Re: Jumpstart with different version of Solaris and Hardware

From: Darren Dunham (ddunham_at_redwood.taos.com)
Date: 05/21/04 

Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 20:33:40 GMT

In comp.unix.solaris Sarah Tanembaum <sarah.tanembaum@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Well, I do have 2 systems:
> - One unconfigured SPARC box and
> - One x86 box running Solaris 10

> I can't figure out why this is such an ordeal for a UNIX OS that has been
> around the longest as compare to the rest? Even Linux has the answer?

The x86 stuff hasn't been common enough for this to be much of an issue
in the past.

If you had the DVD, this should also work since all the data can be put
into the cross-platform hsfs partition. The CD has to be copyable and
bootable, so some of the information is only in the UFS partition.
That's the bit that doesn't read on the other system.

> Does Sun does not really care about this issues? Is Solaris a dying breed
> cause Linux will surpass its capabilities?

With the increased viability of Solaris x86 I'm sure someone's working
on it, but I can't begin to guess how much of a priority it is. 

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