Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] i find the oi wiki lacking; is there a handbook?

2013-11-07 Thread Jim Klimov
On 2013-11-08 02:38, tyrrell t wrote: Also the wiki says sun studio x86 for open_indiana is not 'publicly available', but I was able to find it on the oracle site. Is it still actively maintained or is the oi community attitude generally 'default to the oracle site' ? For historic reasons (as

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] i find the oi wiki lacking; is there a handbook?

2013-11-07 Thread Alan Coopersmith
On 11/ 7/13 05:40 PM, Stefan Müller-Wilken wrote: you're absolutely right regarding advanced features. But we're talking about a beginner's perspective. And there I think most things are still close enough in most parts, no? The change to network configuration is probably the biggest gotcha f

[OpenIndiana-discuss] i find the oi wiki lacking; is there a handbook?

2013-11-07 Thread Stefan Müller-Wilken
My goodness, there is no such thing as stupid beginner's questions! The only stupidity I can find for beginners is not to ask questions! So just go ahead asking. And from a certain point you will be the one to answer another beginner's questions. ;-) Cheers Stefan

[OpenIndiana-discuss] i find the oi wiki lacking; is there a handbook?

2013-11-07 Thread Stefan Müller-Wilken
Alan, you're absolutely right regarding advanced features. But we're talking about a beginner's perspective. And there I think most things are still close enough in most parts, no? Cheers Stefan Acando GmbH, Millerntorplatz 1, 20359 Hamburg, Germany | Geschäft

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] i find the oi wiki lacking; is there a handbook?

2013-11-07 Thread tyrrell t
ite. Is it still actively maintained or is the oi community attitude generally 'default to the oracle site' ? > From: stefan.mueller-wil...@acando.de > To: openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org > Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2013 01:21:51 + > Subject: [OpenIndiana-discuss] i fin

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] i find the oi wiki lacking; is there a handbook?

2013-11-07 Thread Tim Mooney
In regard to: [OpenIndiana-discuss] i find the oi wiki lacking; is there a...: I have to migrate to solaris and I'm really set in my linux ways. containers? Very light-weight OS virtualization. pools? If you combined MD + LVM + ext4 into one thing, it would be heading in the direction of

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] i find the oi wiki lacking; is there a handbook?

2013-11-07 Thread Alan Coopersmith
On 11/ 7/13 05:21 PM, Stefan Müller-Wilken wrote: OI is (still) nearly identical to Solaris To Solaris 11 Express 2010.11 (snv_151 - a beta/preview release before S11 came out) - Solaris has made a few changes in Solaris 11.0 & Solaris 11.1 that aren't in OI, like grub2, UEFI boot, ZFS crypto,

[OpenIndiana-discuss] i find the oi wiki lacking; is there a handbook?

2013-11-07 Thread Stefan Müller-Wilken
Hi Tyrrell, one of the best handbooks I've ever found is http://www.amazon.com/OpenSolaris-Bible-Nicholas-A-Solter/dp/0470385480 . .Regarding virtualization, there is the container guide (https://blogs.oracle.com/solarium/entry/new_version_container_guide_3) Apart from that, OI is (still) nea

[OpenIndiana-discuss] i find the oi wiki lacking; is there a handbook?

2013-11-07 Thread tyrrell t
I have to migrate to solaris and I'm really set in my linux ways. containers? pools? I have no idea what any of this is, is there a handbook for solaris? ( is openindiana fundementally different from solaris in terms of things in guides for solaris working under oi? ) Where would you direct s