Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Some questions about OpenIndiana

2011-01-05 Thread Daniel Kjar
I have been running 148 (and 147 before that) as both a zfs nfs file server on my super-modded ultra20m2 desktop. I also run some pretty questionable software (virtualbox, crossoveroffice) on my desktop and it hasn't had a problem. It also ran flawlessly on my big sunfire v40z. 148 has actu

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Some questions about OpenIndiana

2011-01-04 Thread Jean-Yves Avenard
On 5 January 2011 09:53, Alasdair Lumsden wrote: > I know I'm biased since I founded OpenIndiana but what you want is > OpenIndiana build 148. > > Although it's a new project and a development release, it's perfectly stable > - my business runs it on multiple production servers, and I run it on

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Some questions about OpenIndiana

2011-01-04 Thread Alasdair Lumsden
On 31 Dec 2010, at 00:32, Jean-Yves Avenard wrote: > Hi there > > Long time FreeBSD user, I recently used OpenIndiana live CD to recover > a faulty zpool on which FreeBSD kept crashing. > > Was pleasantly surprised on how smooth everything went. > > I am now looking at migrating our file server

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Some questions about OpenIndiana

2011-01-02 Thread Chris Ridd
On 2 Jan 2011, at 12:30, Stephan Budach wrote: > Am 02.01.11 13:10, schrieb Jean-Yves Avenard: >> On 2 January 2011 21:42, Chris Ridd wrote: >> >>> It is related to nwam, if memory serves. Changing back to network:physical >>> (I'm away from the box and might have the wrong name, but you get t

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Some questions about OpenIndiana

2011-01-02 Thread Stephan Budach
Am 02.01.11 13:10, schrieb Jean-Yves Avenard: On 2 January 2011 21:42, Chris Ridd wrote: It is related to nwam, if memory serves. Changing back to network:physical (I'm away from the box and might have the wrong name, but you get the idea) avoided the problem for me. Auto-magic indeed... T

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Some questions about OpenIndiana

2011-01-02 Thread Jean-Yves Avenard
On 2 January 2011 21:42, Chris Ridd wrote: > It is related to nwam, if memory serves. Changing back to network:physical > (I'm away from the box and might have the wrong name, but you get the idea) > avoided the problem for me. > > Auto-magic indeed... The error seems to indicate that /var/lda

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Some questions about OpenIndiana

2011-01-02 Thread Sriram Narayanan
On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 4:12 PM, Chris Ridd wrote: > > On 2 Jan 2011, at 10:15, Albert Lee wrote: > >> On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 9:21 PM, Jean-Yves Avenard >> wrote: >>> Then I restarted the box, and I hit that bug: >>> http://www.illumos.org/issues/487 >>> >>> e.g. when I restart, ldap fail to init

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Some questions about OpenIndiana

2011-01-02 Thread Chris Ridd
On 2 Jan 2011, at 10:15, Albert Lee wrote: > On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 9:21 PM, Jean-Yves Avenard wrote: >> Then I restarted the box, and I hit that bug: >> http://www.illumos.org/issues/487 >> >> e.g. when I restart, ldap fail to initialise and that box isn't >> accessible anymore. Have to reboot

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Some questions about OpenIndiana

2011-01-02 Thread Albert Lee
On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 9:21 PM, Jean-Yves Avenard wrote: > So I ditched it and install OpenIndiana "stable" 134+ ; after > navigating through a web page in Russian wanting me to install some > internet plugins then  staring at the screen for almost 5 hours for > the download to complete . I finall

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Some questions about OpenIndiana

2011-01-01 Thread Jean-Yves Avenard
Hi there. Well, I spent 24 hours straight on OpenSolaris/OpenIndiana yesterday... Didn't have much fun let me tell you ! I first tried NexentaStor community edition, using the same kernel patches as the "stable" openindiana b134... I could see my v28 pool, then I thought that I had to be mad to

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Some questions about OpenIndiana

2011-01-01 Thread Robert Soubie
Le 31/12/2010 01:32, Jean-Yves Avenard a écrit : Salut Jean-Yves, Depending on what you want to do with your system, Solaris Express 11 could be a good choice: I use it for a home NAS server for Windows and DCC++, with 6TB ZFS Raidz2 storage, using 6 1.5 TB disks. Since one cannot be too pru

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Some questions about OpenIndiana

2011-01-01 Thread Alan Coopersmith
On 12/30/10 04:32 PM, Jean-Yves Avenard wrote: > I looked at Solaris Express 11, but one thing in the FAQ worries me > related to not having access to bug fixes or updates unless I have a > contract support with Oracle; is this actually the case? Or unless you wait until the next release. This i

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Some questions about OpenIndiana

2010-12-31 Thread Jean-Yves Avenard
On 1 January 2011 08:51, Edward Ned Harvey wrote: > I haven't downloaded, nor do I use nexenta.  So I must acknowledge the > possibility that maybe they have 28 in a development build but not released > yet...  I don't know. Well, I can confirm that nexenta is v26 only :( can't find any v28 anyw

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Some questions about OpenIndiana

2010-12-31 Thread Edward Ned Harvey
> From: Jean-Yves Avenard [mailto:jyaven...@gmail.com] > > > zpool 28 is the latest open-source version.  Basically your options are > > nexenta, openindiana, and freebsd. > >        sol11exp has zpool 31 > >        nexenta has zpool 28 > > Are you sure about nexenta ? This is what I based that

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Some questions about OpenIndiana (and Nexenta)

2010-12-31 Thread Gordon Ross
Jean-Yves Avenard wrote: > Hi > > thank you for your answer.. > On 1 January 2011 00:06, Edward Ned Harvey > wrote: > > zpool 28 is the latest open-source version. Basically your options > are > > nexenta, openindiana, and freebsd. > >sol11exp has zpool 31 > >nexenta has zpool 28

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Some questions about OpenIndiana

2010-12-31 Thread Jean-Yves Avenard
Hi thank you for your answer.. On 1 January 2011 00:06, Edward Ned Harvey wrote: > zpool 28 is the latest open-source version.  Basically your options are > nexenta, openindiana, and freebsd. >        sol11exp has zpool 31 >        nexenta has zpool 28 Are you sure about nexenta ? The only refe

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Some questions about OpenIndiana

2010-12-31 Thread Edward Ned Harvey
> From: Jean-Yves Avenard [mailto:jyaven...@gmail.com] > > I am now looking at migrating our file server from FreeBsd to a > Solaris based distribution. If you use any of the oracle-based distros, you cannot have updates except with support contract. Also, sadly, they eliminated the OEM versions

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Some questions about OpenIndiana

2010-12-31 Thread Jean-Yves Avenard
2010/12/31 Andrey N. Oktyabrski : > On 12/17/10 01:06, Alexander Sergeev wrote: >> == >>   ***             OpenIndiana 134+ Stable X86, rev. 11             *** >> ===

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Some questions about OpenIndiana

2010-12-31 Thread Chris Ridd
On 31 Dec 2010, at 00:32, Jean-Yves Avenard wrote: > I looked at Solaris Express 11, but one thing in the FAQ worries me > related to not having access to bug fixes or updates unless I have a > contract support with Oracle; is this actually the case? I have S11 Express at work, no support contra

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Some questions about OpenIndiana

2010-12-31 Thread Andrey N. Oktyabrski
On 12/31/10 03:32, Jean-Yves Avenard wrote: Ultimately, what I'm after right now is something stable and performant, that can read my zpool v28 and supports kernel cifs and that I will easily be able to integrate with our LDAP / Kerberos backend. Why not to use this: On 12/17/10 01:06, Alexand

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Some questions about OpenIndiana

2010-12-31 Thread Anatoli Marinov
Good Questions. I also want to see the clear answers for that :) I need to take a decision what OS to install on my laptop which will be used for C development workstation and I am interested of dtrace and netbeans/sds. On 31.12.2010 г. 02:32, Jean-Yves Avenard wrote: Hi there Long time Fre