[ug-bosug] solaris installation

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On 6/19/07, Ananth Shrinivas <Ananth.Shrinivas at sun.com> wrote:
> You can select the boot disk from the OpenBoot command prompt.
>

How?
boot /dev/dsk/cxtxdxsx ?

The OBP documentation though indicates "boot [device-specifier]
[arguments]", it doesn't provide the parameters.
(http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/coll/216.1?q=%22OpenBoot+3.x%22)

> What Sparc box is this ? The best version of FreeBSD or Linux to choose
> would depend on your hardware configuration.
>
> Take a look at these links to check Hardware compatibility:
>
> FreeBSD: http://www.freebsd.org/platforms/sparc.html
> Debian: http://www.debian.org/ports/sparc/
> http://www.ultralinux.org/
>

I had tried Sparc variant of Ubuntu on SunFire V440. It had failed and
I didn't have the patience to persist. How good is FreeBSD/Linux on
Sparc systems?

regards
Shiv