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- From: pirzyk@cs.uiuc.edu (Jim Pirzyk)
- Subject: Re: Solaris 1.1 vs. Solaris 2.0 (BSD vs AT&T)
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- References: <kzin.721442926@cc.gatech.edu>
- Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 15:04:08 GMT
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- In <kzin.721442926@cc.gatech.edu> kzin@terminus.gatech.edu (John Rudd) writes:
-
- > I'm getting ready to buy a workstation..and I'm basically looking
- >at a used SS2, a new IPX, or a new SparcClassic. The advantage of the
- >first two, is that they run SunOS 4... unfortunately, the Classic only
- >runs Solaris 2. The reason I feel this is unfortunate, is that I very
- >much prefer the BSD programming model. However, I've been told that
- >Solaris 2 will be 100% source code compatable to the older versions. Is
- >this true? and to what extent is it true? I mean.. if I have a program
- >that uses bsd kernel calls (ioctl and fcntl type things), will it compile
- >under Solaris 2.0? or will I have to re-write it around the AT&T type
- >programming model?
-
- If the program accesses the kernel (not just by system calls) or if the
- program access some of the system files that have changed (like /etc/fstab =>
- /etc/vfstab), it will have to be ported. No one can say for sure without
- more information on the programs.
-
- >Does Solaris have BSD Sockets of both the Unix and Internet types?
- >I imagine since it's AT&T it will have shared memory.
-
- They are built upon the AT&T STREAMS package.
-
- >Does it have the "dump" utility? if not, what backup type utility
- >does it have in its place? Are the utilities mostly AT&T, or does
- >it preserve the BSD like utilities of SunOS? if not, can I get
- >copies of those BSD utilites that will run on Solaris 2.0? (ie. if
- >I want a version of ps that has bsd options instead of at&t options,
- >can I get one that will run on solaris 2.0?) (this might be an
- >interesting market place for BSDI...)
-
- it has dump, but it is called /usr/lib/fs/ufs/ufsdump (it took me 2 weeks to
- find it).
-
- >(also, in that last question, can I get a copy of dump that runs on
- >solaris 2.0?)
-
- >Last but not least.. someone please ask sun why they have done this
- >henous act to us :-)
-
- In the name of "progress".
-
- >Sorry if some parts are dumb questions.. I'm just trying to get
- >unambiguous, detailed answers to those things I don't want to
- >have to speculate about.
-
- They are not dumb questions but show that you are not following blindly Sun's
- lead.
-
- - Jim
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