[SunRescue] SPARCstation 2

[Paul Khoury - Tech Support]

At 07:29 PM 2/12/00 -0800, you wrote:
>> 
>>   As Paul said, Solaris 2.3 (aka SunOS 5.3) was still pretty bad.  Best
to put
>> Linux or BSD (or Solaris 2.6/7) on it.  Don't bother with trying to save
the
>> Solaris 2.3 install on it.
>> 
>
>>From experience with sparc 1's, sparc 2', sparc 4's, sparc 5's, 10',
20's, etc.,
>it would be much better to put Solaris 2.5.1 on an ss2 than 2.6/2.7.  2.5.1 
>runs quite well on ss2', and is a stable, tested platform for that hardware.
>
>Solaris 2.6/2.7 bog the system down much more than 2.5.1 does.

I'm running 2.6 Server on my SS2's, no problem.  I suppose another advantage
of the more recent OSes are that you don't have to install as many patches
as the previous OS (for Y2K, etc).

Just my 2 cents.

Paul