Solaris

[Gilles Gravier]

Hi!

So Solaris installer doesn't recognize Linux partitions well... it gets 
really confused.

You should procede as follows:

1) Install Windows first (if you need Windows) because Windows installer 
believes the world only uses Windows.
2) Add Solaris next (it will see the Windows partition and preserve it).
3) Install Ubuntu after Solaris. It will see Solaris and preserve it. 
I've had this run on an Acer Ferrari 3400 (AMD64) laptop fine.

Oh... and... if you are going to be playing... dont just use Solaris 10. 
Try out Solaris Express (the early access of Solaris 11). It has many 
more drivers included, and in general, on laptops, does a much better 
job than Solaris 10. URL is : 
http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/solaris-express/get.jsp

Solaris 11 uses GRUB. Solaris 10 early versions didn't. A new updated 
Solaris 10 (so depends which version you have) also uses GRUB. Solaris 
puts GRUB on its partition... So just need to make whatever partition 
you want active. The Solaris GRUB can then boot Linux. It should have 
entries like this :

title Solaris 11 nv_42a X86
root(hd0,2,a)
kernel /platform/i86pc/multiboot
module /platform/i86pc/boot_archive

title Solaris failsafe
root(hd0,2,a)
kernel /boot/multiboot kernel/unix -s
module /boot/x86.miniroot-safe

title Windows
rootnoverify(hd0,0)
chainloader +1

title Ubuntu
root(hd0,1)
chainloader +1


Caveat : I work for Sun -> Gilles.Gravier at Sun.com

Gilles.


VIGNESH wrote:
> I recently got hold of Solaris 10 and I wanted to give it a shot..I 
> also heard that Solaris cannot co-exist with Linux ! Anyway I tried 
> and messed up my harddisk.Now I have installed Kubuntu 5.10 .This is 
> my partition table
>
> vignesh at Konqui:~$ sudo fdisk -l
> Password:
>
> Disk /dev/hda: 40.0 GB, 40060403712 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4870 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
>
>    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
> /dev/hda1               1        1265    10161081    5  Extended
> /dev/hda5               1          49      393529+  82  Linux swap / 
> Solaris
> /dev/hda6              50        1265     9767488+  83  Linux
>
> Has anyone tried this.. Pls help.I also have dragonFly,opendarwin,BSD 
> in line after this !
>
> Cheers !
> Vignesh
>
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