🚀 go-pugleaf

On Sat, 4 Apr 1998, Rachel Polanskis wrote:

> >>Maybe there is some trick to this, or is there some compatability issue?
> > 
> > As far as I can tell it should work once the kernel is reconfigured. Did you
> > boot with the '-r' option the first time you tried to use it on the SS20?
> > The SS20's hardware is different to the SS5, so the devices available to the
> > kernel are different.
> > 
> > To be safe, type 'boot -rv' from the 'ok' monitor prompt so you can watch
> > what happens as the system loads and starts the kernel.
> > 
> <snip>
> 
> > Once you boot with the '-r' option it should work ok. 8-)
> 
> This won't actually work!

I've found this out myself since this discussion. 

I'm actually surprised that Sun don't build into the install program
that's on the Solaris CD-ROM the ability to upgrade from machine to
machines within the same CPU architecure, and also upgrade from one
version of an OS to the other across different CPU architectures.

These two non-inclusions make it *extremely* difficult to perform smooth
upgrades with older systems. grrrrr.. 8-)

But I guess this is Sun's way of forcing you to upgrade to current
platforms rather than upgrading with what Sun will call 'legacy'
systems/families/etc. as most of us would like to do when time/money
permits. 

I'm sure most commercial operations want those two features as well, since
they can't always afford the high prices that bleeding-edge Ultrasparc
machines command.

Regards,

Craig.

BTW. For those who are interested, Minicomputer Exchange
(http://www.mce.com) currently have Sparc 20 bases available for US$450
each. Get them while they last!

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