hello dukenuke2, thanks for answering allready

* i have downloaded all CD ROMS from the sun website but i haveny burned them yet, so i started with a DVD ISO image i picked up from mininova, its version 10 but i have no clue what build exactly ( Solaris 10 (DVD release for x86 platforms) : Software > Other operating systems - Mininova )

* so, according to you, it would be better to put all BIOS settings to IDE?
would that not effect the speed of the harddiscs?

* intention in using ZFS is to create a RAIDZ array with 4 discs (ill get another disc (smaller) to install the OS on) so i can use this array to stock all my documents (programs, movies, music, pictures, etc)

i mainly use google to search & find answers, but sometimes the most simple questions remain unsolved ...

thanks 4 ur time