[rescue] BOOTING SOLARIS 10 on a ULTRA 2/200

[Dan Williams]

On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 09:09:42 -0400, Mike F <lists at ibrew.net> wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 15, 2004 at 08:38:17AM -0400, Patrick Giagnocavo wrote:
> > On Fri, Oct 15, 2004 at 12:50:33PM +0100, bitrot wrote:
> > > Is there a way to get Solaris 10 installed on my Ultra 2/200 Dual.
> > >
> > > I know some people have done it.  Ideas Apreciated.
> >
> > I downloaded the Solaris 10 beta from Sun and have build 63 running on
> > an Ultra 2 2x300 right now.  What is the problem you are having when
> > you boot the first CD?  You can no longer boot off the 2nd CD.
> 
> My Ultra 2 has 2x200 MHz UltraSPARC I processors; UltraSPARC I processors
> are unsupported on Solaris 10, apparently due to the default of booting in
> 32-bit mode, while Solaris 10 is 64-bit only. However, even though my
> Ultra 2 is set to boot in 64-bit mode, the Solaris 10 installer will not
> allow me to proceed, citing the UltraSPARC I processors. Supposedly, there
> is some way to "trick" the installer into allowing installation despite
> the unsupported processors. After trying Solaris 10 on an x86 machine, I'd
> *really* like to get it running on my Ultra 2, but that may mean swapping
> the 200 MHz processors for faster ones - anyone have any spare 250+ MHz
> processors?
> 
> - Mike
> 
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I don't really have the time to have a good look. But  I checked the
cd and the line ALLOW_64BIT_KERNEL_ON_UltraSPARC_1_CPU=true  is
commented out.  Is it as simple as changing this line and reburning
the cd ?
I don't have any machines newer then my ultra-2, but could you install
on another machine. Edit that line, swap disks and then boot -r

Dan

Dan