I'm pretty new to opensolaris and while I can get it to install, I can't quite seem to make it work right.
I'm trying to build a storage server for my house and would like to base it on opensolaris and zfs. I did some research and bought an Intel DG33TLM motherboard which has 6 sata ports and is on the HCL: http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl/data/systems/details/7045.html While solaris will install, on both the livecd and on booting from the hard drive, it is extremely slow. Even booting from the HD, it will take >5 minutes to get from where it says Solaris 5.11 64-bit etc. to where it says the line "hostname: opensolaris". Once that does happen and the computer is booted, the gui is very slow as well, the mouse will studder as you move it and clicks will not be registered. Starting firefox or the package manager will take at least a minute to see any response on the screen. The computer is a Core2Duo E6400 and 4gb of ram. Beyond what is on the motherboard, the only other things I have plugged in are the hd and cdrom. I've also tried a different hd and not having the cd drive pluuged in once the install was finished. I tried looking up other people using this board and it appears that people have built systems around this using opensolaris. Since I'm pretty new to solaris I don't really know where to go from here and was hoping somebody could nudge me in the right direction. Oh one other weird thing is that the network card is detected, but won't work until I unplug the cable and plug it back in. Thanks for any help, -- This message posted from opensolaris.org
