[H-GEN] Free Solaris (was: package management systems.)

[James C. McPherson]

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On Fri, 14 Feb 2003 00:08:51 +1000 Ian Pulsford <ianjp at optusnet.com.au> wrote:
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> It uses a primary partition like most other OS's.  I have Win2k, FreeBSD
> 5, and Solaris 8 all running on this machine off the same boot disk. 
> What DOS calls a partition, Solaris (and BSD) call a slice.  Solaris
> then divides the slice into the usual "partitions" within the slice.  As
> with installing any new OS on a HD you need to be careful but I can
> assure Solaris can be safely installed on a free x86 partition.

Whoa there! Solaris/x86 uses the msdos "primary partition" concept in order
to create a logical disk device. It is this logical disk device which you 
then slice up in the traditional manner. Within this logical disk device a 
Solaris slice is equivalent to a linux partition.

It's a subtle but important difference ;)

For those interested in installing solaris/x86, I strongly recommend that
you use a separate disk to do so -- saves you from a whole world of pain.
(It's what I've done for years now).

James C. McPherson
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