Re: [osol-discuss] second_root for upgrade of next release

2008-10-27 Thread Dave Uhring
> At installation with all default options, it not created second_root (default > name) partition for me for upgrade of next release. > I remembered that till release b74 or 85, as default it created second_root. Not b85 for sure. I had to create that partition myself. But if you select ZFS root

Re: [osol-discuss] how to register new install?

2008-10-19 Thread Dave Uhring
> I have installed zero patches on this box - should I install the Recommended > Solaris Patch Clusters If yes which one? > Solaris Express Community Edition snv_99 X86 There are *NO* patches for the operating system. There is a patch for StarOffice8 and one for SUNWvts. Use "pca". http://www.

Re: [osol-discuss] Replacing missing disks

2008-10-19 Thread Dave Uhring
> The disks should should be hot swappable, no? I've never tried a hotswap myself but a previous discussion may be of help: http://opensolaris.org/jive/message.jspa?messageID=222069 -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mai

Re: [osol-discuss] Replacing missing disks

2008-10-18 Thread Dave Uhring
>> devfsadm > Okay, did that. Disk still does not show up... If the disk does not appear when executing either "format" or "iostat -nE" following a devfsadm then the disk is either dead or has its data or power connector disconnected. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Replacing missing disks

2008-10-18 Thread Dave Uhring
> I ran zpool online and zpool replace but could not get those to work. When I > do > a # format the re-inserted disk does not show up in the list. As root execute "devfsadm". -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing

Re: [osol-discuss] /home dir for myself

2008-10-18 Thread Dave Uhring
> after installing "opensolaris" i've found /home dir, but no way to change that > permissons. http://www.science.uva.nl/pub/solaris/solaris2/Q3.4.html Note that the instructions are slightly out of date. If you want to refer to /home/user_name and continue to use the automounter then edit

Re: [osol-discuss] crontab

2008-10-17 Thread Dave Uhring
> Can the cron jobs in the crontab be modified to run at different times? crontab -e -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] openOffice 3.0.0 downloads

2008-10-14 Thread Dave Uhring
> OOo 3.0.0rc4 is identical to the final release. It's no use to me. I installed it Sunday on a fresh install of OpenSolaris snv_98. It crashed after I checked the no register box then Finish. There's no point in trying to register when the registration site works only for Microsoft crapware. R

Re: [osol-discuss] java version 1.6.0_06 build 1.6.0_06-b02

2008-10-06 Thread Dave Uhring
> Can I simply install the x86 JDK from the SDLC or will I bugger up my pkg > integrity on this machine? I've been doing that since 1.6.0_07 was released. No noticeable problems. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls -F /usr/jdk instances/ jdk1.6.0_07@ latest@ [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ head -1 /etc/release

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

2008-10-04 Thread Dave Uhring
> bbash-3.2# shutdown now shutdown(1M) without any -i argument causes the sytem to go to single-user state. "now" is just a message. Try shutdown -y -g0 -i5 if you want to shutdown and power-off the machine. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___

Re: [osol-discuss] New to Unix(Solaris)

2008-10-04 Thread Dave Uhring
> They all work. Provided that one avoids the executables in /usr/gnu/bin but that directory is *first* in the default $PATH. GNU==GNU is Not UNIX > At least they should all work in the latest OpenSolaris snv_98 Live > CDROM/DVD image because the man page for standards(5) is the xact same as > t

Re: [osol-discuss] Interesting => MAC addr reversing manually solved the problem !!

2008-10-03 Thread Dave Uhring
> IIRC the mac address reversal bug was fixed long ago. Not! The bug exists in osol b98 still. > A fixed version would not require the ifconfig ether hack. Right. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensol

Re: [osol-discuss] [networking-discuss] please help => network configuration !!

2008-10-02 Thread Dave Uhring
> Thanks, Juergen. I'll give that a try on my MCP61 and MCP67 systems. It would > be > nice to put those Intel NICs back into the parts box. It surely did work. Thanks again! [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ifconfig nge0 nge0: flags=201000843 mtu 1500 index 2 inet 192.168.0.5 netmask ff00 bro

Re: [osol-discuss] [networking-discuss] please help => network configuration !!

2008-10-02 Thread Dave Uhring
> On one box (ASUS M2N-VM DVI) I had to workaround bug 6678904 > ( http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6678904 ), > by manually setting the MAC address: Thanks, Juergen. I'll give that a try on my MCP61 and MCP67 systems. It would be nice to put those Intel NICs back into the parts b

Re: [osol-discuss] [networking-discuss] please help => network configuration !!

2008-10-02 Thread Dave Uhring
> nge0: flags=201000843 mtu 1500 index 2 > inet 192.168.1.17 netmask ff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255 If that is the built-in Ethernet controller on an nVidia MCP chipset you are *never* going to make it work with either OpenSolaris or Solaris Express. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] snv_98 iso

2008-09-24 Thread Dave Uhring
> I didn't think I need support for all languages. Was that my mistake? Not a mistake at all. You wrote: >> I downloaded the snv_98 iso, burned it to DVD (it wouldn't fit on a CD), and I merely showed that there does exist a CD-size image. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___

Re: [osol-discuss] snv_98 iso

2008-09-23 Thread Dave Uhring
> I downloaded the snv_98 iso, burned it to DVD (it wouldn't fit on a CD), The osol-0811-98-global.iso is ~661 MB in size. I'm sure than any packages it may be missing can be added after installation. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___

Re: [osol-discuss] firefox problems with snv_98

2008-09-23 Thread Dave Uhring
> Already did that. It helps a little but it's still unusable. Same goes for > thunderbird. It's the > whole window system that is malfunctioning. Switching between workspaces is a > 5 second > operation. Machine is Ferrari 4000 with 2GB and fresh install of 2008.11 b86 Then upgrade your system

Re: [osol-discuss] Nexenta : Ubuntu Server with ZFS goodness

2008-09-14 Thread Dave Uhring
Weigh that against Nexenta's spam posting to comp.unix.solaris. Message ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted by: Saqib Jang [EMAIL PROTECTED] Nexenta Systems, Inc. from a Starbucks. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing

Re: [osol-discuss] cannot edit /etc/services

2008-09-13 Thread Dave Uhring
> how can i open this to edit it? i am su, but it only opens read only. chmod u+w /etc/inet/services first. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Any Ideas

2008-08-26 Thread Dave Uhring
> I have downloaded os200805 twice 1 with SDM and 2 > with DAP. Firefox is more reliable for such downloads than anything else you have access to. > I have burnt it using sonic record now 7.3 > and cd burner xp pro 4.2 in the iso image. I have > done these several times and ruined a bunch of dis

Re: [osol-discuss] snv_95 File too large?

2008-08-25 Thread Dave Uhring
> I tried mounting the usb drive with the mount_ntfs > binary (http://sourceforge.net/projects/mount-ntfs/). > Again same result... Then the problem exists in the ntfs implementation or ntfs itself. This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ openso

Re: [osol-discuss] snv_95 File too large?

2008-08-25 Thread Dave Uhring
> I'm copying a file from a usb hdd (ntfs mounted read only with the FSWpart, > FSWfsmisc installed) > to my laptop's hdd, but I'm getting a "File too large" error: > # ls -la laptopBackup_080821.bkf > -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 4294967295 Aug 21 22:45 laptopBackup_080821.bkf Try using /usr/bin/cp,