Solaris stability and upgrades (was RE: [SunRescue] help a guy run 2.6 on his 670MP)

[Dave McGuire]

On May 16, Bill Bradford wrote:
> On Wed, May 16, 2001 at 11:19:49AM -0400, Loomis, Rip wrote:
> > We have three 2.5.1 boxen here (all SPARC 10-
> > class machines)--two to support US Government
> > folks (there are still a *lot* of fielded
> > systems that are running 2.5.1...
> 
> Personally I think 2.5.1 was one of the best Solaris
> releases ever, and still one of the best choices
> for sun4c systems.
> 
> Takes a lot of patching, but its *stable*.

  Eeeek, Bill.  I'd *never* run solaris on a 4c.  Snoozie-snoozie
slow.  No offense, of course..

    -Dave McGuire