CCAT@UDESVM.BITNET (Anh-Tuan Truong) (11/17/89)
Could anyone tell me :
- what is the difference between SUNos 4.0.3c ( for Sparcstation 1 )
and SUNOS 4.0.3 for SPARC ( SUN 4/110 )
- If I could install SUNOS 4.0.3c on my SUN 4/110 ?
Thanks
Anh-Tuan Truong
CCAT@udesvm.bitnetmjacob@sun.com (Matt Jacob) (11/21/89)
> - what is the difference between SUNos 4.0.3c ( for Sparcstation 1 ) > and SUNOS 4.0.3 for SPARC ( SUN 4/110 ) The 'c' designator indicates that it is for the sun4c kernel architecture. While it is true that sun4c (SS-1) will run sparc (sun4 application architecture) programs, the kernel specific contents of the sun4c tape are for SS-1 only. The rest of the release contents in 4.0.3c is a superset of 4.0.3. That is, it contains all of 4.0.3, plus stuff for SS-1. In many respects it is bug-compatible to 4.0.3. > - If I could install SUNOS 4.0.3c on my SUN 4/110 ? No. You could install the sun4c /usr/share/sys on top of the /usr/share/sys for 4.0.3 sun 4/110, and still correctly build kernels for the 4/110 though.
poffen@sj.ate.slb.com (Russ Poffenberger) (11/27/89)
In article <3116@brazos.Rice.edu> CCAT@UDESVM.BITNET (Anh-Tuan Truong) writes: >X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 8, Issue 200, message 6 of 11 > >Could anyone tell me : > - what is the difference between SUNos 4.0.3c ( for Sparcstation 1 ) > and SUNOS 4.0.3 for SPARC ( SUN 4/110 ) > - If I could install SUNOS 4.0.3c on my SUN 4/110 ? The difference is mainly in the kernel code. The kernel is different for the SS-1. According to the Sun installation manuals, you CAN install the 4.0.3c release onto any sparc machine. The application code is compatible. You will get new directories created in /usr/kvm and /usr/sys to support the SS-1 kernel's. DO NOT get these mixed up, you still need the standard 4.0.3 for sparc /usr/kvm and /usr/sys for your 4/110 Russ Poffenberger DOMAIN: poffen@sj.ate.slb.com