Solaris

Solaris 10 x86 u8 on i5 661 Gigabyte GP-P55A
Hi all, I tried and failed to install Solaris x86 u8 on the following config: Intel Core i5 661 (3.33GHz) 4M Socket 1156 Gigabyte GA-P55A P55 DDR-III USB3.0 SATA3 6Gb/s Super Talent DDR3 1600 2G Ram x 4 Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA3 64M Harddisk Solidata Pacer-64L SSD SLC (limited edition) x 2 Intel... 27 May 2010 00:37

mapping shared memory into the same logical address into diff. tasks
In article <2e0b3ec1-481b-4c6a-bc71-747d6561ec34(a)j35g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>, Shane <gshanemiller(a)verizon.net> writes: Hi, I have 3 different tasks from different source code which manipulate the same shared memory. Is there is a reasonable way to make each process map this shared memory into the sa... 13 May 2010 14:55

solutions for failing over zones
Hey, Right now we're doing a manual fail over of our Zones. We have 2 t5220's running web apps & 2 t5220's running java apps. One hosts all the active Zones and the other just sites by passively. In the event of a server crash - we force an import of the zpool on the 2ndry system and boot the zones online (... 12 May 2010 23:39

prioritize network interface for traffic
hi all, in solaris 10 u8, how do i prioritize (give priority to) one of 2 available nics for traffic? how can i fall back to the slower one (100mbit/s) only if the faster one (1000mbit/s) fails? thanks chris ... 13 May 2010 18:16

mapping shared memory into the same logical address into diff. tasks
Hi, I have 3 different tasks from different source code which manipulate the same shared memory. Is there is a reasonable way to make each process map this shared memory into the same address inside each task? Thank you ... 14 May 2010 16:07

I am not getting beep in bash shell
I am using suse 10.3. when ever I used : alias beep="echo -en \"\\007\"" echo -ne $'\a' I am not getting the beep sound. I turned the beep on by using xset b on.but it is not working. I also used tput bel but not not working. could any on... 12 May 2010 06:57

intel bootserver for sparc
Hello, I have read thro the Network-Based Installations for Solaris 10 10/09 install guide and I am not sure how to proceed. I plan to install an intel box with 10/09 - which I have not done previously - and then use this so I can network boot some sparcs (Stop A boot net ). The idea being I prepare a quick demo ... 17 May 2010 12:24

still cannot install network printer hp laserjet 1320nw
hi all, (solaris 10 u8, also see older post in this group) after failing to install my hp laserjet 1320 nw using the java desktop system "add printer..." feature in settings > system settings due to some strange java error someone suggested to simply install from the command line as root: lpadmin -p hp... 13 May 2010 18:16

how to get access to patches at sunsolve.sun.com
I recently installed solaris 7 and created myself a sunsolve account, however to get to patches I need to have premium account? I thought that they had patch clusters free of charge. ... 14 May 2010 22:40

Virtual memory control
Hello, I'm trying to port a huge program from Linux/NetBSD to Solaris 10 Sparc and I have a lot of trouble with virtual memory. This program uses a lot of threads and memory (allocated by mmap() or malloc()). For some reasons, I use a best fit allocator (ptmalloc3) that is better than mtmalloc. All other... 11 May 2010 06:46