> Hi there, > > at the weekend i installed OpenSolaris 2009.06 on an > AMD Athlon64 X2 5200+ with 1GB DDR Ram. I wanted to > try virtualization with VirtualBox. But i there where > some things i really dont like, maybe you can help me > to understand why it is and when it will work > > 1. Why uses OpenSolaris 95% of Ram directly after > install (By the way same machine other OS takes 30%)
Read about ZFS and it's use of RAM for ARC. This is freely given back by the ARC if something else needs it. > 2. What about LVM and ext2,3,4 Support? I t would > look better if i could use my old linux storage discs > by just plugging them in. No, via FUSE, via FUSE, no. See the fuse/ext discussion forum. > > 3. Why does the boot of the System takes so long? I > could drink a coffee. I mean the mashine isnt that > slow. Did you give enough RAM in the VM so it doesn't page-fault. Is this on the first boot or subsequent boots? > > 4. Why doenst <Alt>+<F1> switch to an console? Or > better question... Where is the console? You have to enable virtual consoles to be able to use it. Check out the virtual consoles forum. > > After all. I really like Solaris. But this 4 Points > make it a bit bad. Point 2 is the biggest problem. > First i could solve by buying ram which isnt > expencive, but my storage data would be necessary. > Copying 400GB Data just takes too long, even when i > must insert it into a different machine to make scp > or so. > > Thank for listening > > Jörg -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ perf-discuss mailing list perf-discuss@opensolaris.org
