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Re: SS-LX to SS-20 upgrade - how to modify devices, etc. + Q on CPU's

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From: belfert Brian Elfert
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 00:00
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cdewick@lios.apana.org.au (Craig Dewick) writes:


>I don't want to have to re-install, but I realise that because the LX and
>SS-20 are radically different, I can't simply shift the disk over between
>boxes and have it immediately boot up on the Sparc 20.

If you're truly running SunOS 4.1.x, you can just put the disk in the new
system.  I moved a SunOS 4.1.4 disk from a Classic to a 20 with no
problems.

>According to the FEH, the SM-81's do not work in SS-20's. I'm trying to
>figure out the line of progression for CPU modules which are supported in
>the SS-20 (and the SS-10 for that matter). I know that it goes like this:

What machine would take the SM-81 modules if not the 20?  The 10 and 20
are the only machines I know of that take Mbus modules.  (Maybe the 1000
and 2000 also?) 

Brian
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From: belfert@citilink.com. (Brian Elfert)
Subject: Re: SS-LX to SS-20 upgrade - how to modify devices, etc. + Q on CPU's
Date: 1998/10/31
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