Re: Solaris is just sitting there...

Orhan Kurmus wrote:
Basically I am a Linux person. True, I occasionally use Windows XP for
the Office suit but that's all. Recently I built a new Intel machine
(Asus P2B LS mobo, Pentium II 400 mhz, 512 MB RAM, new LCD screen)
from the scraps lying around with the intention of installing Solaris
10 on it. The installation went just fine and I can now admire the
stark beauty of my java desktop. I even managed to create a few users,
assign new shells, move around, copy, move or delete files,
directories, etc.

For the last two months I've read every FAQ, manual page, guide on
creating an internet connection to no avail. I've tried 3 different
NICS (quite old ones with the hope that Solaris would recognize them),
edited every conceivable networking configuration file but I just
could not manage to bring the interface up. I know, it is my fault, I
should try harder and maybe read a lot more. But connecting to the
internet should not be so difficult.

Connecting to the internet is NOT difficult! I've installed more than a dozen Solaris systems, both X86 and SPARC and only once had a problem with the network. That problem was a very new PC with a NIC that Solaris didn't have a driver for. I posted a question on one of Sun's bulletin boards and got a new driver for it in a couple of days!

When you install Solaris 8, 9, or 10 you are asked if the system is networked. If you reply "Yes", you are prompted for the network setup.
It's really that simple. If you somehow missed it, you can run sys-unconfig (see man page). The system will reboot and you will be asked for a new root password and all the networking information.

Check the Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) and see if your hardware is supported. http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl/



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