FACE wrote:
>
> Under Virtualbox (virtualization software), i have installed a guest
> operating system of OpenSolaris 10. using .iso os200805. Open Solaris 10
> seems to be otherwise known as 200805...........
>
> The question is its connectivity to the internet using my host's DSL
> connection. it refuses to automagically do it, though some automagical
> program (NVAM or somesuch) seems to be running.
>
> The Virtualbox window for Open Solaris shows an icon indicating am active
> connection has been established.
>
> The observation is that: during installation, while the entirety of
> operations were being performed by the install program on the then new
> virtual disk, there was an option at one point to read the 'release notes'
> --which I took.
> Open Solaris used its version of Firefox and went to the net and called up
> the web page from the site opensolaris.org. It was an 'http' retrieve, not
> a ///file retrieve. I point out the last because obviously it knew who it
> was, found the connection, and the provider -- i had told it nothing about
> my ISP during install and before it retrieved the web page.
>
> Last night, after install and a reboot from hard disk and not the live cd,
> it claimed to be totally clueless as to ISP, etc..... I started to run
> 'cryptoadm' and entered my domain "bellsouth.net" as 'provider=' but was
> stopped on "mechanism=" I had no idea 'what' the mechanism(s) would be.
>
cryptoadm on 05/08 has a bug, update with 10/08
http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/get.jsp

> I had previously been told, as root, that two subdirectories and files (
> /random and /resolv) under /etc/ did not exist.
>
> The physical machine host OS is Windows XP Pro. I am running three other
> Linux boxes (Debian, Kubuntu, Puppy) already.
>
> I need help establishing installed Open Solaris 10 (200805)connectivity to
> the internet.
>
> Help?
>
>
> FACE
>
/Jorgen

On Tue, 11 Nov 2008 23:24:59 +0100 in alt.solaris.x86, Jorgen Moquist
in glistered weave wrote large for all
to see:

>> Last night, after install and a reboot from hard disk and not the live cd,
>> it claimed to be totally clueless as to ISP, etc..... I started to run
>> 'cryptoadm' and entered my domain "bellsouth.net" as 'provider=' but was
>> stopped on "mechanism=" I had no idea 'what' the mechanism(s) would be.
>>
>cryptoadm on 05/08 has a bug, update with 10/08
>http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/get.jsp

Thanks. I saw that earlier today, browsing from the host.............

FACE