[SPARCbook] Solaris 9 on a 3gx ?

[Jonathan Kalbfeld]

You won't really derive much advantage of Sol 9 on a 3gx--Sol 9 gives you
the ability to respond to dynamic reconfiguration events.  The 3gx doesn't
support those AFAIK.  Also, you won't derive any advantage from the 64-bit
kernel.  I'd say just run 2.6 (5/98 version from Sun should work) or buy a
copy of the Tadpole Solaris 2.7 version (I think there's probably one or
two people on here who might have a copy to sell)

I don't even know if 9 will work on sun4m.  Solaris 8 might be the last
version that does.  If you find me wrong, let us all know, since it would
be nice to run the latest Sol on my little sparcbook.

-jonathan

P.S.  If anyone knows of any sysadmin leads, part or full time, I am
an unemployed sr. solaris guy.  I'm attempting to make ends meet by
moonlighting as a stockbroker but the hours are rought here in San
Francisco (6:30 am every day) so I'd rather just go back to babysitting
UNIX servers.  There's cash prizes for the winner.

On Tue, 26 Nov 2002, Federico Lucifredi wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>     I have just joined. I got my hands on a 3gx witha a failed HD unit and I
> am thinking of setting up a newer version of Solaris - possibly the latest!
>
>     So... any feedback on setting up solaris 9 on a 3gx ? Did anybody try ?
> what happens with the frame buffer drivers ?
>
>     -Federico
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