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I've installed the early realease Solaris 8 on a SPARCStation 10 and it went
quite smoothly except for one problem: It didn't tell me that I hadn't allowed
it to use enough disk space (i.e., both 1GB drives). It went all the way
through the nice GUI installation without any warnings or errors, and the system
even appeared to boot, but then acted very flaky. I decided to re-install from
scratch again, and noticed this time that I should have selected BOTH hard
drives for it to carve up as it wished. The results this time were MUCH
better.
BTW, although I don't have much experience yet with SPARC hardware yet, I'd
steer clear of the older (IPX, IPC, 1 and 2) models, and would consider the
SPARCStation 5 or 10 as a minimum. I'd keep looking at ebay, as I think I've
seen 10's go for around $300 there. (for example,
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=272615170 is currently at
$200.)
Philip
"Joel A. Matz" wrote:
>
> I will probably do an Intel box first, as I don't have parts to put
> together a Sparc.
>
> Their Hardware Compatibility List is like Linux circa 1995.
>
> I have a file server with a P200 MMX that looks like the best candidate
> (runs RH6.0 now). Before I can install, however, it needs a different
> CD drive (the existing Acer 767E is not compatible), more memory (has 48
> meg, needs at least 64) and possibly a different video card (currently a
> diamond viper 330, not on the list, but I have a trident TGUI9440
> downstairs in a box somewhere, and that was on the list).
>
> I keep loooking at ebay, hoping to find a Sparc cheap, but no luck
> yet...
>
> Joel.
>
> "Michael C. Toren" wrote:
> >
> > > Anyone try the early release of Solaris 8? I got the IA pack but I'm
> > > still trying to put together a spare box that's hardware compliant...
> >
> > I haven't yet, but I'd like to. If you put together a system for this, I
> > would be interested what your overall impression was. Will you be trying
> > this on x86, or Sparc hardware?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > -mct
> >
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