[SunHELP] Solaris 9 on sun4m?

[Tige D. Chastain]

David,

I just checked Sun's website and it looks like I was incorrect in
stating only the sun4u architecture is supported.  According to
the Hardware Platform Guide
(http://docs.sun.com/db/doc/816-1664-10/6m82lv9lf?a=view)
, Solaris 9 will run on the sun4m architecture, specifically 
SPARCStation 4, 5, 10, 20, Classic, LX, and LX+.

My apologies for passing incorrect information to all.

Tige

David Strom wrote:
> 
> I get the digest emails from the SunHelp mailing list, and I saw a
> couple
> of posts regarding Solaris 9 on a Sun Sparc Classic system -
> specifically
> that it wouldn't run.  For example:
> 
> "
> I was saying that Solaris 9 will not run on a Sun Classic, as it is not
> the Sun4u architecture.
> "
> 
> I'm confused, can someone clear this up?  I'm running Solaris 9 on a
> Sparc
> 20 desktop (employer too cheap to buy new desktops ;-), dual SM71 cpu,
> 448MB, 9GB 7200 rpm disk, TGX+ video.  That's Solaris 9, 12/02 release.
> Co worker has installed Solaris 9 4/03 release on his SS20 desktop.  The
> SS20 is a sun4m architecture, like the SS5, SS10, AND the Classic and LX
> systems.  What am I missing?  Seems like Solaris 9 should run on the
> Classic.  Not 64-bit, of course, and maybe slow if you're running a
> windowing desktop, but it should run, methinks.  Maybe Sun said that
> they're not supporting the sun4m arch, and I missed that, but it does
> seem to work.  If someone can point us to where Sun says what
> architectures
> are supported?
> 
> Thanks for helping a confused old-timer.
> 
> --
> David Strom
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