UltraSPARC I processors are not supported by this release of Solaris.
I'm getting this message when trying to install Solaris 10 on my Ultra Enterprise 2. My buddy that gave it to me has the same exact system and had no problems installing Solaris 10. Maybe he has UltraSPARC II? Can I upgrade to UltraSPARC II? Will Solaris 9 work with my system till I upgrade? Or do I have to go back as far as 7 and if so, where do I download 7? Thank you in advance.
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The Ultra-2 is indeed a compatible platform for Solaris 10
but only for the faster SPARC-II cpu modules.
Your model computer could use UltraSPARC
and it could use UltraSPARC-II cpus.
They actually were a slightly different design.
What cpu's do you have?CPU speed is ...?
The 167MHz and 200MHz modules were not US-II components.
http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pub/Systems/U2/components.html#CPUModule
However the 300MHz and 400MHz Ultra-2 cpus were SPARC-II components.
Lastly, the [url=http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/817-0552]Solaris 10 Release Notes (817-0552)[/url] mention that your systemboard
needs to be at an OBP version of 3.11.2 or newer.
If it isn't there yet, you'll need to flash-update your board, as well,
before you think about Solaris 10.
So ...
If you can't run Sol-10, put any older version on it.( 2.5.1 through 9 )
http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pub/Systems/U2/U2.html
