solaris express not working on non sse x86 machines
since b66 there is a bug that prevents sx running on non sse x86 machines.
this means it does not work on anything older than intel p4 (p3 etc) (yeah, no one wants to use something older than an p3.. or? i think there are a couple embedded system out there) or amd 64 athlon-xp ( K7 thunderbird etc) and ofc older via cpus. this sux!
even more, the bug is not fixed yet although "Commit to fix" is snv_70. now some one please get there ass up and fix this.
seems like sun does not use older machines for testing anymore… now sun, get down in your basement and get some older systems for testing!
such a bug since 8 releases (still no fix in b73 b74 b75 b76 if im right) ? thats horrible! 8 10 releases - thats ~16 20 weeks.
on which machines do you think people will install (open)solaris for testing? on there brand-new workstation? i dont think so.
rant over
PS: some people of the dopsy would love to test sxce on there systems (embedded stuff), but they cant….
Update: Menno Lageman points me at a workaround, which is also described in the bug, he explains how apply the workaround via LiveUpgrade which is cool if you have a
system up and running - in my case this prevents people from doing a fresh (first time) install, which might cause them to never look at solaris again…
i maybe will take the pain and edit a iso to fix this, depends on if i find time and how long it will take to get a final fix back in nevada.
Update 2: elfedit in snv_75? dont get me started….
