[SunRescue] What to run sol8 on?

[Ken Hansen]

Anything Sun4m or better will run Solaris 8, IIRC. Sun4c was dropped.

An SS/5-85 would make a decent test box (not *too* slow by todays standards), but you would probably want to get an Ultra 1 (or better) for any real use, if you can swing it.

LX, SS4/5, SS10/20, Ultra *anything* will all run it, not sure, but I think the Classic is a Sun4m machine, isn't it?

HTH,

Ken

> -----Original Message-----
> From: User Bobkeys BSD Bob the old greybeard BSD freak
> [mailto:bobkeys at weedcon1.cropsci.ncsu.edu]
> Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 12:23 PM
> To: rescue at sunhelp.org
> Subject: [SunRescue] What to run sol8 on?
> 
> 
> Back to suntoyz issues....
> 
> I need to come up with some sort of lowendian machine to run 
> sol8, sparc
> on.  
> 
> 1.  What is the least of the suncritters that will run it?
> 
> 2.  What is a moderate suncritter that will run it and not break
>     the piggy?
> 
> Lately, we seem to be getting some Classics, IPX, IPC, SS4, SS5, and
> now and then an Ultra 1 type box floating out into the surplus feeding
> frenzy pit.  Today was a real feeding frenzy..... the first 10 or so
> folks in the door were doing the 100M dash, like you wouldn't believe,
> but only to the Pentium junque.... the suntoyz were relatively at an
> unhassled feeding level, for a few minutes....
> 
> The Classic I was thinking was the bottom of the sol8 capable line.
> What about the SS4, SS5 and Ultra1  machines?
> 
> Bob
> 
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