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Operating Systems Solaris 64 Bit SPARC Solaris 10 Install Post 302486347 by frank_rizzo on Friday 7th of January 2011 09:25:58 PM
Old 01-07-2011
yes. SPARC is a completely different CPU architecture than x86. google it and or check out oracle.com/sun.com. you cannot install it on a x86 box.
 

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install-solaris(1M)													       install-solaris(1M)

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