[wplug-plan] opensolaris for installfest

[Ted Rodgers]

Patrick

The other night I volunteered to provide a machine that can run the
virtual machine.

Ted



Patrick Wagstrom wrote:
> Folks,
>
> We're trying something a little different for the November InstallFest -
> OpenSolaris. I believe that currently we're focusing on Solaris
> Developer Express - a DVD based install that Beth Lynn was going to try
> and get some install DVDs for. I've been informed by my spies inside Sun
> that the DVD install can be kinda slow, so we should be getting a PXE
> boot server virtual machine for the installfest.
>
> Does anyone have a machine that will be connected to the network the
> entire time that can run the virtual machine? If this goes well, I could
> see us doing it with other virtual machines in the future. I would
> volunteer, but have to run to the airport at 1pm.
>
> I also noticed that first official release of OpenSolaris Developer
> (different from Solaris Developer) came out yesterday. This is what will
> make up OpenSolaris -- it's a lot more Linux with GNU utilities, GNOME
> 2.20, and bash instead of SH as the default shell. Oh yeah, did I
> mention the default filesystem is ZFS? HELL YEAH! Anyway, I'm
> downloading the CD of that right now and will give it a spin before the
> installfest next week. I'll see about going the quick and easy route of
> providing a VMWare virtual machine image for people who want to try it
> out really quick.
>
> Anyway, be excited about this. Linux has a lot of things about it that
> sorta suck, Solaris has features (or deficiencies) that suck too, but
> this should let us get a more broad view and play with some great stuff
> from Sun.
>
> If you're interested in helping out with the installfest, that would be
> awesome[1] -- let me or Beth Lynn know.
>
> --Patrick
>
> [1] How awesome would it be? How about this awesome?!
> http://www.radarmagazine.com/features/2006/12/toys.php
> That's right, we're talking Lawn Darts awesome! You can't get anymore
> awesome than that!
>
>
>
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