How to download Solaris 10 8/07

I suppose this could be tagged “obvious” but I thought I’d warm up a bit with a simple post about where to find Solaris 10 for download. Believe it or not, you can go find the official site at www.solaris.com and there are prominent “Get It Now!” and “downloads” links on the front page that [...]

ZFS Updates in Solaris 10 8/07 (Update 4)

I finally got around to upgrading my Solaris box to 8/07 (Update 4). I guess the most significant comment I could make is that it was almost entirely uneventful. I had to check my SAMBA config because the services run slightly different in this update. Still very easy and quick.
I chose to download the [...]

Back from Hiatus

With all the buzz in the air this week about ZFS, I knew I had to get blogging again. Unfortunately, starting up again after taking a few weeks off to get through finals is proving harder than I thought it would be. I needed something to get me jumpstarted again and this week’s coverage of [...]

Getting Started with Solaris 10 and ZFS

I’ve been itching to write more about Solaris 10 and ZFS now that I’ve got it working on my budget server. Unfortunately, I’ve been out of town this last week and haven’t had a chance to write much. Before I write up the full install and setup process, I thought I’d give you a little [...]

Solaris 10 is Rockin!

I’m proud to announce that I’ve got Solaris 10 up and running pretty smoothly on my new AMD-based system. I had some annoying compatibility issues with the first system I tried, so I switched to the ASUS M2NPV-VM motherboard with an AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600+ CPU. This board has much better support in Solaris [...]