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 _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
