When I encountered the problem, I started by looking around at SunSolve, and never really thought of going to straight to comp.unix.solaris from there. I was interrupted in my fiddling with the system by the arrival of my first child, so I reverted Solaris 8 knowing it would work. You raise a good point though, now that I have a bit more time, I should go there and see what the discussions there have to say.
This isn't true? Sorry, I didn't see you sitting there next to me while I ran the install. I wish you had told me that the blank screen the install froze on (I left it for an hour before restarting) was part of a "fine" install. This happened all THREE times I tried to run the installatn. I also wish you would have told me that network card wasn't supposed to let me see anything on the network, before I spent 2 days on and off trying to get it to. Had I recognized these components of a fine intstall I probably wouldn't have made this post.
When I reverted back to Solaris 8, I had no blank screen during the install, and while the network card wan't recognized and configured properly there, I had no problem setting it up after the install. I guess my point is, just because you didn't encounter bugs, it doesn't mean they don't exist.
I realize this is a beta release (I don't remember exactly which one, but I downloaded it about three weeks ago), but the installer has been around for a while, shouldn't it be able to recognize Sun hardware?
This would be interesting to see if the installer actually worked. I tried downloading and installing the Solaris Express preview on my SunBlade 100, and the installer died halfway through the installation. When I was finally able to get the installatin finished, I couldn't even make it recognize the integrated network card.
I've always been surprised how Linux installers can easily support the large variety of OEM Network cards available, and yet Sun can't make an installer that recognises their own hardware.
Up here in Western Canada, we have a fairly new (less than 1 year old) search engine starting up (www.reveal.ca) designed specifically for searching for businesses. One of their sales guys came by our store the other day, and in his pitch he had mentioned that they were starting their expansion throughout the rest of Canada and the into the US. He also said they expected to be big enough in a year to buy Google. I was polite enough not to laugh in his face, but I wonder if I should forward him a copy of this article so he acutally has some concept of what he is telling people.
"...normal routine is to walk in to McDonald's, stand in line, order, stand around waiting for the order, sit down, eat and play... ...It is a nice system. It works. It is much nicer than standing in line...
The new routine:
Walk in to McDonald's, stand in line at the kiosk, order, sit around waiting for the order, eat and play.
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Actually, the SunBlade 100 did come with an integrated network card, see http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pub/Systems/SunBl ade100/spec.html
When I encountered the problem, I started by looking around at SunSolve, and never really thought of going to straight to comp.unix.solaris from there. I was interrupted in my fiddling with the system by the arrival of my first child, so I reverted Solaris 8 knowing it would work. You raise a good point though, now that I have a bit more time, I should go there and see what the discussions there have to say.
This isn't true? Sorry, I didn't see you sitting there next to me while I ran the install. I wish you had told me that the blank screen the install froze on (I left it for an hour before restarting) was part of a "fine" install. This happened all THREE times I tried to run the installatn. I also wish you would have told me that network card wasn't supposed to let me see anything on the network, before I spent 2 days on and off trying to get it to. Had I recognized these components of a fine intstall I probably wouldn't have made this post.
When I reverted back to Solaris 8, I had no blank screen during the install, and while the network card wan't recognized and configured properly there, I had no problem setting it up after the install. I guess my point is, just because you didn't encounter bugs, it doesn't mean they don't exist.
I realize this is a beta release (I don't remember exactly which one, but I downloaded it about three weeks ago), but the installer has been around for a while, shouldn't it be able to recognize Sun hardware?
This would be interesting to see if the installer actually worked. I tried downloading and installing the Solaris Express preview on my SunBlade 100, and the installer died halfway through the installation. When I was finally able to get the installatin finished, I couldn't even make it recognize the integrated network card.
I've always been surprised how Linux installers can easily support the large variety of OEM Network cards available, and yet Sun can't make an installer that recognises their own hardware.
Up here in Western Canada, we have a fairly new (less than 1 year old) search engine starting up (www.reveal.ca) designed specifically for searching for businesses. One of their sales guys came by our store the other day, and in his pitch he had mentioned that they were starting their expansion throughout the rest of Canada and the into the US. He also said they expected to be big enough in a year to buy Google. I was polite enough not to laugh in his face, but I wonder if I should forward him a copy of this article so he acutally has some concept of what he is telling people.
"...normal routine is to walk in to McDonald's, stand in line, order, stand around waiting for the order, sit down, eat and play...
...It is a nice system. It works. It is much nicer than standing in line...
The new routine:
Walk in to McDonald's, stand in line at the kiosk, order, sit around waiting for the order, eat and play.
Doesn't seem much different to me