> I do not believe that Solaris 2.6 or 7 will are available for the Sparc 2.
> That's like putting Window 98 or Windows NT on a PC XT, PC AT or 386. I
> wouldn't try it if I were you.
> > Hi.
> > I have two old Sparc 2's w/ 64 megs ram. ROM rev 2.0. Whoever had these
> > before was using them as terminals. When you boot them, they look for an
> > external boot device (that's beside the point).
If you go to the EEProm "OK" prompt and do an "env" or printenv it will show you
probably that the boot device is set to net. You'd want to set it to disk if you
are putting one in there.
> I want to install Solaris
> > 2.6 or 7 on it. Is there any reason why it won't work? Assuming the
> > internal hard drive is big enough.
> > Next question. Do Sun's have a bios that need updating? If so, how do you
> > do it... Assuming I can install 2.6 on this machine or 7 for that matter,
> > I'd like it to be Y2K compliant.
> > Thanks
> > Peter
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