful when you disable nwam as you have to
enable one form of network/physical or your system
will not boot correctly (svcs -D network/physical to
see what is dependent on network/physical - like
filesystem/local).
To revert to non-nwam (or standard Solaris
networking):
1. svcadm disable network/physical:nwam
2. svcadm enable network/physical:default
From there, you can create your hosts.interface as
usual or dhcp, etc.
To complete the above:
$ pfexec ksh
# dladm show-phys
will tell you the interface[s] you have, say, if0 ;
# echo {ip-address}/{mask} /etc/hostname.if0
# echo {default-route-address} /etc/defaultrouter
# echo {ip-address} {hostname} /etc/hosts
# ifconfig if0 {ip-address}/{mask} up
# route add default {default-route-address}
# echo nameserver {nameserver-address} /etc/resolv.conf # etc. - domain,
search, whatever #
# cp /etc/nsswitch.dns /etc/nsswitch.conf
should do the job to begin with.
My physical machines in the office use network/physical:default and have been
setup similar to this (apart from the fact that we use NIS and DNS, so I have
to configure NIS and edit nsswitch.conf to use both in the sequence I want them
to (which is 'files [NOTFOUND=continue] nis [NOTFOUND=continue] dns' for hosts
and ipnodes entries). The virtual ones are left usually on NWAM (no NIS for
these usually). The laptop is left on NWAM with fixed IP address on the wired
interface when connected to the corporate LAN, again no NIS.
Chavdar Ivanov
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[osol-discuss] Solaris boot problem. Stops at grub prompt
Hi friends, My Solaris(x86) unable to boot it stops at grub prompt even tried couple of time reinstalling. Earlier it was working fine with same DVD. After i did experiment in fdisk I am facing this problem. If somebody gives solution with explanation it will be helpful Thanks in advance Viswa -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
[osol-discuss] cannot replace disk in zfs pool
Hi: I have a zfs pool called usbstorage which consists of one single external usb disk as shown below: # zpool status usbstorage pool: usbstorage state: UNAVAIL status: One or more devices could not be opened. There are insufficient replicas for the pool to continue functioning. action: Attach the missing device and online it using 'zpool online'. see: http://www.sun.com/msg/ZFS-8000-3C scrub: none requested config: NAMESTATE READ WRITE CKSUM usbstorage UNAVAIL 0 0 0 insufficient replicas c8t0d0UNAVAIL 0 0 0 cannot open I took the disk from the external usb enclosure and put it inside my computer as an internal disk. Opensolaris recognizes the disk as c9d1 now. Since the data is intact, is there anyway I can replace c8t0d0 with c9d1s0? I tried using the command: zpool replace usbstorage c8t0d0 c9d1s0, but gotten this error back: cannot open 'usbstorage': pool is unavailable I'll appreciate any zfs guru can assist in this matter. Thanks, Keith -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] cannot replace disk in zfs pool
I to have had this problem. Why oh why did they embed the controller number into the ZPOOL config for a device. I will be very interested in any fix that you find here. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] OpenSolaris update policy
Thank you. But can I purchase a support plan for the machine purchased not from Sun? There's a Serial number field in the support plan ordering form and you can't leave it blank.. On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 8:00 PM, Alan Coopersmith alan.coopersm...@sun.com wrote: Michael Disserman wrote: Can someone please explain me an update policy for OpenSolaris release builds. In example, I've tested 2009.6 in the test environment and can install it in the production but I'm afraid of the bug # 6882364 (networking wedged up behind blocked taskq_thread() in Xen Dom0). This bug has a state 10-Fix Delivered:Verified (Fix available in build) but where to get the update? Of course I don't want to switch to the development branch. As well as don't want to wait 6 months to get a release build with the bug fixed. Does someone provide a bugfix patches for the release versions? Maybe there is some commercial support for this? I've found commercial opensolaris support offers on sun.com however there's a note the patch could be available within a 6 months, which's actually a period when stable branches of osol are released. I've tried to talk with Sun support in webchat, they don't know anything except a phone numbers. Support on the phone don't know the details, they can just read for you an info from the public website. 2009.06 was built from snv_111 - since that bug fix is delivered in snv_125, it came after the 2009.06 release. As you've already discovered, you can get it for free by updating to the development branch builds (which are currently up to snv_129). Sun's commercial support does offer bug fix releases for 2009.06 - I'm not sure why the web page indicates 6 months for fixes, when currently updates are released approximately monthly. While this fix isn't currently in a Support Repository Update (SRU), I believe if you have bought a support contract you can request to escalate the fix into an SRU - they usually include all security fixes by default, and then any other fixes that customers have escalated or support deems critical to include. You can see the current lists of available updates at: http://sunsolve.sun.com/show.do?target=opensolaris -- -Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersm...@sun.com Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] kssl in zones?
Daniel Frank wrote: Hello, I'm trying to setup a kssl proxy in a zone and face an issue I cannot figure out. What I'm doing is: # ksslcfg create -f pem -i /www/ssl/kssl-apache.pem -x 8080 -p /www/ssl/pass apache 443 Warning: apache does not appear to have a registered DNS name. Hi Daniel, I guess you are running the commands from the zone itself, correct ? You would need to run the ksslcfg(1) command in the global zone for each of the non-global zones. Redirecting to kssl-discuss which is better forum to discuss KSSL related issues. v. # getent hosts apache 10.1.0.10 apache loghost # from /etc/hosts # svcs -av | grep kssl maintenance- 15:08:33 - svc:/network/ssl/proxy:kssl-apache-443 # tail /var/svc/log/network-ssl-proxy:kssl-apache-443.log [ Dec 20 15:08:33 Enabled. ] [ Dec 20 15:08:33 Executing start method (/usr/lib/kssladm create -f pem -i /www/ssl/kssl-apache.pem -x 8080 -p /www/ssl/pass apache 443). ] svc.startd could not set context for method: setppriv: Not owner [ Dec 20 15:08:33 Method start exited with status 96. ] # /usr/lib/kssladm create -f pem -i /www/ssl/kssl-apache.pem -x 8080 -p /www/ssl/pass apache 443 Cannot open /dev/kssl: No such file or directory Error loading cert and key: 0x4 Looks to me like the kernel module cannot be access from within this zone? But why does this command work? # kstat -m kssl module: ksslinstance: 0 name: kssl_stats class:crypto crtime 79.80888185 kssl_alloc_fails0 [...] I'm at a loss here how I can enable the kssl proxy for apache in the zone. I haven't found much information about kssl using google, but the few couple of pages that I found basically say that it should work within a zone. What am I missing in my configuration? I'd be grateful for any pointers into the right direction. For reference some details about the zone: Zone config: create -b set zonepath=/export/zones/apache/zonepath set brand=ipkg set autoboot=true set ip-type=exclusive add fs set dir=/www set special=rpool/export/zones/apache/www set type=zfs end add net set physical=zapache0 end ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] cannot replace disk in zfs pool
I'm no zfs expert, but what happens if you try to zpool import? keithk wrote: Hi: I have a zfs pool called usbstorage which consists of one single external usb disk as shown below: # zpool status usbstorage pool: usbstorage state: UNAVAIL status: One or more devices could not be opened. There are insufficient replicas for the pool to continue functioning. action: Attach the missing device and online it using 'zpool online'. see: http://www.sun.com/msg/ZFS-8000-3C scrub: none requested config: NAMESTATE READ WRITE CKSUM usbstorage UNAVAIL 0 0 0 insufficient replicas c8t0d0UNAVAIL 0 0 0 cannot open I took the disk from the external usb enclosure and put it inside my computer as an internal disk. Opensolaris recognizes the disk as c9d1 now. Since the data is intact, is there anyway I can replace c8t0d0 with c9d1s0? I tried using the command: zpool replace usbstorage c8t0d0 c9d1s0, but gotten this error back: cannot open 'usbstorage': pool is unavailable I'll appreciate any zfs guru can assist in this matter. Thanks, Keith ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] suggested reference hardware for nexenta + napp-it
I also selected the X8SIL-F for a new Open Solaris server. I have just started evaluating, and will be continuing after Christmas. One thing I have not been able to get working is the SATA port multiplier support. Intel specifies that the 3420 chipset is capable of port multiplier support, but the BIOS in this MB does not detect the extra drives. Have you evaluated this? I'd appreciate any insights you have. Also, I want to install Open Solaris on a USB stick attached to the USB port on the MB. Have you tried this? What SAS card do you use with this? -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] OpenSolaris update policy
Thanks guys, as usually engineers must do a sales job too :)) everything's clean now, I've bought the support pack for one machine, hope it's a valuable purchase. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
[osol-discuss] snv-129 Multiple Nics and Comstar multipathing
I have been attempting to assemble a production quality iSCSI Storage Server. The system contains Three 2 port Nics. in this configuration ON BOARD NIC Ag|iA Intel NIC 1 Ag|iB Intel NIC 2iB|iA Ag = Aggrigated link by creating an agge with the 2 nic ports in solaris. iA = iSCSI Physical Network A 1B = iSCSI Physical Network B There are 2 seperate Switches each with its own subnet, and physical connections to the storage server and any iSCSI initiator that will need to access it. Is there anyone out there that has a similare setup, that would like to comment on their experience with setting this production class configuration. I have an issue with stability when i have more then one NIC associated to a target. I have rulled out the link aggrigation as this is the connector that I have associated to the target now, and it has been rock solid for about a week now. (ideally the agg link will only be for management, and in the future CIFS share, and it is on its own physical network, and subnet.) NOTE: COMSTAR PERFORMANCE IS OUTSTANDING IN THIS RELEASE -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
[osol-discuss] Trouble with svc:/system/intrd:default on b 129
Updated to b 129 yesterday, and since then I cannot get booted up with all services in running order. During boot I see a report about svc:/system/intrd:default failing to start That seem to bork my apache server as well. Although svcs -a|grep apache reports apache online it isn't svcs -a |grep apache online*12:54:26 svc:/network/http:apache22 But svcs -xv tells a different story: # svcs -xv svc:/system/intrd:default (interrupt balancer) State: maintenance since December 22, 2009 12:00:38 PM CST Reason: Restarting too quickly. See: http://sun.com/msg/SMF-8000-L5 See: man -M /usr/share/man -s 1M intrd See: /var/svc/log/system-intrd:default.log Impact: This service is not running. svc:/network/http:apache22 (Apache 2.2 HTTP server) State: offline since December 22, 2009 12:51:50 PM CST Reason: Start method is running. See: http://sun.com/msg/SMF-8000-C4 See: man -M /usr/apache2/2.2/man -s 8 httpd See: http://httpd.apache.org See: /var/svc/log/network-http:apache22.log Impact: This service is not running. Any clues what to do about this? ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] Trouble with svc:/system/intrd:default on b 129
On 12/22/09 11:55 AM, Harry Putnam wrote: Updated to b 129 yesterday, and since then I cannot get booted up with all services in running order. During boot I see a report about svc:/system/intrd:default failing to start That seem to bork my apache server as well. Although svcs -a|grep apache reports apache online it isn't svcs -a |grep apache online*12:54:26 svc:/network/http:apache22 But svcs -xv tells a different story: # svcs -xv svc:/system/intrd:default (interrupt balancer) State: maintenance since December 22, 2009 12:00:38 PM CST Reason: Restarting too quickly. See: http://sun.com/msg/SMF-8000-L5 See: man -M /usr/share/man -s 1M intrd See: /var/svc/log/system-intrd:default.log Impact: This service is not running. svc:/network/http:apache22 (Apache 2.2 HTTP server) State: offline since December 22, 2009 12:51:50 PM CST Reason: Start method is running. See: http://sun.com/msg/SMF-8000-C4 See: man -M /usr/apache2/2.2/man -s 8 httpd See: http://httpd.apache.org See: /var/svc/log/network-http:apache22.log Impact: This service is not running. Any clues what to do about this? ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org Not sure about the intrd, but your apache problem may be 6907454 apache22 fcgid fails to load, daemon starts, stops and restarts ad nauseum -tim ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] Trouble with svc:/system/intrd:default on b 129
Tim Haley tim.ha...@sun.com writes: Not sure about the intrd, but your apache problem may be 6907454 apache22 fcgid fails to load, daemon starts, stops and restarts ad nauseum I'm not getting any hits on 6907454 or on apache22 at: http://defect.opensolaris.org/bz/buglist.cgi ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] Trouble with svc:/system/intrd:default on b 129
Harry Putnam rea...@newsguy.com writes: Tim Haley tim.ha...@sun.com writes: Not sure about the intrd, but your apache problem may be 6907454 apache22 fcgid fails to load, daemon starts, stops and restarts ad nauseum I'm not getting any hits on 6907454 or on apache22 at: http://defect.opensolaris.org/bz/buglist.cgi Sorry a straight up google search on `apache fcgid' turned it up. And it does show that bug number. However I rechecked at http://defect.opensolaris.org/bz/show_bug.cgi?id=6907454 and still shows no results... not sure why. ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] Trouble with svc:/system/intrd:default on b 129
Harry Putnam rea...@newsguy.com writes: Harry Putnam rea...@newsguy.com writes: Tim Haley tim.ha...@sun.com writes: Not sure about the intrd, but your apache problem may be 6907454 apache22 fcgid fails to load, daemon starts, stops and restarts ad nauseum I'm not getting any hits on 6907454 or on apache22 at: http://defect.opensolaris.org/bz/buglist.cgi Sorry a straight up google search on `apache fcgid' turned it up. And it does show that bug number. However I rechecked at http://defect.opensolaris.org/bz/show_bug.cgi?id=6907454 and still shows no results... not sure why. Not only found the bug commentary but also found the fix suggested there works for me too. apache up and at it after some minor edits. Thanks. ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] suggested reference hardware for nexenta + napp-it
hi jsp i have not tried sata multiplier support. but to be honest, i do not expect that as a way to have a server without too many problems. see also: http://www.nexenta.org/boards/1/topics/64 also usb booting. although it may work, why do you want to boot from a slow usb stick instead of a nearly same priced , same power-hungry but more reliable 2,5 drive on such a high-end board with a 2,5 drive-bay i always use 2 x 2,5 raid-1 drives for my zfs boot drive in nexenta, all with zfs- software raid-1, on my vmware esxi server as hardware raid-1 (raidsonic) if you need more than 6 sata ports, i strongly suggest to use a separate controller. i can recommend sas controller with lsi 1068 chip ex http://www.supermicro.com/products/accessories/addon/AOC-USASLP-L8i.cfm (8 x sas internal, about 100 euro). although it is uio (left side mounted chips), i never had problems to install it and its perfect for opensolaris/nexenta. i use about 8 of them. hope it helps gea -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] Trouble with svc:/system/intrd:default on b 129
Harry Putnam wrote: Harry Putnam rea...@newsguy.com writes: Tim Haley tim.ha...@sun.com writes: Not sure about the intrd, but your apache problem may be 6907454 apache22 fcgid fails to load, daemon starts, stops and restarts ad nauseum I'm not getting any hits on 6907454 or on apache22 at: http://defect.opensolaris.org/bz/buglist.cgi Sorry a straight up google search on `apache fcgid' turned it up. And it does show that bug number. However I rechecked at http://defect.opensolaris.org/bz/show_bug.cgi?id=6907454 and still shows no results... not sure why. 7 digit bug numbers are in the bug database found at bugs.opensolaris.org. The separate bug database at defect.opensolaris.org is only up to 5 digit bug ids so far. http://bugs.opensolaris.org/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6907454 -- -Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersm...@sun.com Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] cannot replace disk in zfs pool
Opensolaris took the command, zpool import but nothing happened. zpool list yields: NAME SIZE ALLOC FREECAP DEDUP HEALTH ALTROOT rpool848G 654G 194G77% 1.00x ONLINE - usbstorage - - - - - FAULTED - -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
[osol-discuss] image-update failed; ZFS returned an error
Never seen this before: # pkg image-update DOWNLOAD PKGS FILESXFER (MB) Completed 2/2 194/19464.0/64.0 PHASEACTIONS Removal Phase4/4 Install Phase7/7 Update Phase 219/219 PHASE ITEMS Reading Existing Index 8/8 Indexing Packages2/2 pkg: unable to activate osol-129-1 ... # beadm activate osol-129-1 Unable to activate osol-129-1. ZFS returned an error. What error is that, though? Don't see anything in dmesg. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] [osol-help] cannot replace disk in zfs pool
Brian, Thanks for your help. Doing a zpool export usbstorage before converting into a internal drive, and doing a zpool import usbstorage after that worked. You have saved me a lot of hours of copying of those files. Thanks again! Regards, Keith -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] image-update failed; ZFS returned an error
Only 2 packages for the image-update? I'm guessing that you were already running osol-129, and that a couple of newer packages (?) led image-update to believe there were updates to be made. Did you happen to see which packages it tried updating? What did you think you were going to update to if build 129 is on your system? -- Alan On 12/22/09 05:56 PM, Garen Parham wrote: Never seen this before: # pkg image-update DOWNLOAD PKGS FILESXFER (MB) Completed 2/2 194/19464.0/64.0 PHASEACTIONS Removal Phase4/4 Install Phase7/7 Update Phase 219/219 PHASE ITEMS Reading Existing Index 8/8 Indexing Packages2/2 pkg: unable to activate osol-129-1 ... # beadm activate osol-129-1 Unable to activate osol-129-1. ZFS returned an error. What error is that, though? Don't see anything in dmesg. ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
[osol-discuss] mirroring IPS on an isolated network
I am interested in using opensolaris on an isolated network. It would make life easier if I could have a mirror of pkg.opensolaris.org on the isolated network. I already do a similar thing with ubuntu using apt-mirror and a handful of small scripts to sneakernet updates. There doesn't seem to be an easy solution for opensolaris. I found http://hub.opensolaris.org/bin/view/Project+pkg/Mirroring but at the bottom of the page it says the mirror doesn't know anything about the packages (or repository) it is serving. The client still relies on the origin server for metadata and remote search. Not exactly encouraging. Also it looks like the rsync solution only works for dev, I can't mirror release. At a bare minimum I need just a handful of packages (e.g. gcc) and their dependencies, but I can't even figure out how to just download individual package files. I get to the point of downloading a .p5i file, but that is just a small text file without an obvious link to the real package. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
[osol-discuss] napp-it ZFS Server
I'm looking to build a ZFS home server using napp-it with either EON or NexentaCore and is presently considering this one, http://www.babelcon.de/napp-it/hardware.html. Some changes are suggested with the CPU SATA Controller and I want to be certain that this combination will work as well. 1. Motherboard - http://www.supermicro.com/xeon_3400/Motherboard/X8SIL.cfm 2. CPU - http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENEDEPA=0Order=BESTMATCHDescription=x3440x=0y=0 3. SATA Controller - http://www.supermicro.com/products/accessories/addon/AOC-SASLP-MV8.cfm 4. Memory - ? (need recommendation) Thank you -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
