A few, somewhat-quick questions..

Hello!

I have recently received a Sun Ultra10 and an Ultra 1 Creator. Neither system boots reliably. I have downloaded the Solaris 9 bits for the Ultra 1 and the Solaris 10 bits for the Ultra 10. I can not reliably install either OS on either system.

In concentrating on the U-10, I decided that I would try to install a larger HD (30GB Seagate) than the 9GB drive that was in the box when I received it; I also decided to try to install Ubuntu 7.10 Server on that system to validate the hardware changes.

From all appearances and several kernel failure alerts from the Ubuntu
install, it appears that the power supply (250W) is inadequate for the newer HD.

So, the question is: Can I simply swap-out a standard PC power supply for this system that has more wattage? All of the cabling seems to match ATX-compliant power supplies and I do have some spares floating around here. Is it safe to assume that the power supply in this Sun Ultra 10 is indeed a match for a standard ATX power supply?

Thanks!

Scott Kindorf

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