There's a big difference between Solaris running on Sun processors and Solaris running on Intel processors. It's kind of like the difference between PCs and the old Macintoshes (before they switched to using Intel processors). Basically, it's an entirely different hardware platform, and the binaries are compiled for the specific hardware platform they are intended to run on. Abstraction has nothing to do with it. Basically, if the AR server was compiled for Sun processors, it simply will not run on Intel processors.
Lyle -----Original Message----- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rabi Tripathi Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 9:56 AM To: [email protected] Subject: ARS/ITSM 7.5 on Solaris/Intel box? On Sun's "Virtual Box" for Intel? Hi folks, I need to create a ARS 7.5/ITSM setup to play with. Preferably on Solaris. I have no Sun box readily available. I'm thinking of either using a dedicated Intel box with Solaris, or just use Sun's "Virtual box" on my existing Windows PC. (http://dlc.sun.com/virtualbox/vboxdownload.html) Anybody done either? ARS 7.5 compatibility matrix has bad news: "Solaris running on x86 or x64 processors is not supported." But, is not the same as saying it will notwork, so I want to take my chances, unless somebody tells me...forget it. I'm not sure if code like ARS' written for Solaris is hardware dependent. Is it? What happened to abstraction? Searches I tried on arslist turned up nothing, so I have a feeling either I am wasting my time with this idea, or my search skills are not as good as i think they are. _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor:[email protected] ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" NOTICE: This email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message. _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor:[email protected] ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"
