Dual Boot ?

duck · 02-06-2003, 02:32 PM

Is it possible to dual boot with Solaris 8 for intel and Win 2000 ?
which operating system should be installed first ?
what boot loader should be used ?

I have two hard drives fitted and so would be able to install the operating systems on different disks.

Thanks

jdc2048 · 02-09-2003, 07:36 PM

I have Sol 8, Win2k, and RH7.0 installed on one disk on my PC. I would recommend installing win2k first, then Sol8 and use the sol8 boot loader.
If you intend to install Linux on this system as well, you will have some interesting issues with your Sol8 partition being recognized as a linux swap partition.

duck · 02-10-2003, 10:12 AM

Thanks for the info.

williamwbishop · 02-12-2003, 04:02 PM

Umm. I would recommend getting a separate sparc station and put solaris natively on it. You will only be happy with the outcome. Buy something cheap off ebay, their peanuts. X86 solaris just is not the same. Doesn't feel right, and runs pitifully.

duck · 02-12-2003, 04:13 PM

The general concensus on here seems to be that solaris on intel is ok, I really don't want to have to pay out for a solaris box when I can run it on spare intel box that I have.
I just want to have a play with solaris so I'm sure running it on intel will be ok.

williamwbishop · 02-12-2003, 05:43 PM

It runs okay, poor hardware support. But it's sluggish, and just doesn't feel right. I've been in sun since the ipx's and have worked with everything up to the starcats...I just cannot bring myself to advise solaris OE. It's more of a personal thing, I suppose. It really depends on what you want to do. If you plan to work with it, then you need it native. If you are just playing about with it, to get some time on it...then OE is fine.