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Nice new feature ... on Leopard going to the /net directory behaves the same as with Solaris..

 
$ cd /net/hostname.domain/path/to/nfs/share

To be ale to mount all nfs mounts properly I had to add the  'resvport' option (see mount_nfs(8)) to /etc/auto_master

$ cat /etc/auto_master
#
# Automounter master map
#
+auto_master        # Use directory service
/net            -hosts        -nobrowse,nosuid,resvport
/home            auto_home    -nobrowse
/Network/Servers    -fstab
/-            -static

$ sudo dscl . -create /Users/ak UniqueID 9423
$ dscl . -read /Users/ak|grep Uni
UniqueID: 9423
/Users $ sudo chown -R ak ak

After installing snv70 I was wondering why the usual way to configure the ethernet interfaces did not work anymore. /etc/hostname.e1000g1 eg. wasn't even touched during boot. Placing /etc/dhcp.<interfacename> had no effect. After some wasted time I found out that project nwam (http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/nwam/) was hitting me.

Getting back to old school configuration Solaris network:

Before: 

root@snv70 ~ $ svcs physical
STATE          STIME    FMRI
online         10:31:43 svc:/network/physical:nwam
disabled       10:31:51 svc:/network/physical:default

*clickaticlack* 

root@snv70 ~ $ svcadm disable /network/physical:nwam
root@snv70 ~ $ svcadm enable  /network/physical:default

 After:

root@snv70 ~ $ svcs physical

STATE          STIME    FMRI

disabled       10:31:43 svc:/network/physical:nwam

online         10:31:51 svc:/network/physical:default

.. back to normal.. 

To use the Solaris e1000g driver in the Solaris 10 or later VMs within vmware set the ethernet*.virtualDev variable in the .vmx file to "e1000" just after the ethernet0.present = "TRUE" line .. reboot and run devfsadm. Other possibilities are "vlance" (AMD default) or "vmxnet" (from vmware tools)

..

ethernet0.present = "TRUE"

ethernet0.virtualDev = "e1000"

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Since the release of VMware Fusion RC1 you get the following error when you try to start a previously installed Solaris 8u7 or you try a fresh install.

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rm_check: top_realmem = 0x0 bot_realmem = 0x99ef0 overlap = 630512

prom_panic: memory soon to be hosed

Entering boot debugger:

....

To get it again to work you have to change guestOS to 'solaris8' in the .vmx file and eventually add svga.noWidescreenVBE = "TRUE" if needed.

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guestOS = "solaris8"

svga.noWidescreenVBE = "TRUE"

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