[SunHELP] SPARC 5 memory

Wed May 16 12:30:34 CDT 2001

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Several years back I attempted to move SS2 (sun4c) drives to a SS5 (sun4m).
These are different architectures and it did not work.  The SS5 did not like
the sun4c OS build and would not boot.  Complaining about the sun4c
architecture.  I had to re-install the OS for those drives to work in the
SS5.

Just something to watch out for.

Dennis L. Lund

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Khoury [mailto:pkhoury2 at loop.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2001 12:01 PM
To: Gereon Stein; sunhelp at sunhelp.org
Subject: Re: [SunHELP] SPARC 5 memory

On Wed, 16 May 2001 16:35:07 +0200, Gereon Stein wrote:
>Yes, sure. The SS5 has got SCA drive bays, requiring you to install 80pin
SCA disk drives 
>internally (using rare and expensive mounting frames or fiddling with any
kind of suitably
>DIY fittings).
>You may want to opt for not using internal disks but attaching your old
drive externally, 
>or - what I've seen other people do - hook the narrow-SCSI drive to the
CDROM connector if no
>CDROM is installed. Requires slightly more "fiddling" to get it to stay in
place, though.
>
Actually, the only internal drive I use now is one of those crappy old 212MB
Maxtor
drives (used strictly for the swap file), otherwise, I have 4 5.25" FH
drives all external (I
would hope with about 25 lbs of hard drives).

>For a console, you may want one out of cg3, cg6 or S24 (the latter fits in
a special slot
>that only the SS5 has); or go for serial tty or course... whatever SBUS
Framebuffer your
>SS2 has should work, though.
>
The SS2 had a CG6.  I might keep that in there, as if I have more RAM, I
might actually
load the GUI, not sure yet.  I don't have it loaded now for security
reasons,
it just depends on what administration I do on it.

>256Meg is the limit. The SS5 takes 8 or 32Meg DIMMs, 32Meg parts have to
come first if both
>sizes are used. $25 is amazingly cheap in SS5 terms. I'd buy them instantly
for that price,
>but few if any sellers on ebay.com are willing to ship internationally :-(
>
>Well, for an X-station, my SS5 just does with 64Megs anyway... (yes it runs
Solaris 8)
>

What are the advantages of Sol 8 over 7?

On both my DNS servers, I'm running Solaris 7 for x86 and SPARC (two
different boxes),
but both servers still have 2.6 Server 5/98 with all the latest patches
applied periodically,
and I'm pretty happy with 2.6 (no plans to change yet).

Is that pretty reasonable?

Paul

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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Several years back I attempted to move SS2 (sun4c) drives=
 to a SS5 (sun4m).</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>These are different architectures and it did not work.&n=
bsp; The SS5 did not like</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>the sun4c OS build and would not boot.  Complaining=
 about the sun4c architecture.  I had to re-install the OS for those d=
rives to work in the</FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>SS5.</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Just something to watch out for.</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Dennis L. Lund</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>From: Paul Khoury [<A HREF=3D"mailto:pkhoury2 at loop.com">=
mailto:pkhoury2 at loop.com</A>]</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2001 12:01 PM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>To: Gereon Stein; sunhelp at sunhelp.org</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Subject: Re: [SunHELP] SPARC 5 memory</FONT>
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On Wed, 16 May 2001 16:35:07 +0200, Gereon Stein wrote:</=
FONT>
 >Yes, sure. The SS5 has got SCA drive bays, requiring=
 you to install 80pin SCA disk drives 
 >internally (using rare and expensive mounting frames=
 or fiddling with any kind of suitably
 >DIY fittings).
 >You may want to opt for not using internal disks but=
 attaching your old drive externally, 
 >or - what I've seen other people do - hook the narro=
w-SCSI drive to the CDROM connector if no
 >CDROM is installed. Requires slightly more "fid=
dling" to get it to stay in place, though.
 >
 Actually, the only internal drive I use now is one of th=
ose crappy old 212MB Maxtor
 drives (used strictly for the swap file), otherwise, I h=
ave 4 5.25" FH drives all external (I
 would hope with about 25 lbs of hard drives).

>For a console, you may want one out of cg3, cg6 or S2=
4 (the latter fits in a special slot
 >that only the SS5 has); or go for serial tty or cour=
se... whatever SBUS Framebuffer your
 >SS2 has should work, though.
 >
 The SS2 had a CG6.  I might keep that in there, as =
if I have more RAM, I might actually
 load the GUI, not sure yet.  I don't have it loaded=
 now for security reasons,
 it just depends on what administration I do on it.

>256Meg is the limit. The SS5 takes 8 or 32Meg DIMMs, =
32Meg parts have to come first if both
 >sizes are used. $25 is amazingly cheap in SS5 terms.=
 I'd buy them instantly for that price,
 >but few if any sellers on ebay.com are willing to sh=
ip internationally :-(
 >
 >Well, for an X-station, my SS5 just does with 64Megs=
 anyway... (yes it runs Solaris 8)
 >

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>What are the advantages of Sol 8 over 7?</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>On both my DNS servers, I'm running Solaris 7 for x86 and=
 SPARC (two different boxes),</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>but both servers still have 2.6 Server 5/98 with all the=
 latest patches applied periodically,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>and I'm pretty happy with 2.6 (no plans to change yet).<=
/FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Is that pretty reasonable?</FONT>
</P>
<BR>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Paul</FONT>
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<BR>

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