Solaris 8 on a i386


 
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Old 10-21-2002
Solaris 8 on a i386

Hi,

I am trying to installing solaris on a intel PC, but I am unable to do it.

So my question is where can I find some good documents (I tried sun.com did not find any thing).

If I want to dual boot between Linux and Solaris, would I install solaris first if so why?


Thanks alot

Chamkila
# 2  
Old 10-21-2002
Is your Intel pc having Pentium 4 processor... If so I doubt u'll be able to install any kind of Unix on it.

As for which one out of Linux & Sun you should install first for dual-booting, refer this Dual Boot


Hope it helps.

MK
minazk
# 3  
Old 10-22-2002
*Is your Intel pc having Pentium 4 processor... If so I doubt u'll be able to install any kind of Unix on it.*

Actually that is not correct. Unix is renowned for working on all types of machines, from the fastest and newest to the old 486.
I'm running FreeBSD on a PIII 866 and it runs fine. I have a friend of mine running OpenBSD on a P166.

Unix is not hampered by CPU speed, within reason of course.

chamkila, you will have no trouble dual booting no matter what system you have. Follow the link provided by minazk and follow the instructions.

Good luck. Smilie
# 4  
Old 10-22-2002
chamkila,

Did you try this page?

http://docs.sun.com/db/doc/806-0956

Here is the main page for related documents:

http://docs.sun.com/


Hope this helps!

Biker
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# 5  
Old 10-22-2002
Quote:
Originally posted by BSeanD

Actually that is not correct. Unix is renowned for working on all types of machines, from the fastest and newest to the old 486.
I'm running FreeBSD on a PIII 866 and it runs fine. I have a friend of mine running OpenBSD on a P166.


Buddy,

I had problems installing Solaris 7 or 8 on intel Pentium 4 proc. based PC & hence i came to the that conclusion.
But I never said that Unix is hampered by speed or anything.
Unix works perfectly fine on any PC PIII or lower as reqd.
Moreso, I couldn't find any solution for that on sun.com
Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Regards,
Minaz
minazk
# 6  
Old 10-23-2002
Buddy,

I had problems installing Solaris 7 or 8 on intel Pentium 4 proc. based PC & hence i came to the that conclusion.
But I never said that Unix is hampered by speed or anything.
Unix works perfectly fine on any PC PIII or lower as reqd.
Moreso, I couldn't find any solution for that on sun.com
Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Regards,
Minaz[B]

Ah I see what your saying, misunderstood what you where saying. Smilie
 
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