[SPARCbook] Solaris/SunOS on RDI Powerlite

Super-User helsod at algonet.se
Wed Mar 19 17:45:06 CST 2003


Paul Weissmann wrote:
> 
> Hello,
>         I've got the mentioned ``Sparcbook'', an RDI
> Powerlite 110, i.e. about a SPARCstation 5 in a laptop.
> 
> My question:
>         Which versions of SunOS/Solaris would run on this machine?
> Or should this just be treated as a plain std. SS5?

I installed Solaris 9 on the 170MHz modell and Linux on the 50MHz
modell. They both seemed to work.
(Linux wouldnt install on the 170MHz, but this processor seems to little
support outside Solaris)

The problem with Solaris 9 was of course to fit all the stuff on the
1.3G drive + 270M I had.

Peter


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