Perfect. Thank you all!
Bryan
Linda Kateley <mailto:[email protected]>
January 11, 2012 8:08 PM
On 1/11/12 10:57 AM, Alan Coopersmith wrote:
On 01/11/12 10:50 AM, Bryan N Iotti wrote:
My question was if I could still use my version of Solaris 9 for
"home hobby
use"or if the new Oracle rules prevented me from it.
Oracle no longer distributes Solaris 9, so to use it, you must
already have a
copy, and are covered by whatever license you got it under.
Solaris 9 license was free up to 2 cpu's.
If your home
hobby use includes wanting bug fixes and security patches, then
you're out of
luck - the only way to get those for any Solaris version now is to
pay Oracle.
Alan Coopersmith <mailto:[email protected]>
January 11, 2012 7:57 PM
Oracle no longer distributes Solaris 9, so to use it, you must already
have a
copy, and are covered by whatever license you got it under. If your
home
hobby use includes wanting bug fixes and security patches, then you're
out of
luck - the only way to get those for any Solaris version now is to pay
Oracle.
Magnus <mailto:[email protected]>
January 11, 2012 5:08 PM
I have both of those machines at home. They have their uses. I fear
this is not one of them.
Memory limitations on the Ultra 5 make any ZFS-based OS impractical.
Luckily, yours has been upgraded to use SCSI disks, which is a good
thing, because the IDE controller on that model is dog poo.
The E250 is marginally less bad. Marginally.
Honestly, if you really must use machines this old, I'd suggest
looking at OpenBSD. It runs exceedingly well on this vintage of
hardware. It's also maintained quite well so you're not stuck running
old unpatched software. You won't get ZFS, but then your hardware
isn't really good for that.
This is a bit of a stretch, but if you had 1 or 2GB of RAM in the
E250, you could run FreeBSD 9.0 (which was just released this week)
which is also running zpool 28 but is pretty well supported on a
number of architectures. I say it's a bit of a stretch, because there
is no getting around the fact that the hardware you're looking at
using is very old, very slow, and will not be pleasing to use. The
E250 will, at least, warm up the room for you. Not a bad feature this
time of year if you live in the northern hemisphere.
If you want to learn about *modern* flavors of Solaris-y OS's, you're
really better off with hardware made in the 21st century. It doesn't
have to be exotic or expensive.
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Bryan N Iotti <mailto:[email protected]>
January 11, 2012 12:03 PM
Hi everyone,
I'm new to the list (and to the world of Solaris in general) but have
been following OpenIndiana consistently for the past year.
Now, I have recently acquired a Sun Ultra 5 (with SCSI disks! ;-) )
and an Enterprise 250, dirt cheap. I have an original box with the
Solaris 9 CDs and all the systems work fine.
I use them at home to learn more about this OS and its underpinnings.
Now, how does Oracle's policy on patches and personal use affect me?
Do I need a support contract (can't afford it, probably move to other
*NIX) or can I still use these for personal use?
Should I move to OpenSolaris (can't find the SPARC .iso anywhere!) and
be done with the whole "patch" thing?
Thank you all for your time,
Bryan
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