Linux cdrom filesystem is iso9660, but it is not very usefull under solaris :):
# mount -F lofs /cdrom/Solaris_10 /mnt/cdrom
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If by mistake (or even conscious) you did configure a solaris 10 or bellow with DHCP and you want to disable it and set fixed IP, there are several steps you should follow...
There is a file called dhcp.interface_name in /etc that we must delete.
Now, create the file /etc/nodename with the hostname inside.
# echo webserver > /etc/nodename
now, create a file called hostname., where interface is the name of the device in solaris, like bge0, e1000g0, ce0, etc.
# echo webserver > /etc/hostname.bge0
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CDE login is not usefull if you have available only a serial console but in case you have got a machine with a PCI VGA device (like a x86 machine), you can activate the X screen login with this command:
# svcadm enable svc:/application/graphical-login/cde-login:default
Easy and usefull, right??.
Sometimes, if you modify the MBR of a x86 disk you can loose its content so you need to reinstall the grub again, for example after install a mixed linux/solarisx86 environment, or migrating a x86 physical machine to a virtualized environment.
You have two options to boot the system, both using the CD-Rom:
One is using the cdrom grub, to do that, press e after grub appears, and delete all the lines and add the next 3 lines:
root (hd0,2,a)
kernel /platform/i86pc/multiboot
module /platform/i86pc/boot_archive
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Sometimes a disk fails and need to be replaced with a new one, to do that we need to know which device is...
# cfgadm -al
Ap_Id Type Receptacle Occupant Condition
c0 scsi-bus connected configured unknown
c0::dsk/c0t0d0 CD-ROM connected configured unknown
c1 scsi-bus connected configured unknown
c1::dsk/c1t0d0 disk connected configured unknown
c1::dsk/c1t1d0 disk connected configured unknown
c2 fc connected unconfigured unknown
c3 scsi-bus connected unconfigured unknown
usb0/1 unknown empty Read more...