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Hi,
I have a question.
We purchased a SUN FIRE 240, preinstalled with Solaris
10.
Can we install Solaris 2.6 in SUN FIRE 240?
Because our existing application is running with SUN
SPARC and Solaris 2.6.
SunOS scn5 5.6 Generic_105181-15 sun4u sparc
SUNW,UltraAX-MPSystem = SunOS
Node = scn5
Release = 5.6
KernelID = Generic_105181-15
Machine = sun4u
BusType = <unknown>
Serial = <unknown>
Users = <unknown>
OEM# = 0
Origin# = 1
NumCPU = 2
Thanks and regards,
Jo.

No, you can not use Solaris 2.6 on that system.
You must use Solaris 8 or newer, and even with Solaris 8 the oldest distribution that understands how to manipulate that UltraSPARC-IIIi hardware would be:
Solaris 8 HW 12/02
http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pub/Systems/SunFireV240/Sun FireV240.html
Furthermore, I don't believe you could even boot the system to 32-bit mode, but will need to take advantage of the 32bit compatibility mode designed into Sol8, Sol9, and Sol-10. (nevermind how that would cripple the computer's performance abilities.)
If the application vendor cannot assure you that the program will function on newer OS's then I'd consider finding another vendor. Solaris 2.6 went EOL a <i>loooong</i> time ago.

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