[rescue] Re: SunOS 5.5.1 inaccessible

[Curtis H. Wilbar Jr.]

Actually, Solaris 1.0 = SunOS 4.1.2, Solaris 1.1 = SunOS 4.1.3,
Solaris 1.1.1 = SunOS 4.1.3U1, Solaris 1.1.1b (don't think they
ever used this tmer) = SunOS 4.1.3U1 Rev B.

-- Curt

>Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 17:24:10 -0800 (PST)
>From: Robert Novak <rnovak at indyramp.com>
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>Subject: [rescue] Re: SunOS 5.5.1 inaccessible
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>
>On 11 Feb 2003, David Holland wrote:
>
>> Yeah, 2.5.1 == Solaris 5.5.1
>> 2.8 == Solaris 8
>> 2.9 == Solaris 9.. 
>
>Well, actually...
>
>Solaris 2.5.1  = SunOS 5.5.1 + Openwindows 3.5.1
>
>There's no Solaris 3-6. Here's the older chart... don't know the
>Openwin/CDE versions for sunos 5.6 and up, but Solaris is the marketing
>term for the bundle of SunOS and the windowing system. . 
>
>        Solaris         SunOS           OpenWin
>        
>        1.0             4.1.1           2.x
>        1.1             4.1.2           3.0
>        1.1.1           4.1.3           3.1
>        1.1.1b          4.1.3_U1        3.1
>        1.1.2           4.1.4           3.1
>        2.0             5.0             3.1
>        2.1             5.1             3.1
>        2.2             5.2             3.2
>        2.3             5.3             3.3     
>        2.4             5.4             3.4
>        2.5             5.5             3.5
>        2.5.1           5.5.1           3.5.1
>
>And yeah, ebay or flea market/swap meets are your best bet for pre-8 media
>outside of good support contracts. I still see the 2.5.1 kits around silly
>valley from time to time, and when I went to a shop in San Jose today they
>had a couple dozen 1.1.1 kits even :)
>
>> > Solaris 8 and 9 are available under license (maybe free) from sun.com, both 
>> > are able to run on a SPARCStation-10, so that may be one route to go.
>
>They both run on the SS10, but since SS10 is MP-capable, the license is
>not free. For legitimate operation, you would probably need the 1-4cpu
>desktop or server RTU from SunStore or your Sun reseller. 
>
>--Rob
>
>Robert Novak, Indyramp Consulting * rnovak at indyramp.com * indyramp.com/~rnovak
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