Thanks to : Paul Richards Jeff Putsch Bill Voight Steve> Hy Managers,>> When I try to use prtdiag in a 420R it doesn't give us the memory dimm's> installed, like the 450 does for example. They are both Solaris 8. There> is any other command to check how many dimm's are ...

Many thanks to Utkarsh Joshi, Gene Huft, and Metcalf. Utkarsh and Metcalfsuggested 1. prtvtoc -h /dev/rdsk/cxtxdxs2 >filename2. fmthard -s filename /dev/rdsk/newrootdiskslice23. dd if=/dev/rdsk/oldrootpartition of=/dev/rdsk/newdiskrootparttion bs=64k4. repeat for all partitions on ...

> Thanks to all that give me the response ...> MEMCONF a perl utility available @ http://www.4schmidts.com/unix.html < http://www.4schmidts.com/unix.html> P.S.: The other email was a mistake ... Outlook Sucks :) Thanks ...> Hy Managers,>> When I try to use prtdiag in a 420R ...

Hi,I'm trying to reinstall Solaris 8 on a Netra X1.The thing is, it's the only Sun we have in the house here.So I've been installing all kinds of stuff on a Linux server I havehere to get the same functionality as Jumpstart. (rarp, bootp, tftp, nfs).It kind of works; the Netra boots over the ...

Hi All, I have an odd situation with my NTP environment. I have a server( "Server" ), and a client ( "Client" ). I kill xntpd on the client, and runntpdate manually to sync to sync to the server ( "ntpdate Server" ). Afterthat happens, I run the date command on ...

I have a several servers and want to run ntp to synchronize time across allof them. I only want one to update from external time server (act as agatekeeper) and I want the rest of the servers to synchronize from this'time' machine.I have the gatekeeper configured and running, but I cannot ...

Greetings, Sun Managars...I wonder if anyone has had an error - either while building MySQLor another program. The configure script compiles a program totry to figure out the size of char. It gets 0. The script reportsthe likely cause is absence of static libraries. Per the instructions, ...

Greetings All,I just got a call from my Sun sales rep asking me for the CPU revision levels on an E10K frame we have running here. The Sun admins are all on vacation and I am an HP-UX guy. :(I need the command for finding this information....I thought it was:/usr/platform/sun4u/sbin/prtdiag?I ...

Short answer: Yes, it can be done. Thanks to everyone who replied (I never mention names since some people want to remain anonymous, but I appreciate all replies).Since there have been many questions lately about IP Multipathing, here are links to some ...

Hello Users What is the best way to find out the list of commands executed by all the users on the system, besides the history command. Please advise, ThanksDon P ....................................Get your own free email account ...

Hi All,I am having a problem with DLT 8k drives in a ATL P3000 library attached to a SF4800. The scsi cards are dual port PCI UDWS, the drives are also UDWS.The problem is performance ofthe drives. They will sit at a couple hundred k p/s then write at 5 +mb p/s.I have tried using an entry in ...

Thank you for all your quick and helpful responses! You guys are fantastic!Those who responded:David EvansFrank SmithElizabeth LeeMark CohenKevin StaffordJustin Stringfellowand more as the help keeps coming..... :)It appears I had the right command, just the wrong argument and I didn't ...

Hi!I have Solaris 8 on Ultra 5 as a workstation with 256 MB. The problem is that the CDE session does not allow me to unlock itself as my user but works for root user. If I am logged in as my username then the CDE does not even allow root passowrd to unlock the screen. I suspect some file ...

Someone posted this to the Security Focus mailing list, and think it'd<br>be good reading for this list. <br> <br>Solaris Infrequently Asked and Obscure Questions<br><A HREF=" http://shells.devunix.org/~argoth/iaoq/default.htm"> http://shells.devunix.org/~argoth/iaoq/</A><br>

Hi All,I'd like to change keyboard layout in X windows from UK to US one. I amrunning Solaris 8 SPARC platform so no kdmconfig here to help my in this.Also, is it possible to change keyboard's 'character repeat rate' inconsole/X ?thank you very much in advance,Ondrej ...

Thanks everyone for the help. As I guessed, JetAdmin was it. After getting the package name from so many people, I was able to search for JetAdmin and find it a lot easier then what happened when I was shooting in the dark.I installed JetAdmin and my boss is happy. Thanks ...

Hello-<br> <br>Has anyone out there successfully attached a NetraT1 to an Avocent CPS 1600?<br>We haven't had any luck making the appropriate cables for this. Any input is<br>welcome...<br> <br>Thanks<br>Ryan<br>******************************************************<br> <br> <br>

All,I have just implemented iplanet's LDAP server to provide centralized authentication services for a mainly Solaris only environment. It was setup according to the Sun Blueprints "Solaris and LDAP Naming Services" book.I have the following question.How can I setup the LDAP server ...

Managers,Quick question. Can I attach a Quantum SDLT220 to an externalDifferential SCSI interface on a running E220R? I seem to rememberdoing this with an A1000, but I thought I would make sure that this canbe done before I attempt it. After connecting it, how would I get the OS to see the ...

On Wed, Dec 19, 2001 at 12:58:39PM -0500, Igor Schein wrote:> Hi,> > I have Qlogic ISP 1040B, which is a Fast/Wide Differential SCSI Host> Adapter. I put it into an Ultra-60, but probe-scsi-all didn't detect> it. Are the any known compatibility issues for this adaptor?> ...

Does anyone know the key combination that will send a BREAK signal to a<br>Solaris 7 Server that is being accessed via console using Windows<br>HyperTerminal?<p>TIA,<p>Steve Chapman<br>mailto:<A HREF="/execute/ask/?codeinfoid=9385">schapman at ejasent.com</A><br>

Thanks to all, Vinnie, Tim, and numerous others who kindly sent help. The bullseye goes to Hoang Nguyen for this very useful tip:"Enclosed is the Auburn univerisity web site, they have a very good infointhis web page that I think you can use to get an A1000 disk array upinjust ...

ORIGINAL QUESTION:Does anyone know the key combination that will send a BREAK signal to aSolaris 7 Server that is being accessed via console using WindowsHyperTerminal?ANSWERS:I got a few suggestions to try CTRL+BREAK. I tried that and it did notwork. Finally, I went with the solution ...

Date:12.21.2001.Hi!I have a problem with CPU usage near 100%.Whenever anyuser invokes the vi editor over the network(thro'exceed) the CPU usage goes up to near 50%.IF anotheruser invokes vi, the usage once again adds up toanother 50%.Could this be a problem because ofinvoking editor as vi? The ...

Hi gurus,Thanks to the following for their good suggestions:Steve SandauDavid FosterMathias Kanstrupand system administration account (nice name eh? ;-))Solution:Use pkginfo and pkgrm to determine which packages to remove. Everyoneagreed that removing the actual directories without removing ...

Hi Sun Gurus<p>I am looking for the Multicast Routing Software(mrouted) for Solaris 7<br>and 8. Please let me know the URL for download and does any company<br>sells this product?.<p>TIA<p>Regards<p>Saravanan.C.S<br>

Conclusion: it's just not possible to remotely install Solaris from anythingbut a SPARC box.Thanks to Rob Lyle and Steve Mickeler for telling me.I'll quote Rob:"I have a Solaris x86 boot server thatpoint blank refused to work. Despite the "standardised" nature of BOOTP,TFTP, ...

Hi Sunmanagers, I have recently installed Solaris 8 (Intel downloaded from Sun17/12/01) on an old Dell PowerEdge 2100/180, Pentium Pro 180, 64mb ramand 2gb SCSI HDD. Solaris went on fine however X server refuses to starton the console, the box has on board graphics (ATI mach64 chip) ...

ORIGINAL QUESTION:I just bought a Kingston 256MBytes upgrade for a Sun Ultra-1 machine.Since downtime for that machine should be the minimum possible, I'd liketo know if I need special tools in order to disassemble the machine andinstall the modules inside.I already have "standard" ...

On 2001-12-21 01:09:31 -0500, Konstantin Rozinov wrote:> system admin suggested to reapply patches after you remove packages> since they get removed as well.I said no such thing. As far as I know, you only need to reapply patchesafter a pkgadd (which you may end up doing if you later ...

> Conclusion: it's just not possible to remotely install Solaris fromanything> but a SPARC box.This is incorrect, as several posters pointed out to me. It should read"it's just not possible to remotely install Solaris _onto an X1_ fromanything but a SPARC ...

Hi,# showrev -p | grep 105181-30Patch: 105181-30 Obsoletes: 105214-01, 105636-01, 105776-01, 106031-02, 106308-01, 106048-07, 105222-03, 105604-09, 109415-01, 105393-11, 105686-02, 105845-01, 106064-01, 106075-01, 106033-01, 105492-02, 105621-25, 105651-13, 105223-05, 105600-19, 105742-05, ...

Hi all,My problem is,there is a sun workstation (e450, sol2.8) in our company. we have afirewall. I want to study another workstation in graphic mode via telnetwhich is in another company. They have also firewall.Although, we have opened rsh, rexec and telnet daemon in our firewall, ...

Hello Managers,I am new to solaris, I am working on windows IIS server,Nowmy company wanted to host web sites on solaris server & wehave set up the solaris server & we r able to accessinternet thro' this server ,Can anybody plzz help me inhosting the web site on this server.what is the ...

DCE (dt) has a function to lock the display.In dtwmrc: f.action lockdisplayis there any way to have it do things like xlock does, esp the allowroot option which would allow root to unlock as well as the locking user?thanksbob---Bob Krygerbobk at panix.com, bob.kryger at sac.comAIM: BobKryger, ...

guys,I need some clarification about swap space on SUN. I know it uses /tmp.while slicing the system when you assign for example 2048m to slice 1 (swap), the OS adds to the assigned space, available RAM also making space available - RAM + assigned physical space. Question is how does swap use ...

Hello,<br> Is it possible to shrink a ufs partition with out any type<br>of volume management (Veritas, DiskSuite) ?<p>I have to shrink my /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s5 and split it into two<br>partitions. is this possible?<p>thanks,<br>joe<p>www.bigidea.com<br>

Gurus,Can some one help me knowing about coredumps? how to enable them and analyse them and what for they are meant ? any help is highly appreciated...thanksjennifer_________________________________________________________________MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: ...

Happy Holidays, SunManagers:<br>Does anybody know where I can find the post script documentation for the<p>DLT-4700 tape library? I can't seem to locate either the Service Manual<br>or the<br>User manual from either the Quantum website or the Sun website.<br>Thanks,<br>Tony<br>

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!Thank you all for the prompt replies. The consensus is "Do not delete the obsolete patches."Answer 1 from Casper Dik:The "Obsoleted" patches aren't necessarily installed. You won't be able to delete them: deleting a patch involves ...

Hi Everybody !I am in the following dillema:One customer have an E10K domain running Solaris 2.6 and having attachedseveral T3 partner groups.He also have Veritas Volume Manager 3.1.1 since it was bundled with T3's.He does not have Veritas FileSystem and does not want to spend 40K+ USD tobuy ...

we have three ultra 60 systems that we are going to upgrade the memory in. right now the have 8 of the 64mb chips each. I want to upgrde by putting in 8 of the 128mb chips, but the vendor says I should not mix the capacities in the system. Has anyone done this before? What ...

Has anybody played with dropping a 100Gig IDE drive in a Blade 100? Thisisn't a "How big of a drive can I have with Solaris 8" question. This ismore of a "I know Sun says this.. but what can you really do" question.I need a 100Gig of space and performance really isn't an ...

I will be out of the office starting 12/21/2001 and will not return until<br>12/31/2001.<p>I will respond to your message when I return.<br>

I'm installing Solaris on a hard drive tonight that I plan on moving toa different machine tomorrow, and was wondering if anyone had anyadditional comments about reconfiguring. My checklist so far is: 1. Re-run the configuration assistant to scan for new hardware2. Boot with the -r flag3. If ...

Hi,Those of you who used both SPARC and Intel Solaris, is there any significant difference running Pentium III 800 MHz machine and UltraSPARC-IIe 500 MHz? I know these are different architectures but I am interested in overall performance. I have Intel and before I buy Sun Blade 100 I want to ...

Hi,In doing remote tar extraction from U10/solaris 2.8 into pc/redhat7.0.i ran the command: rsh remotesolhost tar ... from the redhat box.Then, pressed the ctrl-c to quit the command i just ran from the redhat box at the redhat box.COuld not login the solaris 2.8 anymore.Now, booted the ...

Hi,I have a Sun E450 Server loaded with Solaris7 and awin95 machine in the same network. Is there anypossiblity of printing from Solaris to the Printerconnected to Win95 and if not possible, whetherupgrade of Win95 to Winnt4.0 will be of any help. Isthere any freeware software that can ...

All,I didn't really get any answers from anyone except for some questions from people who had the same need. I did however, get it to work in the meantime and for their and other people's benefit will post this summary.I was able to restrict access to certain users on servers using LDAP ...

Hi,I have an ultra10/sol2.8 box that had problem with writing to utmpxand such files in the /var/adm. cleaned those up, did the fsck andemptied the /var/tmp,... and still was getting the same error thatit could not write to utmpx,..So, i decided to re-run the sol 2.8 install cdrom for an ...