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In article <829q3k$6am$1@hek.netix.org.uk>,
C. Newport <crn@NOSPAM.netunix.com> wrote:
>Craig Dewick (cd@lios.apana.org.au) wrote:
>: On 1 Dec 1999, Jeff Zu wrote:
>
>: > I tried to load Solaris on a Sparc 1+ from cdrom.  Wjen typed in boot cdrom
>: > at OpenBoot prompt, I got a message, like the program loaded seems not
>: > excutable. Then stopped.
>: > The machine itself seems working, since it's booting from a hard disk that
>: > I have no password (could I disable the passwaord?) and I can see the cdrom
>: > with the command: probe-scsi.
>: > Is 'boot cdrom' still applicable to Sparc 1+?
>: > Can Sparc 1+ run Solaris 2.6 or later?
>: > If yes, how to load it on sparc 1+?

>Another gotcha here is memory. The SS1 usually came with 8 or 16 Mb 
>which is not enough.
>
>2.6 will (just) install with 16M, but will run like a dog with less
>than 32M.
>
>Solaris 7 needs a *minimum* of 32M and needs at least 64M to run
>at any reasonable pace.
>
>You really need to fill all 16 slots with 4Mb sticks to get 64Mb, which
>can be rather expensive. I have an SS1 with 48Mb, it runs OK under
>2.6 but was almost unuseable with 7.

If you just want to install any OS, you can go for SPARCLinux. It
should work OK with 8 MB and fine with 16 (I have been told that
NetBSD is even happier, but have not tried it myself). 

Stephan

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