On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:09:21 PDT
Bass Kozz <basskozz at gmail.com> wrote:
> {Please excuse the stupidity of the following questions}
There's no such thing as a stupid question, just stupid answers. I
hope to avoid the latter.
> 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?
Yes, there are 32 and 64 bit binaries, etc. However, the distributions
figure it out, and you'll get the right kernel running. It correctly
runs a Prescott2m P4 system as 64 bit, and even turns on HTT to do SMP.
> -When I went to the download page (http://www.opensolaris.org/os/downloads/)
> there was only 1 ISO file for OpenSolaris?
Well, maybe. That's the easiest one to deal with, but I wouldn't use
it for a server - it's going to install a desktop, whether you want it
or not. The Solaris Express Community Edition - a bit further down the
page - will let you install without that (that's the route I took; the
2008.05 box was built from spare parts so I can play with that
distribution). The downside is that it's not a complete OSS system; it
includes proprietary bits that aren't in the OpenSolaris source tree.
> -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?
Yes. Both the 2008.05 iso and the SXCE use GRUB to boot from. Details
on setting it up depend on what you want to dual boot.
> 3. Any other pointers that will help me get my little household NAS box up
> and running smoothly?
Matt Estela already provided an excellent one. In case you're not on
the list, it was:
http://breden.org.uk/2008/03/02/a-home-fileserver-using-zfs/
<mike
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