Newbie's Questions about Solaris

TigerLinux · 12-21-2010, 03:00 PM

i had installed solaris into my notebook,
dual boot with windows, very easy installation,
but i am not sure why it did not detect my wireless network?
i use LAN cable it is ok.
my LAN is rtls0
wireless is arn0,
but the wireless can not show network name

TigerLinux · 12-21-2010, 03:02 PM

Solaris is gnome base, it supports many languages, the fonts of chinese is pretty.
and i feel the OS runs fast.
my spec is
RAM 2GB,
HDD 500GB, 75GB for solaris
CPU intel C2D T6400
intel 965 chipset, GMAX3100 graphics

TigerLinux · 12-21-2010, 03:08 PM

i have one problem,
after i log in as my user name with password,
when i want to launch package manager, it prompts me for password, i key in my user's password, but it does not recognise.

jlliagre · 12-21-2010, 04:24 PM

Have a look at the release notes, especially the chapter: "Initial Root Password After Live CD Installation".
http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/821-1479/gklaa?a=view

TigerLinux · 12-22-2010, 08:55 AM

I had changed root password, just launch the console, type su, it will tell you root password had expired and prompt you to enter new password.
I can use LAN port to access internet, it detects my neightbour wireless, but my own wireless not detected, in windows the wireless is ok,
not sure why Solaris can't detect it?

TigerLinux · 12-22-2010, 10:24 PM

i had got the 7GB iso repo for opensolaris 2009,
so, how to install packages from it?
I feel Opensolaris 2009 is more beautiful than Solaris 11, so i decided to install opensolaris 2009.

TigerLinux · 12-22-2010, 10:26 PM

I also have the Two 1.9GB +1.9GB iso files for solaris 11.
I need to combine it into single iso file.

jlliagre · 12-23-2010, 07:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TigerLinux

I also have the Two 1.9GB +1.9GB iso files for solaris 11.
I need to combine it into single iso file.

I already answered to you the very same question: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...2/#post4194682
Note that the Solaris 11 repository won't be of much use for OpenSolaris 2009.06.

jlliagre · 12-23-2010, 07:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TigerLinux

i had got the 7GB iso repo for opensolaris 2009,
so, how to install packages from it?

Already answered too here: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...2/#post4194886

Quote:

I feel Opensolaris 2009 is more beautiful than Solaris 11, so i decided to install opensolaris 2009.

The main difference in look are the upper-left logo and the default screen background, which you can change. These are just gnome themes.

TigerLinux · 12-23-2010, 08:31 AM

i do not want to burn dual layer DVD for the repo,
how to mount it as virtual drive in opensolaris 2009?

TigerLinux · 12-23-2010, 08:34 AM

is it like this to mount iso file?

Given an ISO image in /export/temp/software.iso, a loopback file device (/dev/lofi/1) is created with the following command:

lofiadm -a /export/temp/software.iso /dev/lofi/1

The lofi device creates a block device version of a file. This block device can be mounted to /mnt with the following command:

mount -F hsfs -o ro /dev/lofi/1 /mnt

jlliagre · 12-23-2010, 08:44 AM

With Solaris 11 Express and recent OpenSolaris builds, you can also simply use:

Code:

mount -F hsfs /export/temp/software.iso /mnt

TigerLinux · 12-23-2010, 09:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jlliagre

With Solaris 11 Express and recent OpenSolaris builds, you can also simply use:

Code:

mount -F hsfs /export/temp/software.iso /mnt

After that you can just use file manager to access its contents?

jlliagre · 01-02-2011, 04:18 PM

Solaris 11 Express allows to directly use the iso as a repository, without running a package server: http://blogs.sun.com/observatory/en_...ile_based_repo