Let me preface by saying this is my first post, and will be my first experience
with OpenSolaris. I am a long time M$ Windows user who has switched from the
dark-side over to Linux (namely Ubuntu) recently, and I am never looking back
(well except for using VMware to virtualize XP in Ubuntu for apps that don't
play nice with WINE). I realize that OpenSolaris is a completely different
animal compared to Linux/Ubuntu, but I am ready for the challenge.
I plan on installing OpenSolaris on an old machine I have laying around the
house. It has a Intel D865GBF Mobo, with an Intel P4 (Northwood) 3Ghz Proc,
and it has 4GB of DDR (PC3200 200MHz) memory in it. I plan on using this rig
as a simple/cheap file server/NAS for my home office (HELLO ZFS :-D) because I
can't wait to to tap into the abilities of ZFS raidZ2 arrays, as I have a bunch
of Cheap old IDE and SATA disks laying around and I plan on throwing them all
into a couple of RAIDZ2 pools.
{Please excuse the stupidity of the following questions}
Ok now that, that is out of the way...
1. Is there such a thing as 32-bit, and 64-bit OpenSolaris? or is it all one or
the other?
-When I went to the download page (http://www.opensolaris.org/os/downloads/)
there was only 1 ISO file for OpenSolaris?
-The reason I ask is because I want to make sure the system gets full use of my
4GB of memory (which IIRC isn't possible with a 32bit OS).
2. Can I dual-boot OpenSolaris? If so is there a guide that someone can point
me to with instructions on how to set that up?
3. Any other pointers that will help me get my little household NAS box up and
running smoothly?
Thanks in advance for your time and any/all support,
-BassKozz
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