[ale] OT: Solaris 9/x86

[Mark Ziskind]

 >>>Has anyone attempted to run Solaris 9 on x86?

- Yes, and here are some lessons learned:

- Make sure you have a network card that is natively supported.  I think 
most Intel cards are.   Check out the x86 hardware compatibility list 
(http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl/) for your card.  

- Download the lastest and greatest rev of Solaris - I think they are at 
Sol9 update 3 - and patch the system with the laster jumbo patch set.  

>>>My biggest concern would be with video support. 

-I had issues here in the past, but for my latest install it wasn't an 
issue. again, start off at the HCL looking for your video card.  During 
the install choose the vesa generic driver and go from there. 

>>>Did they remove CDE?  

- No. CDE is still the default desktop.  But you can download Gnome for x86 from www.sun.com/download.   I have heard you can compile enlightenment or fluxbox as well.  

Sounds like you are trying to create a machine for the desktop?  No?  




George Johnson wrote:

> Bob Toxen wrote:
>
>>On Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 09:28:27PM -0500, Christopher Fowler wrote:
>>  
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>>>I would like to purchase a standard cheap computer from Ginstar
>>>to run Solaris 9 on.  Has anyone attempted to run Solaris 9 on x86?  My
>>>biggest concern would be with video support.  Did they remove CDE?
>>>    
>>>
>>I've had nothing but bad experiences with Ginstar: systems with defects
>>such as power lights that didn't work because the cable had a defective
>>connector, systems that failed to meet very specific requirements and no
>>refund on them, etc.  Good luck.
>>
>>  
>>
>>>Chris
>>>    
>>>
>>Bob
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>>Bob, how about their system boxes?  Had any problems with them?  I did see one there I wanted that had plenty of cooling fan mounts.  I am going AMD 64 bit cpu on the next system.
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> gj
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