Ultra 20

When in doubt, try a bunch of distros! It never hurts to have access to some variety when playing with or just using Linux on a day to day basis…

I’ve got this Ultra 20 which among other things has a huge disk with room for lots of operating systems. I want to fool around a bit with Linux and Solaris Classic and GNU/Solaris, run some Bonnie numbers and also shake down my own stuff on all these different boxes. I expected pain, and I’ve already had some. This post will be my diary of the things that go wrong, and right.

As I review my first draft, it’s kind of grumpy. Do bear in mind that I’m coming out of the OS X world, which sets an awfully high standard for fit, finish, and polish. Another reason is that, while I’ve done my time as a professional sysadmin, and anyone who’s used Unix-family systems for as long a I has built a few from scratch, I’ve always found this sort of work profoundly irritating. It’s so easy to make dopey mistakes, and since OS installation is by definition a slow process, each mistake costs time. [Read the rest]

[tags]gnu,solaris,ultra 20[/tags]