[SunRescue] Solaris 1.1 on Sun 4/330

Dave Reader rescue at sunhelp.org
Wed Jan 10 03:58:27 CST 2001


On Wed, 10 Jan 2001, David Cantrell wrote:

> Dave Reader <dave at undone.org.uk> wrote:
> 
> > It's wether or not you feel that SunOS 4 is a Good Plan...
> > 
> > It gets a bit hairy when you want DNS to work - even after you apply
> > the gruesome patches you can have problems, apparently.
> 
> Back when I had my 386i running SunOS 4.0.1 with *no* patches, DNS worked
> just fine.  At least as a client, or are you talking about running a DNS
> server?

SunOS 4 doesnt have the resolver - you need to install one (which is a
nasty libc hack), unless you plan to gateway it through NIS..?

..or have I been missing something?

dave.




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