Re: u2 crashed again last night - can system be moved back to SS20?

On Mon, 4 Oct 2010, Artyom Tarasenko wrote:

>> Can a solaris 9 based system be backed-off from the sun4u platform to the
>> sun4m platform? I suspect it's not as simple as shifting between sun4u
>> models (booting single-user off CD, mount root partition on target HD, blow
>> away /dev and /devices, set up /etc/path_to_inst, re-install boot block,
>> re-create /dev and /devices, unmount, then reboot off the target HD) since a
>> lot more things would be different.
>
> I think it's really really lots of work. Basically you need to replace
> everything which

I ended up replacing the the U2 with a nice netra t1-200 system that I was 
able to acquire. So that saved hassles migrating down to a different 
platform and got me a nicer piece of kit which takes up less space in the 
rack.

Craig.

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