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The Open Source version of the Solaris Operating System developed by Sun Microsystems.

OpenSolaris is a Unix-like operating system developed by Sun Microsystems and now owned by Oracle. It runs on SPARC and x86 (32-bit and 64-bit) based computer systems. Notable features include ZFS filesystem and volume manager and the debugging tool dtrace.

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send command to an already running screen session

I have been trying to send commands to a running gnu screen session (4.00.03) in opensolaris, but cannot get it to run any commands through any combination of screen -X Ok, I start a screen session with screen -S test, and then tried to with screen…
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How do I prevent two OSes from clobbering grub files?

I want to install Linux and OpenSolaris on the same hard disk in different partitions. I'm worried because OpenSolaris seems to actively manage the grub data when updating the OS (part of the "boot environment" feature). Is there anything I should…
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Setting up a home server - what to use? (ZFS vs btrfs, BSD vs Linux, misc other requirements)

I need to get all our home content off individual machines and onto a central server. What I'd like to have is the metaphorical "server under the stairs". Stuff we need: expandable storage. I want to be able to add extra disc as we go along, with…
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ZFS moving drives around

At some point I'm going to build an OpenSolaris based NAS. I was wondering that if I make a 4 drive RaidZ1 pool and at some point need to move the pool to another OpenSolaris server do is there anything I need to worry about? Is as simple as…
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What are the strengths of OpenSolaris compared to Linux?

Please try to answer in these areas: For what kind of usage is OpenSolaris more suited than Linux? What are the useful OpenSolaris features that Linux lacks? Personal experiences are welcomed, but please don't start a flame war. Strengths of Linux…
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Oracle Solaris 11 Express: is it 32-bit or 64-bit?

The download for Oracle Solaris 11 Express says the image is for x86. I can't find anything specific on the Oracle documentation site that states if this is 32-bit or 64-bit. Any pointers?
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Public key authentication on SunSSH fails

I'm using OpenIndiana 151a on x86 and I want to connect to other remote servers using ssh with public key authentication, but it fails. The remote server's sshd (OpenSSH) is enabled with ssh-2 protocol. I already have ssh client installed in my…
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Windows 7 slow write to Samba/CIFS OpenSolaris server

I have a NAS server with OpenSolaris and kernel-based CIFS/Samba share and I get these weird results when working with it from different computers over the Gigabit LAN: Read speed is blazing fast and almost saturates 1GB LAN (90-100 MB/sec) Write…
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Cannot access SMB Shares from OpenIndiana server on OSX Lion?

I've clean installed a copy of OpenIndiana 151a (latest). I've imported my pools I've run through these directions http://blogs.oracle.com/timthomas/entry/solaris_cifs_in_workgroup_mode I can connect to the server using my OS X Lion client with my…
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Is Solaris 11 Express a replacement for OpenSolaris?

I was searching for OpenSolaris but landed in Oracle's website of Solaris 11 Express. Is OpenSolaris replaced by Solaris 11 Express?
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Is a Zfs filesystem on Usb 3.0 external hard drive possible?

Assumed an external usb 3.0 hard drive isn't at all a very good solution to install a system (linux) on, are there specific drawbacks of installing a Zfs filesystem on Usb 3.0 external hard drive? And does the system you are installing (windows,…
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How to add a mirror-disk to my OpenSolaris?

I have a machine with two harddrives. I have installed OpenSolaris on one of them and now I want to add the other one as a mirror-drive in my zpool rpool. I guess I have to format the second disk first and then add it to the pool. How can I do…
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Opensolaris or debian as dev and file server?

I'm setting up a new dev and file share server for myself in the closet from my old desktop. I've been running Debian as long as I can remember and have nothing to blaim. Now I'm looking at ZFS and feeling really intrigued by it's features. What do…
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Firefox Flash & Quicktime plugins under Debian and OpenSolaris?

Please excuse this newbie question: I've got installations of Debian 5 and OpenSolaris 2009.06, both of which have Firefox 3.5.3 setup and running. Unfortunately: 1.Firefox under Debian can't play YouTube videos (I am assuming this is Flash?) nor…
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ZFS Scrub isn't making any progress

I started a zfs scrub operation over 10 hours ago, and it doesn't seem to be making any progress: # zpool status pool: foo state: ONLINE scan: scrub in progress since Sat Nov 26 00:11:38 2011 1 scanned out of 1.58T at 1/s, 481199724h39m to…
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