[oi-dev] New OI hipster ISOs

[ken mays]

Andrzej ,
 
Some small fixes are [based on 10/23/2013 ISOs]:
 
1. Use Nvidia 304.88/304.108 drivers on hipster  (ftp://download.nvidia.com/solaris/304.108/NVIDIA-Solaris-x86-304.108.run)
 
2. Fix distro-constructor to pick the thunderbird 10.0.12 package for installation (it picks thunderbird 3.1.4 package). See: /hipster - mail/thunderbird at 0.5.11,5.11-0.151.1.8:20130305T140749Z 
 
Everything else seems to work beside the known issues reported beforehand. 
 
~ Ken Mays



On Thursday, October 24, 2013 7:51 AM, WarGrey Gyoudmon Ju <juzhenliang at gmail.com> wrote:
  
Thank you Jim.
Very useful HOWTOs.

My 2010-mid MBP should be a good choice.
Unluckily, the undetectable BlSOD troubles me. Apple's fault.
I have to work in a virtual machine since only Windows is able to recover from black screen.  



On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 5:28 PM, Jim Klimov <jimklimov at cos.ru> wrote:

On 2013-10-24 10:58, WarGrey Gyoudmon Ju wrote:
>
>I want to buy a new laptop for Openindiana.
>>What's the official suggestions?
>>Are those in the list with blank 'notes' okay?
>>http://wiki.openindiana.org/oi/Laptops+and+Netbooks
>> 
>
From my general experience (though mostly "burnt fingers") and vague
>knowledge from list-reading, I think the currently suggested rigs
>should involve:
>1) Ability to test in-shop or return due to incompatibility with your
>   software. Many sales points don't allow that - are not required to,
>   but some do. Risk of incompatibility is high, so you might want to
>   take precautions or even overpay a bit for that (i.e. two weeks for
>   the returns no-questions-asked).
>2) KVM virtualization - IIRC it is officially done for Intel CPUs with
>   VT-D, and an experimental branch is worked on for equivalent AMDs.
>   So if interested in KVM, you'd prefer intel now :) VirtualBox should
>   be fine on both (my AMD E2 works ok).
>3) WiFi - some NICs are supported better than others (i.e. have native
>   illumos drivers, have sleep/wakeup for hibernation, support WEP/WPA),
>   so you might lean towards Intel ones which are mostly supported well,
>   though there are half a dozen drivers in the tree for various models.
>4) Somewhat likewise for Ethernet NICs, though the Free NIC Drivers
>   project can help here: http://homepage2.nifty.com/mrym3/taiyodo/eng/
>5) Don't expect USB3 out of the box right now, might not work even to
>   power up a mouse or cell phone. Maybe some drivers will be made and
>   published soon, but for now - make sure at least some USB2 ports are
>   available on the laptop.
>6) Audio may work, may be quiet, and there may be a mixup between for
>   example a MoBo audio chip and a videocard's HDMI audio support.
>   In my case both were driven by "audiohd" driver, and I needed to
>   rename some device files in order to have the physical audio be
>   the default output.
>7) Video support - AFAIK certain NVidia chips have binary drivers for
>   Solaris which work in illumos. Maybe also Intel. My AMD E2 Radeon
>   (built-in to the CPU, er, "APU") works only as a VESA adapter and
>   does not support hibernation in OI, for example.
>8) CDROM is not strictly required, but in my case lack of one caused
>   me to install the system using the HDD in legacy IDE mode.
>   When I boot off an USB LiveMedia, my "SCSI" (SATA/USB) devices have
>   different naming/ordering than when I boot off the SATA-mode HDD,
>   so my SATA rpool can not be imported.
>9) Some advanced laptops include an ability to drive 2 or 3 storage
>   devices, such as 2 HDDs and an mSATA SSD. For performance work and
>   safe storage, you might want that (i.e. OS and cache on SSD, and
>   mirrored HDDs for bulk data). RAM depends on you usage, 8Gb suffices
>   for me including 1-2 VMs for some tests; though perhaps more complex
>   "labs" of VMs and zones might need more. Some laptops allow 32Gb...
>10) And as usual with the laptops, make sure the KBD and screen are
>   convenient for you. You don't want to save money on health :)
>   Probably you'd want a 15"+ laptop with proper full-sized keyboard
>   and preferably good resolution (at least 1920*1080).
>   In particular, my Lenovo TP E335 lacks the "numeric keyboard" and
>   its associated arrow keys completely, which is sometimes important,
>   as well as any kbd LEDs and some advanced keys like Pause/Break -
>   this is not always convenient for coding/debugging ;)
>
>HTH,
>//Jim Klimov
>
>
>
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