So there are some folks who are still trying to run modern things on old SPARC machines still. I pulled out my old Solaris server that I used to host a backup of my website back in 2013, dusted it off and booted it up
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Without missing a beat, not taking backups or snapshots other than the existing website and database itself, I decided to apply these updates and and just let it fly. Oh boy how we crashed and burned.
Tag: solaris
E2900 / V1280 Enable GUI
I have a XVR-100 and a USB card installed in my E2900. To enable the graphical console login in Solaris 10 I have done the following post installation: #/usr/dt/bin/dtconfig -e # svcadm enable # ln -s /dev/fbs/pfb0 /dev/fb # fbconfig -xserver Xorg # reboot I did repeat these steps after another install, and had some […]
SUN NVRAM / HostID: Re-programming SUN NVRAM after replacement.
This was originally posted at this address: http://www.squirrel.com/squirrel/sun-nvram-hostid.faq.html
Adding a service for a custom program in Solaris 10
This is another thing that I managed to forget, and then I had to remember what I was looking at all over again. Instead of init scripts, Solaris 10 uses services, or SMF. It uses a combination of XML and Shell scripts to start and stop services. In practice, it’s actually really slick […]
HOWTO: Setting up the RSC Console
Setting up the RSC Console Some sun servers include what’s called an RSC Card. RSC stands for “Remote System Control” and provides a way to “white switch” a server without actually having to be at the facility it’s located at. The RSC Card is basically a self contained computer containing serial ports, ethernet, and a […]
Blog and news for Sunday, August 6th 2012
Well hello hello Not too much to report, started moving stuff out and scrapping that last of the junk that’s laying around here so I don’t need to take it with me anywhere. I have been working on potentially securing an office space downtown but with both bank accounts empty I really don’t know how […]