Migrating a system disk from Ultra 10 to SB100

Hello all,
I have installed a Solaris 10 jumpstart server on an Ultra 10 machine.
Can I migrate the system disk to a SB100?
What steps should I do in order to recognize the disk, the internet interface and so on?
Thanks,

Did you get the page not found on the index/welcome page or other pages? Do you see any exception in the server log? Can you give us a little info on your app?
It would be great if you can attach your app, or simiple reproducer so we can help you.
thanks
Michael

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Message was edited by: inknpaper

inknpaper wrote:
I used Migration Assistant to copy files off an iMac and onto a new HD in a MacPro. I purchased a second HD for the MacPro especially for this occasion because I wanted to leave the original MacPro HD intact. At this point, I had two HD's in the MacPro. After installing Snow Leopard, Migration Assistant copied all files and users as expected but something very strange happened:
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2. System Preferences were taken from the existing HD in the MacPro
Extremely doubtful.
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Am I right?
Edited by: Riot Nrrrd™ on Oct 28, 2011 3:30 PM

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