Solaris

I have setup jumpstart server with  Oracle Solaris 10 8/11 s10s_u10wos_17b SPARC on this weekend. 1. Preparation Configure some NFS-mountable directories to store the contents of the Solaris installation media and some additional config configuration files: # mkdir /export/install/# mkdir /export/config Add the following lines to the /etc/dfs/dfstab file to make these directories shareable: # …

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Today i have faced this issue, i hope it will help you to resolve incorrect LUN size issue. You created a logical drive of capacity x GB, and mapped it so there is a LUN (Logical Unit Number) with size x GB. When you run format command, Solaris shows incorrect size for the logical drive. …

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Every program you run in the Solaris OS creates a process. When you log in and start the shell, you start a process. When you perform a command or when you open an application, you start a process. The system starts processes called daemons. Daemons are processes that run in the background and provide services. …

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The find command recursively descends the directory tree in the path name list, looking for the files that match the search criteria. As the find command locates the files that match those criteria, the path to each file is displayed on the screen. The syntax for the find command is: find pathnames expressions actions The …

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You can use the fgrep command to search a file for a literal string or a group of characters. The fgrep command reads all regular expression characters literally. Regular expression metacharacters have no special meaning to the fgrep command, for example a ? character, is interpreted as a question mark, and a $ character is …

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The egrep command searches the contents of one or more files for a pattern using extended regular expression metacharacters. Extended regular expression metacharacters include the regular expression metacharacters that the grep command uses, plus some additional metacharacters. The table describes the additional metacharacters. Extended Regular Expression Metacharacters Metacharacter Purpose Sample Result + Matches one or …

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1. Change directory to where BRCMbcme.pkg resides.2. pkgadd -d BRCMbcme.pkg OR( Copy  BRCMbcme.tar.Z to /tmp. cd /tmp uncompress BRCMbcme.tar.Z tar xvf BRCMbcme.tar pkgadd -d /tmp) 3. Execute prtconf to determine instance number of the NIC.4. ifconfig bcme[instance_number] plumb5. ifconfig bcme[instance_number] ip_address netmask …. To make these changes permanent, follow these steps: 1. Use your favorite …

Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Driver For Solaris 2.6/7/8/9/10 for i386 / SPARC platform Read More »

# mkdir /Windows # mount -F pcfs /dev/dsk/c0d0p0:c  /Windows Mount automatically during boot: You can make this mount automatically during boot by adding a line to the /etc/vfstab : /dev/dsk/c0d0p0:c  -  /Windows  pcfs  -  yes  – That “c” at the end of the device name means the first FAT partition on the hard drive. Note:  …

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