On 6/29/06, Jim Leonard <trixter at oldskool.org> wrote:
My question is, why? Not all the releases are worth
running. Only the
decent milestones are worth installing. Solaris 2.5.1 IIRC is the last
version to run on sparc pizza boxes (5/10/20s) and possibly earier;
sun4c (SPARC 1/1+/2) support lasted through Solaris 7
sun4m (SPARC 5/10/20/LX/Classic) support lasted through at least Solaris 8
I have Solaris 8 on my SPARC 5/110. You can still run Solaris 7 on a
SPARC 2, but with memory being an issue, I don't know if you'd want
to. I think the Solaris 7/Solaris 8
transition was right about the time I upgraded from a SPARC 2 to a
SPARC 5 (once I
could get a SPARC 5 for under $100). I'll be retiring the SPARC 5 in
favor of an Ultra when I get home. There's a lot more Linux work than
Solaris work these days, but I gotta stay up to date and flexible for
whatever opportunities come down the pike.
http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/solaris/versions/
http://www.clock.org/~fair/computers/suns.html
-ethan