Very Computer

I would appreciate any advice.

I have a Sun Fire 280R (2 * 950MHz) with 4GB memory and 73GB disks.

I have a boot disk with a preconfigured version of Solaris 8 4/01 on
it and it should be patched pretty close up to date. I'm trying to
boot from this boot disk. my understanding is that the 280R is a
server version of the Blade 1000 -- of which I've used this same boot
disk, installed a qlc (fibre channel driver) for and it worked like a
charm. I was hoping to do the same with the 280R but i keep getting
the following errors and i don't undetstand why:

 File and args:
krtld: load_exec: fail to expand cpu/$CPU
krtld: error during initial load/link phase
panic - boot: exitto64 returned from client program
Program terminated
{0} ok

i spent a good amount of time on google looking for stuff -- and many
of the search results suggests that 7/01 fixes the problem. However, i
don't understand why it is necessary ..  I have read a product note
that ships with the Blade 1000 and 280R and it suggests to me that i
should be okay with 4/01.  I've tried searching for the meaning of
this error message to no avail. and moreover, the blade is operational
now with the OS software from the same boot disk!

It seems like others have been through this -- i'm hoping i don't have
to move to 7/01 -- can anyone make a suggestion as to why this is
happening?  Please share your experiences.

Thank you very very much!
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The error message (which isn't very clear) is basically the kernel's
runtime linker telling you it can't resolve the CPU type...because there
is no support for those modules in your boot image.

Sorry that isn't what you wanted to hear but you'll have to move to 10/01
at least.

Cheers
Jimmo

Casper
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Statements on Sun products included here are not gospel and may
be fiction rather than truth.

Thank you for your very quick responses. I very much appreciate this.

Casper, by CPU announcement, i think they do announce themselves as
UltraSparc III+

This is from the boot screen:
Sun Fire 280R (2 X UltraSPARC-III+) , No Keyboard
Copyright 1998-2002 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All rights reserved.

Also, Casper, where may i get this UltraSPARC-III+ CPU module?

Jimmo,

thank you too for your response. your explaination sounds
reasonable...  from What Casper has noted, there may seem to be some
addition onto 4/01 that may breathe life into this. i really hope that
there is a solution for this.

thanks very much!