James Simonsen writes: > Thanks for the info! I have a few more questions: > > I use a wireless USB to connect the computer running it to the internet and > network. Does O/S have a ndiswrapper on the DVD so that I can connect without > having to plug in an actual cable? > (I recently ran into a catch-22 with Fedora in which I couldn't connect > because I needed the ndiswrapper and I couldn't get it unless I was > connected!)
No, we don't have USB WiFi support yet. That's in progress now: http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/laptop/wireless/zyd/ There is an NDIS shim layer, but I certainly wouldn't attempt that. NDIS is frightening. > Does O/S use grub as the operating system loader? Yes. > So with the NTFS partitions I can read them just fine, but as of right now I > cannot write to them? You need to install a third-party driver to read them. There's no support for writing NTFS right now. -- James Carlson, Solaris Networking <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sun Microsystems / 35 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677 _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
