[SunHELP] SunPC 4.1

[Brian Hechinger]

> Is SunPC 4.2 available for download anywhere from sun? If not, can 4.1 be 
> patched up to 4.2? Are these cards even supported in Solaris 8?  It looks like 
> they are still supported in Sol 7, according to the Solaris 7 on Sun Hardware 
> user's guide. I got ahold of a SunPC sbus card and the SunPC 4.1 software, but 
> the sunpc_install script can't find the kernel and when I point it to the the 
> kernel it says that it can't load the modules. Anyone have experience with these
> little buggers that can help?

sadly they are no longer supported in Solaris 8.  i wish i had found that out
before buying my SunPC card (not that it cost a whole lot or anything) but i
think at some point i'm going to take a stab at getting it to work in NetBSD.

but that's one of those far future projects.

cheers,

-brian