Jörg Stephan schrieb:
> Hi there,
> 
> at the weekend i installed OpenSolaris 2009.06 on an AMD Athlon64 X2 5200+ 
> with 1GB DDR Ram. I wanted to try virtualization with VirtualBox. But i there 
> where some things i really dont like, maybe you can help me to understand why 
> it is and when it will work
> 
> 1. Why uses OpenSolaris 95% of Ram directly after install (By the way same 
> machine other OS takes 30%)
> 

Memory is cheap - just get another gigabyte. Running Opensolaris without
Java Desktop works fine for me with only ~800MB in a VirtualBox. Even
with 512MB the system comes up.

> 2.  What about LVM and ext2,3,4 Support? I t would look better if i could use 
> my old linux storage discs by just plugging them in.
> 

Why doesn't Linux support ZFS?

> 3. Why does the boot of the System takes so long? I could drink a coffee. I 
> mean the mashine isnt that slow.
> 

The first boot takes very long because the services database needs to be
initialized. All subsequent boots should be pretty fast.

> 4. Why doenst <Alt>+<F1> switch to an console? Or better question... Where is 
> the console?
> 

I think you have to enable additional virtual consoles manually. Only
the physical console is active per default.

> After all. I really like Solaris. But this 4 Points make it a bit bad. Point 
> 2 is the biggest problem. First i could solve by buying ram which isnt 
> expencive, but my storage data would be necessary. Copying 400GB Data just 
> takes too long, even when i must insert it into a different machine to make 
> scp or so.
> 
> Thank for listening
> 
> Jörg

Have fun!

- Thomas
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