Re: [osol-help] Unable to install 2009.06 x86 using live cd

2010-10-05 Thread john
please somebody help me install my opensolaris 2009.06 x86 using live cd. i have x86 - system, however, when i booted the cd, it showed that x64 bit OS was loaded. then it halted.. please help -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___

Re: [osol-help] Opinions and how to move forward?

2010-10-05 Thread Steve
I had not planned on this having third party support. I am currently upgrading to 134b. Using the openindiana legacy source. I plan to test and see how this runs, and then choose whether to move forward or completely to openindiana at this point. I am mostly sure I will be sticking with 134b

Re: [osol-help] Opinions and how to move forward?

2010-10-05 Thread Steve
I guess another question is, if I am successful with 134b, it is of course still unstable release. How much do i need to worry about that? I have seen a fair amount of people on the internet stating they run solidly on 134b. I am strictly using this as a data storage server and ZFS is my

Re: [osol-help] Opinions and how to move forward?

2010-10-05 Thread Paul Johnston
Interesting! The question of what would happen if a security issue arose in 134b needs to be considered as well as the possibility of using a newer (better?) version of ZFS. I would not want to run dedup on production at the moment but would really like it at a later date. For that to happen I

Re: [osol-help] Opinions and how to move forward?

2010-10-05 Thread Alan Coopersmith
Steve wrote: I am currently upgrading to 134b. Using the openindiana legacy source. That should just be 134, since Oracle never released 134a or 134b. -- -Alan Coopersmith-alan.coopersm...@oracle.com Oracle Solaris Platform Engineering: X Window System

Re: [osol-help] Unable to install 2009.06 x86 using live cd

2010-10-05 Thread Jürgen Keil
please somebody help me install my opensolaris 2009.06 x86 using live cd. i have x86 - system, however, when i booted the cd, it showed that x64 bit OS was loaded. That is, you have a 64-bit capable x86 system... then it halted.. Try to boot the kernel with option -v. Append it at the end

Re: [osol-help] Opinions and how to move forward?

2010-10-05 Thread Ian Collins
On 10/ 6/10 03:18 AM, Steve wrote: I guess another question is, if I am successful with 134b, it is of course still unstable release. How much do i need to worry about that? I have seen a fair amount of people on the internet stating they run solidly on 134b. I am strictly using this as a

Re: [osol-help] Opinions and how to move forward?

2010-10-05 Thread Edward Martinez
More thoughts please! :) Or you could continue using eiher Opensolaris 2009.06 or snv_b134 until Oracle release what suppose to be Opensolaris replacement Solaris 11 Express at the end of the year, and it is mention, that it might include ZFS data encryption, not seen anywhere else until

Re: [osol-help] Unable to install 2009.06 x86 using live cd

2010-10-05 Thread john
i tried the cd on my classmate's laptop, the message that supposedly will display next is the options for languages, but none popped-out. it just showed something like opensolaris 2009.06 64-bit OS.. i've waited hours for the language menu but it's just blank.. thanks @jkeil, i'll try what

Re: [osol-help] Unable to install 2009.06 x86 using live cd

2010-10-05 Thread john
Are you sure your processor is 32bit? no i'm not, but i have win7 x86, it can show anything about my system, then it says that my system is x86 capable. i've also tried to install its x64 version but the installer didn't ran. anyway, i'll double check. thanks kornax Are you sure you chose

Re: [osol-help] nic interface name to part number mapping

2010-10-05 Thread Steve
Your best bet is to look at the NIC's on the HCL: http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl/data/os/ Then look them up and see what NIC's can do what you need. Happy Hunting. :) -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-help mailing list

Re: [osol-help] Solaris network config probs in X86

2010-10-05 Thread Steve
You can find and download packages here: http://pkg.opensolaris.org/release/en/index.shtml You can also look in the DDU (Device Driver Utility) and see if your Network card is showing up there at all, if a driver is loaded or if it has failed. I know I have had trouble with NWAM being a bit

Re: [osol-help] ISCSI-Opensolaris FileServer Problem

2010-10-05 Thread Steve
I ran your message through a translator because I do not know french. Hope you do not mind. Hello everybody, Then I resume my problem. I have a OpenSolaris machine with 2 network card, 1 1 prod sharing a ZFS pool ISCSI 1TB ISCSI in with Deduplication. At my client, a Windows 2008 R2 with