[indiana-discuss] LiveCD on MacBook Pro (C2D)

[Emilian Bold]

Thanks for the reply. So the LiveCD has no binary blobs, that's why no
ethernet drivers, etc. Makes sense.

> Indiana does work very nicely under vmware using the e1000g driver
> on that laptop.

Yeah, but if I am to compare the performance[1] of Solaris versus OSX
and eventually migrate to Solaris, it you be nice to have it running
on the actual metal and not in some virtual machine[2].

I assume the demographic for Indiana are individual developers/users
which means imho laptops (mostly) and workstations. So it would be
nice if you could afford a pool of machines to test releases onto
(changing hardware and all). I also couldn't find a hardware
compatibility list (only for Solaris 10 on Sun's site, which keeps
harassing me to buy solaris subscription in order to see the actual
support status).

Emilian

1. Mostly Java (NetBeans/Glassfish/Maven/JavaDB) with the normal
email/browser/gui checks.
2. I personally see virtual machines as something useful for legacy
systems nothing more feature or performance wise.




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> - Bart
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> > On Nov 15, 2007 7:32 PM, Bart Smaalders <bart.smaalders at sun.com> wrote:
> >> Emilian Bold wrote:
> >>> Hy,
> >>>
> >>> Just tried booting the Live CD on a MacBook Pro (Core 2 Duo) and it
> >>> just automatically ejects the CD. Is the live CD supposed to work on
> >>> my machine ?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>> Emilian Bold
> >>>
> >> Works on my borrowed unit.... stick the CD in and hold down the
> >> option key during boot.
> >>
> >> - Bart
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Bart Smaalders                  Solaris Kernel Performance
> >> barts at cyber.eng.sun.com         http://blogs.sun.com/barts
> >>
> >
> >
> >
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> --
> Bart Smaalders                  Solaris Kernel Performance
> barts at cyber.eng.sun.com         http://blogs.sun.com/barts
>



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