[SunHELP] Newbie Asking before buying...required sun items...

[Thomas Cameron]

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From: "Marvin P. Cummings" <marvc at nubiint.com>
To: "Sunhelp (E-mail)" <sunhelp at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 12:40 PM
Subject: [SunHELP] Newbie Asking before buying...required sun items...


> 1. Are there any distros available where you can download Sun x86 like
> you can Linux? I obtained a license and paid $20 for versions 8 & 9 from
> the Sun site and I don't mind doing the same for the x86 version but I
> figured I ask first. I've got a lotta books to buy so every dollar I can
> save is important.

It's $20 at:
http://survey.sun.com:8080/ViewsFlash/servlet/viewsflash?cmd=showform&pollid
=Red%21sol9_x86_download

> 3. Once I'm able to download the x86 version and load it on at least one
> system I'd like to be able to have the x86 and the Ultra interact as
> part of their own networking environment and then configure them to
> communicate with the W2K part of my network. Anyone have any advice on
> this?

Look at Samba - http://www.samba.org