On 4/7/2009 9:09 AM, jan damborsky wrote: > Hi Andrew, > > > On 04/07/09 12:37, Andrew Gaylard wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I have an Ultra-60 (2x400MHz CPUs, 2 GiB RAM, elite-3D graphics) > > It is very likely that your graphic card would not work > on OpenSolaris, as only XVR-100, XVR-300, & XVR-2500 > are supported on Sparc platform. > >> and I'm keen to install OpenSolaris. There are three wrinkles: >> >> - the box only has a CDROM, not a DVDROM >> - my OBP is 3.31. That means that AI images won't work, right? > > Yes, this is correct - at least 4.17 version is required with wanboot > support. This capability can be determined on an existing system by > executing the command > > # eeprom | grep network-boot-arguments > > If the network-boot-arguments parameter is set or if the following > output is displayed > > network-boot-arguments: data not available. > > then the OBP can be used with the Automated Installer. > >> - I don't have any other Solaris boxen, so jumpstarting is tricky >> (impossible?) >> >> Can I do this? How? > > It is not straightforward for now, since AI is the only supported way > to install OpenSolaris on Sparc for the time being. > >> >> Thanks, >> Andrew >> >> PS: I'm happy to update the OBP to a newer revision, but I haven't >> found one. >> I guess 3.31 is the latest for this hardware. > > This is correct - I have checked on sunsolve that newer version > is not available. > > Thank you, > Jan > > _______________________________________________ > indiana-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss The oldest system I've encountered that supports new enough OBP is the Ultra 80 (E250 board) with quad 450MHz US-II (Circa 1999-2002) with Creator FFB (Elite M6 is what's common in Ultra 2 which is also unsupported due to the OBP gimp). The Ultra 80's came with DVD-Rom optional as my former one did at a price range of 425 USD in early 2006 with 4GB ram and 2x36gb disks.
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