Hi all, I'm currently test-running the recently-released OpenSolaris 2008.11 and have decided I'd like to have a go at replacing it with Nexenta Core 2.
The specific problem I ran into on my first (and so far only) install attempt is this one - lack of a driver for the machine's network hardware: Driver for device pci10ec,8136 is not available. D'oh! Running scanpci on the machine (after booting back into OpenSolaris 2008.11) gives me this: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller The network card works fine under OpenSol 2008.11 - so as far as I understand, there *is* an "official" OpenSol driver for this card. But I think it (the driver) was only made available fairly recently, and I suspect that it may only be distributed as part of the kernel. My plan at the moment is to try installing Nexenta Core 2 _without_ any networking support, and then acquire a driver from here: http://homepage2.nifty.com/mrym3/taiyodo/eng/ (under the heading "15. gani driver for Realtek rtl8169 rtl8110 rtl8168 rtl8101 PCI/PCI-Express GbE chipset") ...and attempt to install that. But I'm largely going by guesswork here - can anyone tell me if there's a chance of that working, or would it be a really bad idea? Any alternative suggestions much appreciated. Thanks, Pete. PS. In case anyone was going to suggest just using another network card - I would've tried that too :-), except it's not possible for the machine in question. -- You're posting to a Scheme group. Around here, arguing that Java is better than C++ is like arguing that grasshoppers taste better than tree bark. -- Thant Tessman <[email protected]> in comp.lang.scheme _______________________________________________ gnusol-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.sonic.net/mailman/listinfo/gnusol-users
