Solaris 8 Megaraid Express 200 ;-(

I was having trouble installing Solaris for intel on my megaraid 466 (Express 200) raid controller. I installed an adaptec 2940U2W that I borrowed from another machine, and Solaris installed without a hitch. I didn't even have to download special drivers, solaris came with 'em! If you're looking for a good SCSI card to use with Solaris, choose adaptec. I have also heard that Solaris 8 works great with the newer adaptec 29160 cards too!

There shouldn't be a problem as long as the system has the required
memory and hard disk space. There may be some issues with driver
support for older peripherals. Solaris 8 has limited support for ISA cards
such as Network Interface Cards (NIC).
I would suggest taking a look at the Hardware Compatibility List (HCL)
on www.access1.sun.com to make sure the peripherals in the system'
are supported.
Another option would be try and get hold of an older version of Solaris,
such as Solaris 7.

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Job ID : Louie.161
Job Name : -
Job Type : VirtImageLibrary.importImagesFromUrl
Job Desc : -
Run ID : 1
Status : FAILED
Mode : Actual run
Owner : root
Create Date : 01/28/2011 03:13:50 PM CET
Start Date : 01/28/2011 03:13:50 PM CET
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Edited by: daniel on Aug 20, 2011 2:45 AM

Hi Abrante,
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Sorry to reply to my own post but this may help someone else.
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