[rescue] Solaris 10 on Sun Hardware

Sheldon T. Hall shel at cmhcsys.com
Wed Feb 11 13:55:09 CST 2004


Saith Kevin Loch ...
> Jonathan C. Patschke wrote:
> > I said earlier that support for Ultra 1 and Ultra 2 were discontinued
> > as of Solaris 10.  It appears I was incorrect--only Ultra 1 was
> > discontinued.  The release notes indicate that Solaris no-longer runs in
> > 32-bit mode on either 32-bit or 64-bit CPUs nor does it run at all on
> > UltraSPARC-I CPUs.
>
> Sweet, that's good news for us U2 users.  The loss of 32 bit support
> also means the loss of leo support. (2.6 drivers worked worked through
> 9 but they required booting in 32 bit).  There are probably other
> legacy drivers affected by this.

What sort of NIC hardware do the U1 and U2 have?  A non-"e" U1 has 10baseT,
right?  Is it Lance (le0) then?

-Shel



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