Redhat On Sun Ultra 45..?

bentech4u · 09-08-2010, 03:45 AM

hi i am Ben

i have a Sun Ultra 45 machine..i want to install Redhat on that

it is compatible..?

if yes please give me the procedures

Thanks

kbp · 09-08-2010, 07:35 AM

Support for sparc was dropped long ago .. currently RHEL supports x86, AMD64, Intel 64, Itanium, IBM P series and Z series

cheers

jefro · 09-08-2010, 03:33 PM

Install latest version of Solaris. Install latest version of Virtualbox. Install RH of Centros/Scientific linux on VM.

jlliagre · 09-08-2010, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by jefro

Install latest version of Virtualbox.

VirtualBox is for the x86 architecture, not SPARC.

eveningsky339 · 09-08-2010, 03:45 PM

KVM and Xen are other options for virtualization, but I'm not sure about whether or not they support SPARC.

jlliagre · 09-08-2010, 05:00 PM

They don't. KVM is x86 also only. XEN might have ARM and PowerPC implementations but no real SPARC support.

jefro · 09-08-2010, 07:57 PM

Prety sure Sun was trying to sell sparc systems that ran Solaris and could be used to virtualize your data center. Wasn't that why they bought Virtualbox? They did have ldoms before that.

bentech4u · 09-09-2010, 12:23 AM

That Means no chance na..?

the client want linux in that.i m in a big trouble

i found one documentation about this

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/l...ootmethod.html

this is more confusing me..

Thanks

kbp · 09-09-2010, 12:30 AM

Did you notice the version ??? - Red Hat Linux 6.2 - this is 10 years old

jlliagre · 09-09-2010, 01:24 AM

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Originally Posted by jefro

Prety sure Sun was trying to sell sparc systems that ran Solaris and could be used to virtualize your data center. Wasn't that why they bought Virtualbox? They did have ldoms before that.

The Ultra 45 doesn't support any of the virtualization techniques that are available on other Sun hardware, outside Solaris containers (zones). The latter do not support running Linux so won't help in that case.