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Can't you get an external disk and leave the original system untouched?<br />

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Can't you get an external disk and leave the original system untouched?


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I have just recently completed an upgrade of several PPC 604 machines to Solaris 2.5.1 but there is one machine I am wary of. It is an IBM PowerPC 601 and I wich to upgrade but I'm not sure whether the Solaris will work ok on this.<br />
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The problem lies with the fact that once I do the upgrade, I cannot go back as I do not have the original media to install from.<br />
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Has anyone got any comments on this? Will the Solaris work?<br />
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Ross
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I have just recently completed an upgrade of several PPC 604 machines to Solaris 2.5.1 but there is one machine I am wary of. It is an IBM PowerPC 601 and I wich to upgrade but I'm not sure whether the Solaris will work ok on this.

The problem lies with the fact that once I do the upgrade, I cannot go back as I do not have the original media to install from.

Has anyone got any comments on this? Will the Solaris work?

Ross

Solaris 2.5.1 on PPC

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