Re: [osol-discuss] question about downloading opensolaris

2006-10-15 Thread Exacel IVR
Thank you for reply. where i can download solaris express ? thanks Derek E. Lewis wrote: > legolas wood wrote: >> 1-is there any all in one download package which has all OpenSolaris >> > OpenSolaris is just a consolidation of code that is enough to make an > OpenSolaris-based distribution. Sol

Re: [osol-discuss] Growing the OpenSolaris Community

2006-10-15 Thread Glynn Foster
Hey, Simon Phipps wrote: > On Oct 15, 2006, at 19:31, Glynn Foster wrote: > >> o CAB formed 1 year+ ago, yet still no governance model, or idea >>of more formal membership for the project > > > Actually there is a comprehensive and well-thought-through governance > model in exist

Re: [osol-discuss] Growing the OpenSolaris Community

2006-10-15 Thread Simon Phipps
On Oct 15, 2006, at 19:31, Glynn Foster wrote: o CAB formed 1 year+ ago, yet still no governance model, or idea of more formal membership for the project Actually there is a comprehensive and well-thought-through governance model in existence, which the CAB has been worki

Re: [osol-discuss] Growing the OpenSolaris Community

2006-10-15 Thread Richard Lowe
Glynn Foster wrote: Hey, Jim Grisanzio wrote: So ... where do we go from here? Depends on how you classify the community and where you feel the most benefit is. As a general statement "Listen to what people are asking for, and find ways to do it" seems to be the only way to achieve anythi

Re: [osol-discuss] Growing the OpenSolaris Community

2006-10-15 Thread Glynn Foster
Hey, Jim Grisanzio wrote: > So ... where do we go from here? Depends on how you classify the community and where you feel the most benefit is. > Year one was clearly about getting out there, releasing lots of code, > and building infrastructure. What's next? To me, community growth -- in > s

[osol-discuss] Re: Not a UFS filesystem error after copying the root disk (x86)

2006-10-15 Thread Bob Palowoda
> > Don't stop there, install OpenSolaris. > > > > ---Bob > > I am not sure I am following you. SUN is providing > Solaris 10 OS and that's what I am using. Why do I > need to install OpenSolaris when I have the software > from SUN? What's the difference between OpenSolaris > and SUN's Solaris

Re: [osol-discuss] Quest for the "Perfect" OpenSolaris workstation.

2006-10-15 Thread Dennis Clarke
> My first Sun was a Sun 3/60, I loved it, it was a great workstation and I've > used it for years, it even (back then) seemed fast. Since then, things have > quite changed, computers got somewhat faster and it's time for me to find > the "Perfect" OpenSolaris workstation. [ WARNING - B L A T A

[osol-discuss] Re: Not a UFS filesystem error after copying the root disk (x86)

2006-10-15 Thread Trevor Maggs
> Don't stop there, install OpenSolaris. > > ---Bob I am not sure I am following you. SUN is providing Solaris 10 OS and that's what I am using. Why do I need to install OpenSolaris when I have the software from SUN? What's the difference between OpenSolaris and SUN's Solaris OS? Forgive me

[osol-discuss] Re: Not a UFS filesystem error after copying the root disk (x86)

2006-10-15 Thread Bob Palowoda
> > > http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/features/articles/grub_boo > t_solaris.html > > Thanks for the URL, but it is about Solaris 10 > version 1/06. > > Are you suggesting the best way is to get rid of the > existing Solaris 10 3/05 version and reinstall with > the version 1/06 OS? I am aware GRUB

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Growing the OpenSolaris Community

2006-10-15 Thread Glynn Foster
Hey, Richard L. Hamilton wrote: >> * Are we happy with the current size and growth rate >> of the community? > > More is better...except there's the assimilation issue. Some of us > remember when Usenet went to heck, first with immigration lawyers > spamming everything, and then with clueless ne

[osol-discuss] OpenSolaris Weekly News #33

2006-10-15 Thread Glynn Foster
Hey, Another short week - while there have been lots of conversations right across the lists, there are just a few I've captured that I feel are important. Glynn == > Bonnie Corwin announced [1] that SVN support was now available for projects. > Steve Lau followed up [2] with a help guide link

[osol-discuss] Re: Not a UFS filesystem error after copying the root disk (x86)

2006-10-15 Thread Trevor Maggs
> http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/features/articles/grub_boot_solaris.html Thanks for the URL, but it is about Solaris 10 version 1/06. Are you suggesting the best way is to get rid of the existing Solaris 10 3/05 version and reinstall with the version 1/06 OS? I am aware GRUB is not supported in

Re: [osol-discuss] Quest for the "Perfect" OpenSolaris workstation.

2006-10-15 Thread Rich Teer
On Sun, 15 Oct 2006, Jerome Ibanes wrote: > My first Sun was a Sun 3/60, I loved it, it was a great workstation Wow, my first Sun[tm] was a 3/80. > the only way I can dive into OpenSolaris myself is to run it on my own > workstation, therefore my criteria to qualify the "Perfect" OpenSolaris Tr

[osol-discuss] Quest for the "Perfect" OpenSolaris workstation.

2006-10-15 Thread Jerome Ibanes
My first Sun was a Sun 3/60, I loved it, it was a great workstation and I've used it for years, it even (back then) seemed fast. Since then, things have quite changed, computers got somewhat faster and it's time for me to find the "Perfect" OpenSolaris workstation. Why you'd ask? Well, one of t

[osol-discuss] Re: build 27a on x86 : panic at boot

2006-10-15 Thread Ezio Aurelius
> diskread: reading beyond end of ramdisk > start = 0x2000, size = 0x2000 > o read superblock > diskread: reading beyond end of ramdisk > start = 0x8000, size = 0x800 > o read superblock > panic: cannot mount boot archive > Press any key to reboot > > I don't think that is what I w

Re: [osol-discuss] Security changed in recent blds?

2006-10-15 Thread Alan Coopersmith
Ian wrote: Alan Coopersmith wrote: Ian wrote: I've installed build49 on a couple of systems and I'm unable to rlogin to them or access their displays. Have there been any recent changes in this area? Just the Secure-by-Default project disabling all remote services except ssh: http://www.o

[osol-discuss] Re: Not a UFS filesystem error after copying the root disk (x86)

2006-10-15 Thread Alan Burlison
http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/features/articles/grub_boot_solaris.html This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] GIMP Splash image ?

2006-10-15 Thread Laszlo (Laca) Peter
On Sun, 2006-10-15 at 01:07 -0400, Dennis Clarke wrote: > Who are those people in the GIMP splash image ? > > just run /bin/gimp in snv_49 or newer I guess The gimp developers? (I don't know them, just guessing) There's a nice gallery of the ever changing gimp splash screens here: http://www.gim