[ltp] Solaris X86 8? on a Thinkpad a21p?/vmware 1.x

[James Hawtin]

On Fri, 11 May 2001, Michael Selway wrote:

> Robert Nicholson writes:
>  > Anybody know if the Solaris X86 supports the hardware in the Thinkpads?
> 
> I asked this question a year or more ago, and I did a little
> research.  My conclusion was that even if I could get Solaris 8
> running, there was very little chance that I'd be able to get
> X-Windows and pcmcia support working.  Someone very sensibly
> suggested running it under vmware.
> 

In the past when I have had solaris X86 installed, i have aways compiled
and installed XFree86, and used that insted of the default BrokenWindows
Xserver, Ok it doesn't have display postscript But I will live.

PCMCIA is tricky never got that to work with Solaris 2, I used ppp, out of
the serial port until I gave up and just used linux insted. The VMware
solution seems pretty good, and probably the only change you have to get a
ethernet networked solaris x86 on a laptop.

I believe you canget solaris to use some linux drivers these days, so
perhaps things are possible, however either way it wwill be hassle.

James


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