Sun Events at NCSU

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SunPack Solaris Installation Night:
The first meeting of the NC State OpenSolaris Users' Group
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Where:
North Carolina State University
Centennial Campus
Engineering Building 2 (EB2)
Room 1231

When:
Tuesday, April 24th

700pm - 830pm

Just like earlier Sun events this year, we'll have software and other prizes to give away!

Featured Topics and Activities:

Solaris 10 and OpenSolaris:

Anita Sivakumar will present a brief introduction to Solaris 10 and the OpenSolaris project. She will discuss the basic features of the Solaris operating system, with particular attention to the new features it brings to the UNIX platform. These include, but are not limited to:

• Dtrace
  
• Solaris Containers
  
• ZFS: The 128-bit Filesystem
  

Solaris Installation Party:

Your Campus Ambassadors will do their best to assist any students that want to install Solaris 10 or OpenSolaris on their own personal computers. What you'll need for this:

• A PC with either an Intel-compatible x86 or x64 processor (or a SPARC machine, if you happen to own one)

• A hard drive you can format (optional, you may run an OpenSolaris Live CD if you don't want to wipe your machine)

• A copy of OpenSolaris or Solaris 10 (we have a few copies to give out, but if you already picked up one at a prior Sun event, please bring it). If you would like to download a copy, you can get one from OpenSolaris's Download Page.

• All the network information you can possibly gather (naming service, ip addresses, DNS servers, anything and everything) for the internet connection you would like to use the Solaris machine on. Some Solaris installations will automatically detect this; others are meant for stationary workstations, and network information is required at install-time.
  

Whether you're simply curious about Solaris, or whether you want to become one of the first members of SunPack Solaris, this event has something for you!