Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] using LSI 2308-IT onboard supermicro X9DRD-7LN4F-JBOD, openindiana not loading drivers? (OpenIndiana-discuss Digest, Vol 29, Issue 43)

2013-01-02 Thread James C. McPherson
of pci15d9,69 ? James C. McPherson -- Solaris kernel software engineer, system admin and troubleshooter http://www.jmcpdotcom.com/blog Find me on LinkedIn @ http://www.linkedin.com/in/jamescmcpherson ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] VirtualBox 4.1.22 on OI_151a7

2012-12-03 Thread James C. McPherson
with a message that it can not connect to the network interface. Is anyone else experiencing a similar problem? Sounds like the balloon driver problem which was fixed in a later version. James C. McPherson -- Solaris kernel software engineer, system admin and troubleshooter http

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Only one SSD detected on expander

2012-10-19 Thread James C. McPherson
/common/sd.c#125 James C. McPherson -- Solaris kernel software engineer, system admin and troubleshooter http://www.jmcpdotcom.com/blog Find me on LinkedIn @ http://www.linkedin.com/in/jamescmcpherson ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Running VirtualBox

2012-08-08 Thread James C. McPherson
it in quite a while since my use-cases changed. James C. McPherson -- Solaris kernel software engineer, system admin and troubleshooter http://www.jmcpdotcom.com/blog Find me on LinkedIn @ http://www.linkedin.com/in/jamescmcpherson

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Migrating root zpool from old disks to new one. only one system available

2012-06-11 Thread James C. McPherson
#6 poweroff #7 do the physical replacement #8 poweron James C. McPherson -- Solaris kernel software engineer, system admin and troubleshooter http://www.jmcp.homeunix.com/blog Find me on LinkedIn @ http://www.linkedin.com/in/jamescmcpherson

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Migrating root zpool from old disks to new one. only one system available

2012-06-11 Thread James C. McPherson
to the list saying that didn't work, now what? or something similar. James C. McPherson -- Solaris kernel software engineer, system admin and troubleshooter http://www.jmcp.homeunix.com/blog Find me on LinkedIn @ http://www.linkedin.com/in/jamescmcpherson

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] HDD Upgrade problem

2012-06-10 Thread James C. McPherson
help with this one, sorry. James C. McPherson -- Solaris kernel software engineer, system admin and troubleshooter http://www.jmcp.homeunix.com/blog Find me on LinkedIn @ http://www.linkedin.com/in/jamescmcpherson ___ OpenIndiana

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Source of Oracle Solaris 11 11/11

2012-06-08 Thread James C. McPherson
the links below. = James C. McPherson -- Solaris kernel software engineer, system admin and troubleshooter http://www.jmcp.homeunix.com/blog Find me on LinkedIn @ http://www.linkedin.com/in/jamescmcpherson ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Oracle Solaris on x86 going to be killed?

2012-01-06 Thread James C. McPherson
On 6/01/12 10:22 PM, Gabriele Bulfon wrote: I heard rumors of Oracle going to dismiss the intel version of Solaris... Is this true?! 2003 called, they want their conspiracy theory back. James C. McPherson -- Solaris kernel software engineer, system admin and troubleshooter

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Which mobo allows 24 GB ram and ECC

2011-12-05 Thread James C. McPherson
coming across your post in the archives might be able to (a) see what you're talking about, and (b) search for the correct terms. Nehalem Westmere Athlon and for good measure, Sun's T-series architecture started with the Niagara. /obpedant James C. McPherson -- Solaris kernel software engineer

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Dell R510 SAS2 Backplane with SAS2008 (PERC H200)

2011-12-01 Thread James C. McPherson
engineers co-located for Solaris development and support. If you're not getting a clueful response then you should escalate. James C. McPherson -- Solaris kernel software engineer, system admin and troubleshooter http://www.jmcp.homeunix.com/blog Find me on LinkedIn @ http

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Dell R510 SAS2 Backplane with SAS2008 (PERC H200)

2011-11-30 Thread James C. McPherson
to SCSI Enclosure Services commands. To the best of my recollection, there's no command interface for SAS Zoning in OI or Solaris 11, but if you want that you should be able to bolt things together using the usmp(7i) interface. James C. McPherson -- Solaris kernel software engineer, system admin

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] OCZ Deneva R Soft_Error on boot.

2011-11-17 Thread James C. McPherson
On 18/11/11 06:59 AM, Jason J. W. Williams wrote: On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 1:05 AM, James C. McPherson james.c.mcpher...@gmail.com mailto:james.c.mcpher...@gmail.com wrote: On 17/11/11 05:45 PM, Jason J. W. Williams wrote: ... Would this seem to be more of a controller issue

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] 3x LSI 9211-8i controllers + direct attach backplane -- appear as on controller

2011-11-16 Thread James C. McPherson
parallel scsi was the norm (and still supports parallel scsi) so its default is what you think you should be seeing. IF you must turn off MPxIO (and apart from I don't understand it therefore it must be bad I don't know why you really would) then *please* use /usr/sbin/stmsboot to do so. James C

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] 3x LSI 9211-8i controllers + direct attach backplane -- appear as on controller

2011-11-16 Thread James C. McPherson
just go off serial #. With the iport mappings as reported by prtconf -v you can work out which PHY each disk is connected to. James C. McPherson -- Solaris kernel software engineer, system admin and troubleshooter http://www.jmcp.homeunix.com/blog Find me on LinkedIn @ http

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] 3x LSI 9211-8i controllers + direct attach backplane -- appear as on controller

2011-11-16 Thread James C. McPherson
On 17/11/11 08:17 AM, Jason J. W. Williams wrote: On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 2:47 PM, Bill Sommerfeldsommerf...@alum.mit.eduwrote: On 11/16/11 13:27, James C. McPherson wrote: (and apart from I don't understand it therefore it must be bad I don't know why you really would) I don't like mpxio

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Huawei E1550 usb 3g modem

2011-10-12 Thread James C. McPherson
usb12d1,1001' /etc/driver_aliases Then we have /dev/cua/0 and use it in the pppd :-) This post might still be useful to you: http://blogs.oracle.com/jmcp/entry/vodafone_mobile_broadband_with_a James C. McPherson -- Solaris kernel software engineer, system admin and troubleshooter

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Best way to map SAS drives to physical positions

2011-10-07 Thread James C. McPherson
hba than you're seeing with fmtopo. What fmtopo relies upon is a module to interpret the SES data that is obtainable from your SES device. If you don't have that, you either have to write one, or go and watch blinking lights. James C. McPherson -- Solaris kernel software engineer, system admin

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Best way to map SAS drives to physical positions

2011-10-06 Thread James C. McPherson
enclosure id and bay id with this command. But boy, it sure does need lots of parsing. Or you could look at the headers in usr/include/scsi and write a utility that takes a topology snapshot, then walks and parses the entries therein. James C. McPherson -- Solaris kernel software

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] LXDE on OI?

2011-09-14 Thread James C. McPherson
Installation profile See the user_attr(4) and profiles(1) manual pages for details Do I need to do something else as well? How about $ pfexec jds-cbe-1.6.2/cbe-install James C. McPherson -- Solaris kernel software engineer, system admin and troubleshooter http://www.jmcp.homeunix.com

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] cryptic device naming?

2010-11-17 Thread James C. McPherson
/host_bus_adapters/fibre_channel_hbas/lsi7104xplc/ choose the downloads tab and look at the bottom. James C. McPherson -- Solaris kernel software engineer, system admin and troubleshooter http://www.jmcp.homeunix.com/blog Find me on LinkedIn @ http://www.linkedin.com/in/jamescmcpherson

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Bordeaux running on OpenIndiana

2010-10-01 Thread James C. McPherson
to run the Cisco IP Communicator program, do you know whether Bordeaux can run it? Wine has problems with it, starting with USB Audio devices. Also, how about Adobe Lightroom2/3 and Photoshop CS3/4/5 ? Thankyou in advance, James C. McPherson -- Solaris kernel software engineer, system admin