On Tue, Sep 02, 2003 at 11:44:42AM -0500, Jima wrote:
> On Tue, 2 Sep 2003, Yaron wrote:
> > On Tue, 2 Sep 2003, Jima wrote:
> > >  Heck, a Sparc LX (MicroSPARC @ 50MHz) will run Solaris 8.  Not particular
> > > *well*, but it will run.
> > 
> > I know... I installed Solaris 8 on a SparcClassic once. It took 3 days...
> 
>  Okay, that's just scary.  A Linux install would probably take about an 
> hour.  Maybe more if you're doing a badblocks check.

Solaris takes forever to patch.

I have installed Solaris 8 on a SS5/150MHz/256MB and installing all
the patches took around 6-8 hours.

Cheers,
florin

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