First point -- it installed a lot better than my previous attempt with Solaris from Sun.com I have a mostly usable system that will work for some of what I need to use it for in teaching.
BUT (there's always a but) It would be great if I could get the networking to work correctly -- doesn't seem to see the ethernet port -- Linux says that I have: pci.product = '82566MC Gigabit Network Connection' pci.subsys_vendor = 'Lenovo' info.bus = 'pci' pci.device_protocol = 0 (0x0) info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_104d' pci.linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:19.0' pci.subsys_product_id = 8378 (0x20ba) linux.subsystem = 'pci' info.vendor = 'Intel Corporation' info.subsystem = 'pci' pci.product_id = 4173 (0x104d) pci.vendor = 'Intel Corporation' info.product = '82566MC Gigabit Network Connection' linux.hotplug_type = 2 (0x2) linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:19.0' pci.vendor_id = 32902 (0x8086) info.parent = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer' info.linux.driver = 'e1000' pci.subsys_vendor_id = 6058 (0x17aa) pci.device_class = 2 (0x2) pci.device_subclass = 0 (0x0) A few other comments -- as a long time system administrator, I tend to slice and dice my disks -- the install program did not seem to allow for any flexibility in this regard. And, while I agree that ZFS is the way of the future, I would rather have had the option of using UFS which is supported in Linux so that I could have stored stuff and used it in either OS. Since I cannot use UFS, is there any way that I can use a small FAT32 partition as a means of passing data between the systems? How do I mount PC BIOS disk partitions? Getting the wireless interface and the thumbprint scanner to work would be a bonus. But I'll save them for another day. Thanks a lot for all of the work on a useful system. (A big advantage for me is that it has a real Bourne shell) Since I lecture in system administration, I teach my students to write scripts in vanilla Bourne shell since it is ubiquitous. (And, while I am aware of the advantages of the alternatives, the least common denominator of shells really is a better option, IMNSHO) Anyway, thanks again -Don This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-help mailing list [email protected]
