[SunHELP] SparcStation 5

[timuel-sunlist at voicenet.com]

Chris,

> I've been looking into ways to install Solaris onto it by a net install
but
> that seems like it might be a bit hard because by the sounds of the
> instructions I need another Solaris machine to be the server for the
> SparcStation to leech from...

I really don`t think you can run jumpstarts from non-sol machines but i`m
not
100% on it.

> I have Solaris 8 for Sparc, but I'm not 100% sure it will work in the
> SparcStation 5 because the minimum memory requirements for Solaris 8 is
> 64meg but my SparcStation only has 32. will Solaris still install? I
wasn't
> planning on running a window system, just text console. Does anyone know
> which version of Solaris will install on my SparcStation 5?

Tried it on a SS20 with 34mb... it doesn`t work. You`ve got the right
minimum
architecture, but not enough ram. You`re probably gonna need Sol7 (which
isn`t
technically free). Just go with SparcSlackware or pick up some ram (must be
specifically SS5 ram, I believe) from ebay for a couple bucks.     =]


Good Luck!

-timuel


----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Barnes" <Chris_Barnes at rams.com.au>
To: <sunhelp at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 7:27 AM
Subject: [SunHELP] SparcStation 5


> Hi people,
>             I'm new to the list. I recently scored my self a SparcStation
5
> for a really good price. Only problem is that it doesn't have a floppy or
> cd-rom and doesn't have Solaris installed on it.
> I've been looking into ways to install Solaris onto it by a net install
but
> that seems like it might be a bit hard because by the sounds of the
> instructions I need another Solaris machine to be the server for the
> SparcStation to leech from...I was hoping I could just setup a web server
on
> my Linux machine or something and point the SparcStation to that...Does
> anyone have any ideas, or know any easier ways to install Solaris on this
> diskless machine.
> I have Solaris 8 for Sparc, but I'm not 100% sure it will work in the
> SparcStation 5 because the minimum memory requirements for Solaris 8 is
> 64meg but my SparcStation only has 32. will Solaris still install? I
wasn't
> planning on running a window system, just text console. Does anyone know
> which version of Solaris will install on my SparcStation 5?
>
> Thanks for your help
>
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