[ale] OT: solaris on a laptop?

[Geoffrey]

Chris Ricker wrote:
> On Wed, 1 Dec 2004, Geoffrey wrote:
> 
>> Hey, I've just downloaded Solaris 10 and thought about giving it a
>> spin on a laptop.  Anyone ever tried this?
> 
> Assuming you're talking the x86 version (unless you're one of the six
> guys with a Tadpole running around ;-), it's got very hit and miss
> driver support. No wifi yet, so-so video (better in 10 than in older,
> but still not very widespread), limited sound, limited NICs, etc.
> More drivers are promised, including b and g wifi, but probably not
> in time for 10 FCS.

Thanks for the heads up, so it's not going to be a production env...

> Also, the boot on Intel is screwy. They're moving to grub and a sane
> boot process, but that hasn't happened yet. I'd be surprised if that
> makes 10 FCS either.

Thanks for the warning as I was planning on a multi-boot box

> Also, be very careful if you plan on having it and Linux on the same
> laptop. Solaris/x86 partition type is 0x82, as is Linux swap. Much
> hilarity ensues as a result if you want them to co-exist. Sun's
> actually changing their partition type (in a rare case of them
> admitting Linux is far more popular!), but that wasn't merged in the
> public builds last time I looked.

Again, the insights are helpful.  I might shoot for a standalone box for 
now to see what works and what doesn't.

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey