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diff --git a/README.solaris b/README.solaris index e5e0c55f..45fce3d7 100644 --- a/README.solaris +++ b/README.solaris @@ -1,3 +1,22 @@ +Please Note: +>>> Up to and including sg3_utils-1.33 the Solaris code was built +>>> and tested on an OpenSolaris VM run with VirtualBox on Ubuntu +>>> 11.10 . Now with Ubuntu 12.04 those VMs crash immediately when +>>> started with VirtualBox. Further, Oracle (who owns SUN and thus +>>> Solaris) no longer supports OpenSolaris and its package +>>> repository has been withdrawn. The author can find no generic VMs +>>> for Oracle Solaris 11 that run on VirtualBox or VMWare. The author +>>> is also displeased with the withdrawal of the Open Software +>>> OS and is disinclined to build a Solaris 11 system just to +>>> virtualize it. +>>> So as of sg3_utils-1.34 the Solaris port is provided "as-is" without +>>> testing on a Solaris platform. + +Douglas Gilbert +13th October 2012 + + + Introduction ============ The Solaris port of sg3_utils contains those utilities that are |