Re: [osol-discuss] Solaris Jargon

2008-10-05 Thread Dennis Clarke
> Dennis Clarke wrote: >>> Dennis Clarke wrote: Here are some key terms. The FCS or GA release and the ABI, the SPI and API. I have always been curious what the difference was between FCS and GA. I think that GA means General Availability and perhaps is the same

Re: [osol-discuss] Solaris Jargon

2008-10-05 Thread Scott Rotondo
Dennis Clarke wrote: >> Dennis Clarke wrote: >>> Here are some key terms. The FCS or GA release and the ABI, the SPI and >>> API. >>> >>> I have always been curious what the difference was between FCS and GA. I >>> think that GA means General Availability and perhaps is the same as FCS. >>> >>> >>

Re: [osol-discuss] Download Older Builds?

2008-10-05 Thread Ian Collins
Paul Roberts wrote: > I was really hoping to use Xen with Build 99 on Xeons but apparently there is > a bug (kernel panic) so I'm not able to. Is there any way to grab an older > build? > > Follow the download link to the login page and change "b99" in the URL to an earlier build (b97 looks t

Re: [osol-discuss] Solaris Jargon

2008-10-05 Thread Dennis Clarke
> Dennis Clarke wrote: >> Here are some key terms. The FCS or GA release and the ABI, the SPI and >> API. >> >> I have always been curious what the difference was between FCS and GA. I >> think that GA means General Availability and perhaps is the same as FCS. >> >> > FCS stands for First Customer

Re: [osol-discuss] Solaris Jargon

2008-10-05 Thread Joseph Mocker
Dennis Clarke wrote: > Here are some key terms. The FCS or GA release and the ABI, the SPI and API. > > I have always been curious what the difference was between FCS and GA. I > think that GA means General Availability and perhaps is the same as FCS. > > FCS stands for First Customer Ship[ment]

[osol-discuss] Download Older Builds?

2008-10-05 Thread Paul Roberts
I was really hoping to use Xen with Build 99 on Xeons but apparently there is a bug (kernel panic) so I'm not able to. Is there any way to grab an older build? Thanks, Paul -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing li

[osol-discuss] Visual Effects

2008-10-05 Thread Santiago Builes Palacio
I went to visual effects and I chose extra effects and after I did click in the button ok, the machine gets blocked, the keyboard and the mouse doesn’t respond , so had to reboot the computer, but when it start again, it keeps blocked, any one knows the reason? What should I do? My computer ha

Re: [osol-discuss] Solaris Jargon

2008-10-05 Thread andrew
> you might want to check the documentation community, > they have > http://globalglossary.sunvirtuallab.com/wiki/index.php > /Main_Page > which you can extend for your purposes I didn't even know that site existed! I think maybe it renders my page redundant. I'll probably add the definitions I h

Re: [osol-discuss] [osol-code] Roadmap for Solaris support of cheap/legacy hardware

2008-10-05 Thread Richard L. Hamilton
> Thanks. Wish I phrased the question better, but great > response. Seems number of replies goes up, and usefulness probably goes down, in proportion to how provocatively phrased the question could be seen to be. :-) -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _

Re: [osol-discuss] Solaris Jargon

2008-10-05 Thread Scott Rotondo
andrew wrote: > I have started to create a page to explain some of the jargon that is > specific to Solaris and/or Sun but I'm stock on a few terms. Can some > knowledgeable folk possibly have a look and reply here with definitions for > those I've not got meanings for, and also check I've got t

Re: [osol-discuss] Roadmap for Solaris support of cheap/legacy hardware

2008-10-05 Thread Richard L. Hamilton
> No intended spin. I think that Solaris is great, in > many ways the best. I'm just curious about why Joe CS > Student is going to be really interested in it as a > workstation or mid/low-end server compared to the > alternatives. I see a potential issue because they > will probably run OS X or Li

Re: [osol-discuss] Solaris Jargon

2008-10-05 Thread Ignacio Marambio Catán
you might want to check the documentation community, they have http://globalglossary.sunvirtuallab.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page which you can extend for your purposes On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 2:34 PM, andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for those. Can I use your explanations on my page? I wou

Re: [osol-discuss] Solaris Jargon

2008-10-05 Thread andrew
Thanks for those. Can I use your explanations on my page? I would "source acknowledge" your contribution (or not if you prefer). Thanks Andrew. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensol

Re: [osol-discuss] Solaris Jargon

2008-10-05 Thread Dennis Clarke
> I have started to create a page to explain some of the jargon that is > specific to Solaris and/or Sun but I'm stock on a few terms. Can some > knowledgeable folk possibly have a look and reply here with definitions > for those I've not got meanings for, and also check I've got the rest > correc

Re: [osol-discuss] Solaris Jargon

2008-10-05 Thread Alan Coopersmith
andrew wrote: > I have started to create a page to explain some of the jargon that is > specific to Solaris and/or Sun but I'm stock on a few terms. Can some > knowledgeable folk possibly have a look and reply here with definitions for > those I've not got meanings for, and also check I've got

[osol-discuss] Solaris Jargon

2008-10-05 Thread andrew
I have started to create a page to explain some of the jargon that is specific to Solaris and/or Sun but I'm stock on a few terms. Can some knowledgeable folk possibly have a look and reply here with definitions for those I've not got meanings for, and also check I've got the rest correct? The p

Re: [osol-discuss] system wont shutdown with shutdown cmd

2008-10-05 Thread andrew
Solaris is not Linux. You cannot assume that because the sutdown command exists on Solaris that it takes the same arguments as on Linux. If you read the man page for shutdonw you will see that the correct way to initiate an immediate shutdown on Solaris is to issue this command: shutdown -i5 -g

Re: [osol-discuss] [osol-code] Roadmap for Solaris support of cheap/legacy hardware

2008-10-05 Thread Taylor Oliphant
Thanks. Wish I phrased the question better, but great response. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org