[rescue] Old SunOS

laz at moaa.org laz at moaa.org
Tue Jun 18 14:47:55 CDT 2002


> Kevin Loch wrote:
> > 
> > As long as we have the right drive on *any* unix machine
> > that can use it, we should be able to get the files off of it.
> > Any QIC60 tapes are trivial.  What format are the sun2 tapes
> > in?
> > 
> > As for making new tapes to install from, can it use any scsi tape drive
> > (like DAT?).  As long as the machine can boot from a working tape drive,
> > we can get the right files on there.
> > 
> > KL
> > 
> Actually, not knowing much about Sun 2 architecture, I was wondering if
> the binaries on a tape for a 3/80 are compatible with a Sun 2...
> 

No, The sun 2 series is a mbus and 68010 chip based machine, while 
the 3's were 68030 and 68040 (sun 3x) based.

Matt



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