SUMMARY: Degrading from Solaris 9 to Solaris

From: Adrian Phipps \(AC\) (PhippsAC@telkom.co.za)
Date: Wed Nov 16 2005 - 08:59:04 EST


Hi all,

Sorry for my stupidity, the machine I am installing on is a V440 and
it only supports Solaris 8 03/07 an upwards..

Thanks for all the replies...

Adrian Phipps
IT Specialist
Sun, AIX & Digital Operating Systems Support
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> _____________________________________________
> From: Adrian Phipps (AC)
> Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 3:33 PM
> To: 'casper.dik@sun.com'
> Cc: 'sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org'
> Subject: Degrading from Solaris 9 to Solaris
>
> Hi all,
>
> I have a customer that would like to degrade from 9 to 8, do you
> have any procedures or docs that I can use.. I have tried to boot
> from a Solaris 8 cd but to no avail....
>
> Rebooting with command: boot cdrom
> Boot device: /pci@1e,600000/ide@d/cdrom@0,0:f File and args:
> boot: cannot open kernel/sparcv9/unix
> Enter filename [kernel/sparcv9/unix]: /platform/'uname -i'/kernel
> boot: cannot open /platform/'uname -i'/kernel
> Enter filename [kernel/sparcv9/unix]:
> boot: cannot open kernel/sparcv9/unix
> Enter filename [kernel/sparcv9/unix]: kernel/sparcv8/unix
> boot: cannot open kernel/sparcv8/unix
> Enter filename [kernel/sparcv9/unix]: ~
> SC Alert: SC Request to send Break to host.
>
> Thanks
>
>
> Adrian Phipps
> IT Specialist
> Sun, AIX & Digital Operating Systems Support
> * (021) 949 4642
> * (021) 945 4740
> * phippsac@telkom.co.za
> * 082 787 7321
>

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