newbie: DHCP
i decided to give solaris a try as a desktop os on my laptop PC. it beautifully recognized most of my infrastructure (graphics, sound...) but i have a problem with network configuration. during install process i wasn't asked about the way i'm gonna connect to the network. i have cable modem and in linux os it wasn't ever any problem just to tick it as a DHCP configuration and everything worked well. how to set up DHCP (or other way) on solaris to let me connect to the internet? i'm kind of a beginner in solaris so be generous in explanations, thanks :)
Orkan
P.S. and by the way - is there any way to mount linux ext3 partitions under solaris? i know that proper config file is /etc/vfstab but i don't know which of the partitions in /dev/dsk are my real linux partitions. i don't know which to choose. i tried fdisk to find out but i didn't know what parameter to type after "fdisk" command. thanks for hints
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Orkan] at [2007-11-26 9:19:54]
# 1
I'd check the laptop community and see if they have a driver for your machine.
http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/laptop/
Solaris doesn't currently have any ext3 filesystem support. I think there used to be a bit of support with the LXRUN package (ran linux binaries under Solaris), but I don't know where you'd find that stuff these days or how well it worked.
--
Darren
# 2
You should have been presented with a number of options and selections for networking while installing your O.S. Is it possible that you may have overlooked them during the installation ?
If so - try the following while bringing up a terminal window.
Type sys-unconfig
Carefully follow the instructions and wait for a reboot. Upon rebooting, you should be presented with a text version of an install format.
Read each selection carefully and make sure to select DHCP when it is offered as a network choice.
As previously suggested, you may not have a compatible networking chip on your mainboard. In that case, follow the instructions supplied by the other post in this thread. ......Good luckJRH.
# 3
Thank you both :) i'll try both ways, wish me luck :)Orkan
Orkan at 2007-7-6 23:50:29 >
# 4
My ethernet card is Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8001 Gigabit Ethernet Controller, I tried the driver from opensolaris community but it failed. I was lucky enough to find a proper one on Marvell website and something moved down there :) but i don't know how to make it fully responsive. Solaris printed info about my driver and device during startup (yes!) but also made some comments that something's wrong with it and suggested "svcs -x -v", here's the result:
# svcs -x -v
svc:/network/physical:default (physical network interfaces)
State: maintenance since śro 09 sie 2006 20:55:44 CEST
Reason: Start method exited with $SMF_EXIT_ERR_CONFIG.
See: http://sun.com/msg/SMF-8000-KS
See: man -M /usr/share/man -s 1M ifconfig
See: /etc/svc/volatile/network-physical:default.log
Impact: 5 dependent services are not running:
svc:/milestone/network:default
svc:/network/nfs/nlockmgr:default
svc:/network/nfs/client:default
svc:/network/nfs/status:default
svc:/network/ssh:default
svc:/application/print/server:default (LP print server)
State: disabled since śro 09 sie 2006 20:55:40 CEST
Reason: Disabled by an administrator.
See: http://sun.com/msg/SMF-8000-05
See: man -M /usr/share/man -s 1M lpsched
Impact: 2 dependent services are not running:
svc:/application/print/rfc1179:default
svc:/application/print/ipp-listener:default
#
Also in Java Desktop there's a little network icon in right bottom corner of the screen and it tells me that my yukon's status is "disconnected".
What can/sholud I do with it? Find better driver or it is a matter of configuring some files? :) Please, make some suggestions or advices for me. I want my sunos connecting to the internet! :)
Orkan
Orkan at 2007-7-6 23:50:29 >
# 5
Does the boot message specifically mention that it is searching for
` yukonx0 ` ? ( I presume that your driver would have a designation of
" 0 " )
Does it find a connection or does it SKIP the connection ? The term
SKIP is often contrived to mean that the connection was not found or made. THIS IS NOT TRUE ! " Skipped yukonx0 " may mean that a network connection WAS made. Confusing to many newcomers - understandably.
Do you have a cable or DSL modem physically connected to the NIC port and is your internet setup known to be working properly ?
After installing the driver - did you attempt to run the sys-unconfig as previously mentioned ? The system may (?) properly install the driver, etc. after a sys-unconfig action is initiated.
Unfortunately - my experience (?) is mainly involved with the Sun Sparc and Ultra Sparc machines but I have dabbled with X86 installations in the past. I have always used the older 3Com 3C905 series of network cards as they were, and still are, compatible with the X86 versions of the Sun OSs. Never a problem with those cards and they were dirt cheap through Ebay, etc.
Hopefully - someone with more savvy can lead you in the right direction if you continue to get the boot info that you have presented here.
We will be leaving later this evening for Myrtle Beach S.C. for a much deserved week`s vacation. My laptop will accompany me, of course.
I will try to keep tabs on this thread in hopes that you will be able to get that machine up and running on the internet. By the way - when you opened that driver file from Marvell, it contained a file called :
yukonx.htm. It is loaded with troubleshooting info, etc. concerning this particular series of networking chips. ..................John.
# 6
It is very kind of you and i'm really happy of your caring of my problem. It is solved now. I just messed with three different drivers. The one from Marvell is the right one but others left some strange files here and there. It took me some time to clean everything but the net finally came to my Solaris workstation :) and i'm really a happy man now.
I've just installed fresh 1.5 firefox with all required stuff (java, flash, extensions), openoffice, sunstudio and netbeans which is my basic ide. The only thing that disturbs my happieness is lack of visible contact with my linux partitions (usb key or net are my main ways of communication with linux now) - and if i don't find proper ext3 driver i will change my linux /home partition type to VFAT (which i found out to be fully compataible with Solaris, but will it go automatiacally or will I have to reinstall Solaris?). And I would like to connect my iPod under Solaris but this probably is unachievable for now.
Thanks for everything and your kind help
Orkan
Orkan at 2007-7-6 23:50:29 >
