Thanks for the info. I found some entries on Amazon. So it looks like I have a few options.
I will review this with my management and see what they want to do. Lizette > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Roberts, John J > Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 9:09 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Solaris 7 > > Media for Solaris 7, 2.6, and earlier show ups on eBay every so often. For Solaris 7 > you need to be aware that there are both Desktop and Server editions, plus versions > for SPARC and x86 architectures. Also, I found that normal CDROM drives can't be > used to boot the installation disk, at least for the SPARC versions. Back when I was > experimenting, I found that Apple SCSI CDROM drives did the job. > > Solaris 8 on up was generally more friendly with PC hardware - the UltraSPARC > workstations used the PCI bus and IDE controllers. > > John > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to > [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
