Re: Can Sparc 1+ run Solaris 2.6 or later?

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From: John Ott
Date: Wed, 01 Dec 1999 00:00

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"Casper H.S. Dik - Network Security Engineer" wrote:

> [[ PLEASE DON'T SEND ME EMAIL COPIES OF POSTINGS ]]
>
> "Jeff Zu" <go2mar@yahoo.com> writes:
>
> >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+?
>
> The SS1+ can boot Solaris 2.6 but I don't think it understands "boot cdrom".
>
> Does it have a "ok" prompt?  Or does it understand teh "n" command
> that gets you to the "ok" prompt?
>
> Only the "ok" prompt has a change of understanding "boot cdrom".
>
> The ">" prompt needs something like "b s(0,6,2)"  (but probably not exactly
> that)

close: its

>b sd(0,6,2)

later
John

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From: John Ott <johnott@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: Can Sparc 1+ run Solaris 2.6 or later?
Date: 1999/12/01
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