13 May
2003
13 May
'03
11:11 a.m.
Ethan Dicks wrote:
--- David Woyciesjes <dwoyciesjes(a)comcast.net> wrote:
I think "used to" is the operative phrase. Sun tends to want you to
upgrade, including adding a little $20 persuasion in this case. Also,
they didn't really want to make Solaris 9 for x86, but scuttlebutt is
that a large customer leaned on them for it.
Seems that way. Good thing I keep all the CDs I burn. :)
I wonder if I still have the ISO files I downloaded for 8 & 9
Andy
Well, browsing around Sun's website, I found that you can download
Solaris 8 and 9...
http://wwws.sun.com/software/solaris/binaries/get.html
http://wwws.sun.com/software/solaris/8/index.html
Prices:
Download Solaris 9/Sparc - free
Download Solaris 9/x86 - US$20
Download Solaris 8/Both - US$20
Solaris 9 is through the Free Binary License program, and Sol 8
used to be free; I'm not sure if it still is in the Free Binary program. Somewhere on the site, you can even download a PDF
with the correct
labels. You have to use the ones that are aligned vertically along
the center axis of the paper (as opposed to the ones with the labels
in opposite corners), but I dropped a sheet with those puppies in an
HP LaserJet 4550 and it cranked out some fine, professional-looking
lables for me (which seriously beat a scrawl from a Sharpie).
Eh, I just used those PDF labels to make the CD case insert. Sharpie on
the disc is good enough for me...
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--- Dave Woyciesjes
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