Hi


I have tried to use Sol 10 in an HP Pavillion Dv7, vould not install, HCL not OK... so I switched to a Asus F3JR.

This time installed OK, only when I booted, tried to Init 4 after logging as root, Shell started that could not start X... the log file was in /var/dt/<whatever>... checked it... lous of errors...

I guess that my ATI Mobility Radeon X 2300 is not supported...


Nothing to do here, right...? the proprietary drivers are for Linux or Windows... nothing else.

Will have to switch back to OSol...

Does the companion disk of Sol 10 software include ATI drivers...?

Can I use the Sol 10 Dvd installer as a source of software to install in OSol...?

BRGDS

Alex

What is the problem running OpenSolaris vs Solaris 10 ?

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Hi Jlliagre

Due to the fact that I have a slow internet connection, using Sol 10, which ships with a lot more software, would allow me to redeploy my system much more rapidly than with OSol,... in case I accidentally messed up and break my system...

For instance, as a debian user, ( used to be, now I am a Slacker ) i have the full set of 5 DVDs, as a Slackware user, I have the Slackware64 <current> installer DVD plus a private repo of 2 DVDs with Slackbuilds, source tarballs and slackware packages ( libraries, applications, etc ) , It takes me no longer than 1 hour to redeploy my system from scratch with a couple of install scripts...

I can do this because i HAVE what I need, regardless of an Internet connection... this would be the case with Sol 10... but not with OSol...

or else...

Can I build a repo of my own and burn DVDs with it... some sort of Blastwave only in DVDs...?

BRGDS

Alex

This is debatable. OpenSolaris ships with some components missing from Solaris 10, its software is usually much more up to date, and its repository has far more software than what is bundled with Solaris 10.
OpenSolaris survives most mistakes much better than any other OS. ZFS snapshots allows to revert back to a configuration where the system was running OK. They are done automatically when you upgrade to a newer release.
You can mirror existing repositories:
http://hub.opensolaris.org/bin/view/...+pkg/Mirroring
Internet access would still be required for metadata though.

The problem with software DVDs is they are outdated only a few days/weeks after they have been recorded. I only use rewritable media for that reason. Anyway, there is an iso containing the 2009.06 full repository (5 GB or so) there:
http://genunix.org/dist/indiana/osol-repo-0906-full.iso

Read that for details:
http://www.genunix.org/dist/indiana/README.osol-repo

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