On 7/22/07, IT3 Stuart Blake Tener, USN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 7/21/07 9:37 PM, "john g4lt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 7/21/07, Stuart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> To whom it shall concern or can just help out: > > > > technically, since opensolaris is a volunteer community, it concerns > > nobody, unless they wish to help > > Sir, indeed you are instantiate of the very animus for addressing the > community using the language articulated in the above salutation. > Technically if you had any concern for people and weren't a jerk off > (ostensibly only in terms of your personality and not technical prowess), > you wouldn't respond as you did. However, I will assert a presumptive > position that you do seem to want to help out, even absent your > idiosyncratic personality.
given that you're an IT3, they pay you to know more than what you've indicated. please do us all a favor and RTFM > Thus, you sir, represent a subset of the cross section of audience I was > hoping to engage. You know, the kind of person that can and wants to help > out, but does not have any concern for the person they are helping as is > usually indicative by their course expenditure of words in conjunction with > a belligerent concern for others intent to be kind and nice. Thus, my > salutation was properly indicative of whom I suspected would potentially > respond, and have the technical information I was seeking. > > A fellow just like you sir... > > > > >> I recently came into a few e450s (two of them), so please don't recommend > >> some other hardware, that I wish to load Solaris onto. Indeed I would like > >> to > >> understand the answer to these questions in not just the context of > >> Opensolaris but in the context of Solaris GA and Solaris Express as well. > >> > >> e450 Hardware questions: > > > > http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pub/Systems/E450/E450.html ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ this link. > >> What DVD drives are supported on the SCSI bus for an e450 to boot from for > >> the purposes of asserting a DVD based Opensolaris or Solaris 10 > >> installation? > > > > any SCSI CD or DVD will work. > > Thank you, this is helpful to know, as a long time ago Sun hardware asserted > the requisite of CD-ROM (SCSI types) having been jumpered for 2048 block > transfers vice 512 byte block transfers (back in the SPARCstation IPC/IPX > days), so it is nice to hear that today such concerns have been obviated. It hasn't been "obviated", it's just any modern SCSI CD/DVD can tell > > > >> Can an IDE DVD drive be installed onto the e450 somehow and booted from for > >> Solaris installation purposes? > > > > NO > > Actually a friend mentioned that there are IDE to SCSI protocol translation > bridge boards; though a used DVD drive would be cheaper, do you have any > experience with such boards and their application in the instant case? then to the computer, it's not an IDE, n'est pas? > > > >> What boards must I had to increase the number of SCSI drives that the e450 > >> can accept into the e450 front bay (in currency it accepts only four)? > > > > see the sunsolve link > > After a fully investigative read of this email, no sunsolve link seems to be > present. Perhaps you neglected to make it inclusive? perhaps you failed to read? > > > >> If you have a DVD drive or DASD expansion backplane cards, please contact > >> me > >> at [EMAIL PROTECTED] so we can work something out. > >> > >> > >> Solaris/Hardware Support Questions: > >> > >> Can the e450 support a USB PCI card for external USB drive support? > > > > solaris can, I don't know if the e450 will see it from openprom > > Presuming that the inability for OpenProm to notice the existence of the USB > PCI card (for bootability purposes) is correct (I have no reason to contest > your logic here), would the USB PCI Card then function for the purposes of > providing USB external drive support, for post-bootup additional storage? > > > > >> Can the e450 support a FireWire PCI card for external FireWire drive > >> support? > > > > solaris can, I don't know if the e450 will see it from openprom > > I presume that the answer to the above entitled question concerning USB > drive support for non-bootable purposes would be the same here, if, > presumptively the FireWire PCI card functioned post boot-up, no? what, you can't read english? > > > >> Can the e450 support a WiFi PCI card? > > > > solaris can't > > What about USB based WiFi adapters running under Solaris, post boot up, > using a USB PCI Card (if one functioned at that point)? let me put this in terms you can even understand: THERE IS NO SUPPORT FOR ANY WIFI NETWORKING FOR SPARC. I take it that english is a tertiary language for you? > > > >> Can the e450 support any IDE ATAPI or IDE SATA/PATA controllers? > > > > solaris can, the openprom won't see it before boot > > Do you know which controllers for IDE ATAPI, IDE SATA/PATA, USB, or FireWire > (which function only post-boot) are compatible with Solaris (or OpenSolaris) > when running in an E450 environment? that would take much more care than I am able to give. I know that IDE/firewire/USB are available on sparc only because they are fully supported on Suns that have them onboard, such as the SB100 > > > >> > >> Solaris 10 Questions: > >> > >> If I wish to run an iSCSI target under Solaris 10, will GA do it or do I > >> need > >> the Express verison of Solaris 10 (for an E450, SPARC), or Opensolaris? > > > > sol10GA didn't have iSCSI. I think U3 gets it though > > Thank you for pointing this out. > > > > >> If the GA version of Solaris 10 supports iSCSI targets, how capable is it > >> to > >> socialize that with ZFS in combination? > > > > GA didn't have ZFS, U3 does > > Thank you for pointing this out. > > > > >> Other than Solaris Express being more experimental than the GA version, how > >> problematic is it to run Express vice the GA in terms of daily reliability? > > > > why don't you just try it? > > The above entitled commentary has compelled me to respectfully request of > Sun to transport a copy of Solaris Express DVDs to me. Most assuredly you > have convinced me of the merits of appropriating the time and resources (a > hard drive for installation thereof) in order to conduct a proper assessment > of Solaris Express' capabilities. pity that your own questions didn't convince you of the need to do so, otherwise, you could have prevented yourself from "remov[ing] all doubt" to quote Eliot > > > >> Taking a presumptive position that Solaris 10 Express,GA, or OpenSolaris > >> allows for an iSCSI target capability (with or without ZFS inclusive > >> thereto) > >> has anyone attempted to connect to such an alleged Solaris iSCSI target > >> successfully from MacOS using this initiator: > > > > why are you wasting all the three-dollar words here, when the real > > answer is "check it for yourself" > > Ah, the concept of three-dollar words! It is particularly instructive that > for me these words are not three-dollars words. Why, I get them at cost, as > I have two parents "in the business" (they each hold a Masters Degree in > Education). Thus, with all my words coming to me at cost, I use only the > best words. > > Didn't you ever know someone that drove a really nice car, that had a Father > that was a mechanic? It's kind of the same sort of deal here. No, that would be equivalent to someone who was a mechanic in the motor pool asking about how to fix a transmission. you have PARs, read them > And why would I repeat the process of analysis and evaluation when I could > simply ask someone else for their opinion concerning its functionality and > capability? because you are paid to already know > Granted, I am Jewish, and fully aware of the fact that if three Jews > answered me, I'd get at least 5 opinions, but, I am willing to take the > risk! what does that have to do with the price of tea in china? > Unless...you implying that there are actual purposeful prevaricators on this > list sir, and that I might otherwise be willfully misled? this IS opensolaris-dicsuss... > My, my, we have progressed far beyond the technical aspects of concerning > nobody and wanting to help. > > > > > > >> http://www.studionetworksolutions.com/products/product_detail.php?t=more&pi > >> =11 > >> > >> > >> Thanks in advance! > >> > >> Stuart > >> (310) 358-0202 > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> > >> This message posted from opensolaris.org > >> _______________________________________________ > >> opensolaris-discuss mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> > > > > -- > > Very Respectfully, > > IT3 Stuart Blake Tener, USN > Beverly Hills, California > Amateur Radio Call Sign: N3GWG (Extra) > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > phone: +(1) 310.358.0202 (Beverly Hills, CA) > phone: +(1) 215.338.6005 (Philadelphia, PA) > phone: +(1) 702.988.3989 (Las Vegas, NV) > E-Fax: +(1) 915.773.0935 (Telecopier) > > Military emails (checked monthly until remote NMCI access is secured) > NIPRNET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] / [EMAIL PROTECTED] > SIPRNET: NONE > TS/SCI: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (GWAN) > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is > for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential > and/or privileged information. 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