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The newer releases of Solaris and OpenSolaris have more support for x86 hardware. You might be better off getting a newer Solaris version unless you know your x86 hardware is supported under version 8 or 9.
I wanted Solaris 8 because the computer I want to install it on has only 128MB of RAM and a small HDD(10GB)
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Originally Posted by bsdunix
The newer releases of Solaris and OpenSolaris have more support for x86 hardware. You might be better off getting a newer Solaris version unless you know your x86 hardware is supported under version 8 or 9.
You're right, I think I'll try Solaris 9 then.
Cheers.
Last edited by namespace std; 04-04-2008 at 11:29 AM.
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I suggest you try the Sun Device Detection Tool to see what possible problems you may have with your x86 hardware. Usually, the network cards are the biggest issue. The detection tool will show what devices are detected as well as the ones that require a 3rd party driver download and install.
Yes, I tried it, but unfortunately it's only for Solaris 10 and Express edition, not for Solaris 9, and I can't install these versions due to their large size and RAM requirements.
Last edited by namespace std; 04-04-2008 at 11:58 AM.
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Oh, too bad. I know your asking about Solaris, but with an older system with limited resources you might consider an alternate *nix. I've had good luck with OpenBSD and Slackware on older systems with small amounts of RAM. Just a suggestion.
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