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Old 11-22-2003
Solaris 9 x86 and Sparc?
Hi,

What is the difference between Solaris 9 x86 and Sparc besides the hardware. Is all the command the same or there are a difference? Plus where can go to get more information on the differences.

Many thanks,
-n
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Old 11-22-2003
Computer hello x86 and alpha chip sets
the commands are the same but you can get a lot more software if you are a alpha or a sparc
sun system the x86 is very hard to configure
you must know your hard ware well be for install yes nvidia works good i had a lot of luck installing it works and solid as a rock sun is a very good unix os
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Old 11-22-2003
Hi,

Besides the hardware, there are few differences... basically, the OS is the same... You have the same commands at the operating system level...
 
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