05-16-2002
Never done it but I have looked right into it.
To start with a standard laptop with a Intel chip wont load Solaris for Sparc on it. Just letting people know the basics
Ok here's the go with Solaris 8 for intel on a laptop.
DON'T BOTHER!!!~!!~!
Sorry to say that but truely if you can get it working I would like to know what you asked about the specs of the laptop so I can do it.
See with Intel and Solaris 8 (reason I say Solaris 8 i because that's the most common used Solaris for Intel) it's not like a Soalris machine. Well DUH! you say, but due to the fact of the amount of different drivers and cards you can get on a Intel it's hard to find the right ones that'll go with Solaris 8 on a Intel chip base.
I have spoken to people who know there stuff at Sun. Also spoken to other people around. Now most of them say they have never done it but they would say that the graphics card would be the hardest thing to setup. If you can get teh graphics card working well that should make the install a hell of alot easier.
Drivers are the hardest thing to find for doing this.
Also last point Sun no longer supports Solaris 8 for Intel chips anymore. They say it's costing them to much money. So don't think support will be easy to find either. Well from Sun anyway.
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adp(7D) Devices adp(7D)
NAME
adp - Low-level module for controllers based on Adaptec AIC-7870P and AIC-7880P SCSI chips
DESCRIPTION
The adp module provides low-level interface routines between the common disk/tape I/O system and SCSI (Small Computer System Interface)
controllers based on the Adaptec AIC-7870P and AIC-7880P SCSI chips. These controllers include the Adaptec AHA-2940, AHA-2940W, AHA-2940U,
AHA-2940UW, AHA-3940, and AHA-3940W, as well as motherboards with embedded AIC-7870P and AIC-7880P SCSI chips.
Supported devices are AIC-7850, AIC-7860, AIC-7870, AIC-7880 and AIC-7895.
The adp module can be configured for disk and streaming tape support for one or more host adapter boards, each of which must be the sole
initiator on a SCSI bus. Auto-configuration code determines if the adapter is present at the configured address and what types of devices
are attached to the adapter.
PRECONFIGURE
The Plug N Play SCAM Support option is not supported.
Known Problems and Limitations
o To use the AHA-3940 or AHA-3940W adapters, the motherboard must have a BIOS that supports the DEC PCI-to-PCI Bridge chip on the host
bus adapter.
o User-level programs have exhibited problems on some PCI systems with an Adaptec AHA-2940 or AHA-2940W card and certain motherboards.
If problems with user-level programs occur, use the BIOS setup to disable write-back CPU caching (or all caching if there is no con-
trol over the caching algorithm). The affected motherboards are:
- PCI motherboards with a 60-MHz Pentium chip, with PCI chipset numbers S82433LX Z852 and S82434LX Z850. The part numbers of the
Intel motherboards are AA616393-007 and AA615988-009.
- PCI motherboards with a 90-MHz Pentium chip, with PCI chipset numbers S82433NX Z895, S82434NX Z895, and S82434NX Z896. The part
number of the Intel motherboard is 541286-005. (Some Gateway 2000 systems use this motherboard.)
- AA-619772-002 motherboard with 82433LX Z852 and 82434LX Z882 chips causes random memory inconsistencies. Return the motherboard
to the vendor for a replacement.
o If the AHA-2940 SCSI adapter does not recognize the Quantum Empire 1080S, HP 3323 SE or other SCSI disk drive, reduce the
Synchronous Transfer rate on the Adaptec controller to 8 Mbps.
o The AHA-3940 has been certified by Adaptec to work on specific systems; however, some testing has shown that the Solaris
operating environment works properly in some of those systems and not in others.
CONFIGURATION
Use the Adaptec configuration utility to perform the following steps:
o Configure each SCSI device to have a unique SCSI ID, then using the adapter's Advanced Configuration Options setup menu, set the Plug
N Play SCAM Support option to Disabled.
o If there is more than one controller (or an embedded controller), try to use one IRQ per controller.
o Enable bus mastering for the slots with your host bus adapters, when the choice is given.
o For older disk drives, tape drives, and most CD-ROM devices, make sure the maximum SCSI data transfer speed is set to 5.0 Mbps.
o Enable support for disks larger than 1 Gbyte if applicable.
FILES
/kernel/drv/adp.conf Configuration file for the adp driver; there are no user-configurable options in this file
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Architecture |x86 |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
attributes(5)
Solaris (Intel Platform Edition) Hardware Compatibility List
NOTES
Throughout the release, support of additional devices may be added. See the Solaris (Intel Platform Edition) Hardware Compatibility List
for additional information.
The adp driver supports Logical Unit Number ("LUN") values of 0 through 15. This range exceeds the standard SCSI-2 requirements which call
for support of LUNs 0 through 7.
SunOS 5.10 10 Oct 2000 adp(7D)