Hi all, I've just registered onto the OpenSolaris forums. Anyone who can help would be great. Basically here's how it goes: I have found a Sun E250, with 6 HDD's. The guy who sold it to me said I should re-install with a new OS.
I am used to Windows and never heard of Sun, and just figured that a Sun server would operate windows or similar. Since discovering that all communication is via serial ASCII (no graphics card), I have realised this is NOT the case :P What I intend to do is use the server simply as data back-up and a file server. I would also like to set up as a mail server. Nothing hi-tech, just a fairly simple job. I'm not a computer guru, so don't know a lot, but I would like to set up the machine for ftp as well. I'm definitely not interested in http. How do I install a new OS with required software and re-format the drives? Does anyone have suggestions as to what software I should use? The simpler the better for me. Once it's running it'll ASCII removed and it'll sit in the corner on a UPS If this helps, here are a few things I do know about the machine. 2x 1.6GB SCSI HDD 2x 4.7GB SCSI HDD 2x 76GB SCSI HDD 2x 300MHz ULTRASparc II Processors 2GB RAM Also I know what the Ethernet (MAC) address is, and the Host ID (derived from ethernet address). No idea on I/P address, and the seller can't remember any passwords. I think this would be a sun4u machine...correct me if I'm wrong. My plan was to RAID each pair of HDD's, mirroring them, or stripe with parity - whichever is easier to attain through software. I would assign the smallest pair to the OS, the medium pair to mail, and the largest pair to data backup. Maybe there's a better way to do it? It's only for me at home, so there's no great rush. Any help would be greatly appreciated, even if it's pointing me somewhere to find the answers. Cheers! -- This message posted from opensolaris.org
