[rescue] SunOS 5.5.1 inaccessible

[Jeff Workman]

Stoned koala bears drooled eucalyptus spit in awe as Loomis, Rip exclaimed:

> I'd like to help convince the original questioner that a later Solaris
> version is a better answer than re-installing 2.5.1.
> Unfortunately, Solaris 8 [0] can no longer be downloaded from Sun for
> free, and an SS10 is a multi-processor-capable box--so officially
> you will be violating the license if you run Solaris 9 on it.  There
> is no license key required to use Solaris 9, however, so it is physically
> possible to at least get the box up-and-running under Solaris 9 while
> you investigate the possibility of getting legal media for one or
> another Solaris version.

Exactly how is the Sol 9 license different than the Sol 8 license?  Does it 
not even allow you to run on a machine that is *capable* of MP even if you 
only have one processor installed?

-J


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