* Solaris and Linux on one disk?
@ 1998-06-05 9:52 Grant Beattie
1998-06-05 10:19 ` Jakub Jelinek
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From: Grant Beattie @ 1998-06-05 9:52 UTC (permalink / raw
To: ultralinux
Hi all,
Is it possible to have Solaris and Linux reside on the same disk and
multiboot?
Also, does Ultralinux support the UFS file system? Would be nice if
both OS's could share a partition, eg. /export.
thanks
grant
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* Re: Solaris and Linux on one disk?
1998-06-05 9:52 Solaris and Linux on one disk? Grant Beattie
@ 1998-06-05 10:19 ` Jakub Jelinek
1998-06-05 18:22 ` Frederic Corne
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From: Jakub Jelinek @ 1998-06-05 10:19 UTC (permalink / raw
To: ultralinux
>
> Hi all,
>
> Is it possible to have Solaris and Linux reside on the same disk and
> multiboot?
Yes, SILO supports it, but due to missing features in IEEE1275 PROM one
cannot pass arguments to Solaris kernel that way. So one might also want to
install Solaris on a different partition and put it's bootblocks there, then
boot disk:d or whatever.
>
> Also, does Ultralinux support the UFS file system? Would be nice if
> both OS's could share a partition, eg. /export.
Current CVS kernel (see ftp://vger.rutgers.edu/pub/linux/README.CVS) has
read-write support for UFS, although it is still experimental. So, don't use
it for data you would not like to loose. On the other side, bug
reports/comments are welcome and may improve UFS support, so that it moves
from EXPERIMENTAL to stable...
Cheers,
Jakub
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Jakub Jelinek | jj@sunsite.mff.cuni.cz | http://sunsite.mff.cuni.cz
Administrator of SunSITE Czech Republic, MFF, Charles University
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Ultralinux - first 64bit OS to take full power of the UltraSparc
Linux version 2.1.103 on a sparc64 machine (498.80 BogoMips).
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* Re: Solaris and Linux on one disk?
1998-06-05 9:52 Solaris and Linux on one disk? Grant Beattie
1998-06-05 10:19 ` Jakub Jelinek
@ 1998-06-05 18:22 ` Frederic Corne
1998-06-05 22:27 ` Grant Beattie
1998-06-12 16:15 ` Gerold Pauler
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From: Frederic Corne @ 1998-06-05 18:22 UTC (permalink / raw
To: ultralinux
Grant Beattie wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Is it possible to have Solaris and Linux reside on the same disk and
> multiboot?
>
yes.
Very important : See the Silo readme in /usr/doc the boot partitions of both
Solaris and Linux must be on the same first 1Go of the disk. because there is
a bug in eprom.
So you must have
/dev/sda1 450mo -> solaris /
/dev/sda2 450mo -> linux /
/dev/sda3 xxxxMo -> solaris /usr
/dev/sdaYY xxxxMo -> solaris or linux /usr local home or other
install solaris first, and ask for a second partition /linux than install
linux : reformat this partition and install it.
than configure silo
> Also, does Ultralinux support the UFS file system? Would be nice if
> both OS's could share a partition, eg. /export.
No problem :
mount -t ufs /dev/sdxx /export
FC
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* Re: Solaris and Linux on one disk?
1998-06-05 9:52 Solaris and Linux on one disk? Grant Beattie
1998-06-05 10:19 ` Jakub Jelinek
1998-06-05 18:22 ` Frederic Corne
@ 1998-06-05 22:27 ` Grant Beattie
1998-06-12 16:15 ` Gerold Pauler
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From: Grant Beattie @ 1998-06-05 22:27 UTC (permalink / raw
To: ultralinux
Jakub Jelinek writes:
> > Also, does Ultralinux support the UFS file system? Would be nice if
> > both OS's could share a partition, eg. /export.
>
> Current CVS kernel (see ftp://vger.rutgers.edu/pub/linux/README.CVS) has
> read-write support for UFS, although it is still experimental. So, don't use
> it for data you would not like to loose. On the other side, bug
> reports/comments are welcome and may improve UFS support, so that it moves
> from EXPERIMENTAL to stable...
I'd be glad to play around with it if it will help improve stability.
I have a Sparc 5/170, any good or bad experiences with these?
grant
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* Re: Solaris and Linux on one disk?
1998-06-05 9:52 Solaris and Linux on one disk? Grant Beattie
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1998-06-05 22:27 ` Grant Beattie
@ 1998-06-12 16:15 ` Gerold Pauler
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From: Gerold Pauler @ 1998-06-12 16:15 UTC (permalink / raw
To: ultralinux
Grant Beattie wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Is it possible to have Solaris and Linux reside on the same disk and
> multiboot?
I use SunOS 4.1.2, Solaris 2.4 and Linux on both an IPC and a SS2.
I use the following configuration for /etc/silo.conf:
------->snip<-----
timeoutP
partition=5
root=/dev/sda5
image=/boot/vmlinux-2.0.27.gz
label=linux
root=/dev/sda5
read-only
image=/boot/vmlinux-2.0.32.gz
label=lin32
root=/dev/sda5
read-only
image=1/kernel/unix
label=sol
solaris
image=1/kernel/unix
label=sol-single
literal="-s"
solaris
image=1/kernel/unix
label=sol-conf
literal="-r"
solaris
other=4
label=sun
image=sd()1/kernel/unix
label=sol-ipc
solaris
other=sd()4
label=sun-ipc
------->snip<-----
One word to the mixed bootprom V0 and V2 entries.
I have one silo.conf for both machines.
And my IPC has a bootprom V0 whereas my SS2 has V2.
For the linux partition this does not matter but for SunOS and Solaris.
Of course you have to modify it for your needs.
> Also, does Ultralinux support the UFS file system? Would be nice if
> both OS's could share a partition, eg. /export.
As far as I know UFS is only supported read only.
And there is yet no ext2 support for Solaris.
So both OS's can NOT share a partition except the swap partition.
Hope this helps.
Gerold
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Gerold Pauler Gerold.Pauler@t-online.de
Friedrich-Wilhelm-Str. 92
12099 Berlin
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