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| //This article gathers a few notes concerning installation of Solaris 10 (on Sparc or x86). It only discusses how to get the OS on your machine, not its configuration or tuning.// | //This article gathers a few notes concerning installation of Solaris 10 (on Sparc or x86). It only discusses how to get the OS on your machine, not its configuration or tuning.// | ||
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| ====== Solaris flavours ====== | ====== Solaris flavours ====== | ||
| - | TODO: differences between OpenSolaris distribs etc. | + | There are nearly as many flavours of Solaris as Linux distributions ! I'm kidding, but actually, there is at least: |
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| + | * [[http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/get.jsp|Solaris]]: the real, the original version distributed by Sun. Before, it was commercial, but no longer. I mean you can install and use for free (well, read conditions anyway). This OS is very stable, but you might find it difficult to install and use some peripherals, especially end-user peripherals. Looks like this version is rather targeting servers than desktop hosts. I used it at one with success for a long time and recently had to move to OpenSolaris because it wouldn't support my new 22'' wide screen. | ||
| + | * [[http://www.opensolaris.org|{{http://www.opensolaris.org/os/about/buttons/innomat_os_blk_180.gif|OpenSolaris: Innovation Matters}}]]: this version is less stable and hence more up-to-date. It can be seen as a developer version of Solaris, supporting newer hardware and software. It is easier to install and use on desktops than Solaris. | ||
| + | * FIXME Nexenta OS, etc. | ||
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| + | ^ Operating System ^ Installation ^ Stability ^ End-user community ^ End-user peripherals support ^ ZFS ^ Performance ^ | ||
| + | | Solaris 10 | Ok | Very stable, but beware patches: I once got my system in a bad situation because a buggy patch would not install ! | Small, but people are helpful | Limited | ZFS is supported. ZFS boot is integrated in the install of Solaris 10 u6 | Fast and reliable | | ||
| + | | OpenSolaris 2008.11 | Easy | I have had no crash so far | Good and helpful | Good, though my Wacom tablet remains unsupported | ZFS and ZFS boot are integrated to OpenSolaris. ZFS snapshots are great | I encounter a few lags but I haven't found their origin yet | | ||
| ====== Installing Solaris ====== | ====== Installing Solaris ====== | ||
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| * select solaris software: entire distribution (4740 MB) | * select solaris software: entire distribution (4740 MB) | ||
| * select disks to install Solaris (they are labeled cXdY). It's possible to use fdisk to create a Solaris Partition. | * select disks to install Solaris (they are labeled cXdY). It's possible to use fdisk to create a Solaris Partition. | ||
| + | ====== Installing OpenSolaris ====== | ||
| - | ====== Upgrading u4 to u5 ====== | + | Download and burn the latest CD of OpenSolaris. The current release (2008.11) fits on a single CD. It is both an installation CD and a Live CD. Let OpenSolaris boot from the CD, then click on "Install OpenSolaris" to get the work started. |
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| + | ====== Upgrading Solaris 10 ====== | ||
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| + | ===== u4 to u5 ===== | ||
| You need the u5 DVD (available from Sun's website). The other alternative is to perform a [[http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/817-5505|live upgrade]], but it seems somewhat complicated, you need a backup disk etc: try it for servers you can't stop. | You need the u5 DVD (available from Sun's website). The other alternative is to perform a [[http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/817-5505|live upgrade]], but it seems somewhat complicated, you need a backup disk etc: try it for servers you can't stop. | ||
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| Apart from this slight problem, upgrade proceeded without any problem. It even kept my specific network driver, and of course did not overwrite any other partition than /. | Apart from this slight problem, upgrade proceeded without any problem. It even kept my specific network driver, and of course did not overwrite any other partition than /. | ||
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| + | ===== u5 to u6 ===== | ||
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| + | The nice thing with u6 is that it supports ZFS boot. | ||
| + | If possible, do not use CDs but DVDs: there's a known bug on CD 2 that occurs from time to time. | ||
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| + | {{tag>solaris opensolaris nexenta boot prompt HCL detection DHCP x86 sparc jre grub posix fdisk distribution livecd 2008.11 u4 u5 u6 upgrading ZFS staroffice}} | ||
(c) A. Apvrille - 2009