Laptop Solaris

While looking for some information on OpenSolaris in preparation for my talk this week I came across some excellent material providing backgrounds on OpenSolaris for both instructors and students.

The material is part of the Curriculum Development Resources at OpenSolaris.org and is available as PDFs for download. The documents are short and easy to read, but packed with lots of useful information and a good read for anybody interested in understanding more about the technology and functionality in OpenSolaris.

A Sun engineer provides a detailed (and occasionally light-hearted) look at how to set up an X4200 server through a series of video guides on YouTube.

• Step 1: Anti-Static Setup
• Step 2: Hard Drive Install
• Step 3: PCI Card Install
• Step 4: DVD Install
• Step 5: Network Connection

I have a few tips on getting Solaris 10 running in a virtual machine within Parallels on an Intel-based Mac OS X box, available through Getting Solaris 10 working in Parallels.

I haven’t yet tried it on the MacBook Pro, but then that’s only made it as far as the Netherlands on its journey from Shanghai…