Re: Solaris 9 Companion CD (freeware) announcement

From: Philip J. Koenig (See_email__at_ddress_below.This_one_is.invalid)
Date: 08/30/03 

Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 05:22:38 -0700

In article <Pine.GSO.4.44.0308291358180.40831-100000@sr-uita01-01>,
Eric.Boutilier@Sun.COM (Eric Boutilier) writes...

> The Solaris Companion CD (freeware) Team has updated the download
> site with 23 new/updated packages:
>
> 1. Start here: http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/freeware
>
> 2. Decide if you want to download the CD image or individual
> packages, then click on one of the following:
>
> Solaris 9 Companion Software CD image download
> Solaris 9 Companion Software individual packages download
>
> 3. Follow the instructions.
>
>
> Of course all packages are available for both SPARC and x86.
>
> We recommend installing the dependency bundle first. It's a
> fairly big download, but it's worth it. See the instructions for
> more info.

I'm relatively new to Sparc/Solaris.

The page above implies that the bundle can be used on Solaris 9
or Solaris 8 2/02.

The box I'm using has Solaris 8 7/01. Can I use the software in
the compilation above, or do I need to "update" my version of
Solaris? (it's a sparc box)

I've been looking for how to upgrade to the latest version of
Solaris on this machine, but I can't find anything so far on Sun's
site about this unless it's just a matter of purchasing Solaris all
over again. It's a dual-cpu machine so I don't think it qualifies
for the 'free' license.

Tips appreciated..

  

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