Root password on solaris 5.7?

[Ethan Dicks]

On 6/29/06, Jim Leonard <trixter at oldskool.org> wrote:
> My question is, why?  Not all the releases are worth running.  Only the
> decent milestones are worth installing.  Solaris 2.5.1 IIRC is the last
> version to run on sparc pizza boxes (5/10/20s) and possibly earier;

sun4c (SPARC 1/1+/2) support lasted through Solaris 7
sun4m (SPARC 5/10/20/LX/Classic) support lasted through at least Solaris 8

I have Solaris 8 on my SPARC 5/110.  You can still run Solaris 7 on a
SPARC 2, but with memory being an issue, I don't know if you'd want
to.  I think the Solaris 7/Solaris 8
transition was right about the time I upgraded from a SPARC 2 to a
SPARC 5 (once I
could get a SPARC 5 for under $100).  I'll be retiring the SPARC 5 in
favor of an Ultra when I get home.  There's a lot more Linux work than
Solaris work these days, but I gotta stay up to date and flexible for
whatever opportunities come down the pike.

http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/solaris/versions/

http://www.clock.org/~fair/computers/suns.html

-ethan