Re: SS5 boot disc into a U1?

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From: Kralizec Craig
Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2005 20:59

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John Burns <john@unixnerd.demon.co.uk> writes:

>Will a bootable hard drive from a dead SS5 come up OK in a U1? I have a
>customer with a dead SS5 and he needs to run the drive. I don't have any
>SS5s left, but I'm wondering if it would boot in a U1?

No it won't work at all. Totally different hardware platform, and completely
different kernel modules to support the basic CPU and hardware differences.

Craig.
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From: Kralizec Craig <cd@lios.apana.org.au>
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