Solaris 10 x86

That was actually the first POSIX operating system I wanted on my system (M6810), but I couldn't find a copy that wasn't expensive. Is it still available freely to download? I'd be more than happy to install it. I love Solaris.

Here it is http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/get.jsp

Ahh, cool. There was a time when Solaris went from being free to being retail only. Working on the download now. Should be tomorrow before I can officially test it though.

Also downloading ... If I am still up when it completes, I will shoot it in tonight.

Anyone know fow to re-assemble the zips into one iso after downloading it?

Brian

The Solaris iso's are all 1 disk per zip so you get 4 zips which translates to 4 CDs. There is also a DVD version you can download from the site as well. I would assume that gives you one giant iso file for the DVD.

First, decompress them, and then, it should be something like "copy first.iso+second.iso+...+last.iso dest.iso"

GRRR ... twice attempted download and both times it stopped at exactly 60% on all 6 files I was grabbing. Will try agin later getting them individually. FWIW, if I ever get them downloaded, I will be running a multiple boot setup.

the dvd version is 5 files, you must then re-join them into 1 big iso file, I can not find theoption in zip to do that, I have also looked in winrar, and no go there either. I will try the copy method later.

Brian

I got parts 1 and 2 of the DVD version, and am working on the rest. If you download them "slowly" (one at a time) you tend to get it. At least I did. Might be a few days more. And I do plan on running a dual boot system, although exactly how depends on Solaris.

Is this the same Sun-Solaris OS on the Sparc? (ie. Sun unix on pc?)
If I import a c program on sparc, will it run on this pc version?

Should, unless you're accessing Sparc only stuff, like inline assembly, custom made libraries for Sparc computers, etc.

I haven't even been able to DL it yet> I assume its my DSL. For about a week now, it has been randomly disconnecting a LOT. Odd thing is, I keep getting to exactly 60% on all the DVD file downloads, then poof. I have tons of static in my phone from the Bellsouth side, and they seem to think it's no problem. As much as I hate to do it, it appears I will be switching back to cable and using VOIP and leaving landline completely.

I was able to download both sets of iso's (SPARC and Intel) and I installed the SPARC set (I have a SPARC 10 at home). I haven't installed the Intel set as yet because I need to setup a seperate partition on my 7405 and didn't want to spring for partition magic right now. Anyone know of a good free partition/boot loader?

http://www.masterbooter.com/
MasterBooter is a boot manager with a partitioning utility, EFDISK

Solaris 10 news:

I have downloaded, merged, and installed the DVD version of Solaris 10 successfully on my M6810. I hit a few snags along the way, and thought I should share them:

(1) Merging the files was a pain in the butt. For those interested in burning a DVD for Solaris, the following command should work:

in a DOS Shell: copy /B sol-10-GA-x86-dvd-iso-a + sol-10-GA-x86-dvd-iso-b + sol-10-GA-x86-dvd-iso-c + sol-10-GA-x86-dvd-iso-d + sol-10-GA-x86-dvd-iso-e sol-10-GA-x86-dvd.iso

Then, use any ISO compatible DVD burning software.

(2) A few hiccups on booting the DVD (something about RPC...couldn't tell what it was, it scrolled by quickly). This may or may not be a one time thing.

(3) Installation was akin to Windows installation. Not too many questions, but make sure you take the custom path to fine tune the installation.

(4) Solaris doesn't give much information about which partition it will install to until it is ready to write to the drive, near the end of installation. One nice thing is Solaris automatically creates a partition map for itself. It does not change the actually partition table, but saves you the trouble of creating the partition.

(5) Upon rebooting the first time, the same RPC (??) errors came up, and Solaris refused to boot into graphical mode. However, on the second reboot, the system came up fine. This may have something to do with the horizontal + vertical refresh, plus the resolution I selected.

Still, after all that, Solaris boot fine with 0 errors, and runs quite well. Right now, I have it in 1024x768 mode. Any one else have success?

Oh, and Solaris autodetected and installed the 64 bit kernels, so there is no wireless connectivity.