On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 7:17 PM, John Brewer <[email protected]>wrote:
> 1. Run them under VirtualBox or Zones, but if you go with Solaris 10 as a > global running on the hardware, make sure you run the updatemanger or > smpatch update with your sunsovle.sun.com account then you should be able > to run any OS supported w. VirtualBox (I'm running 2.1) then 2008.11, > snv_104. > > 2. Another consideration is from a HW device support, your best chance is > with snv_b105 note has less in snv_b104 is supported with a view exceptions > when comparted with 2008.11 (Graphical desktop look great), device support > that is not in snv_b105 for example: > # diff driver_aliases2008.11_sorted driver_aliases_snv_b105_sorted |grep > '<' > < audioixp "pci1002,4341" > < bnx "pci14e4,1639" > < bnx "pci14e4,163a" > < qlc "pciex1077,2532" > < xnbo "xnb" > # diff driver_aliases2008.11_sorted driver_aliases_snv_b104_sorted |grep > '<' > < audioixp "pci1002,4341" > < bnx "pci14e4,1639" > < bnx "pci14e4,163a" > < iwh "pciex8086,4232" > < iwh "pciex8086,4235" > < qlc "pciex1077,2532" > < xnbo "xnb" > Most likely this is in fact an issue with the driver_aliases file itself. You can test is easily enough by adding the line to /etc/driver_aliases. The kernel should be the same between all distros based on the same kernel release. Note: Make a backup of the file first! -- Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke My blog: http://initialprogramload.blogspot.com
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