I was able to use the Solaris 2.6 client on our 2.7 system. I unpackaged,
changed the pre-install script to check for 2.7 instead of 2.6, repackaged,
and it >seems< to be working okay. (I'm knocking on wood as I write this)
At 05:56 PM 1/29/99 -0000, Ian Massingham wrote:
>:-----Original Message-----
>:From: Fred Johanson [mailto:fred AT MIDWAY.UCHICAGO DOT EDU]
>:Sent: 21 January 1999 14:50
>:To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>:Subject: Re: Solaris 2.7
>:
>:
>:At 09:59 PM 1/20/99 -0500, you wrote:
>:>Just asked IBM when Solaris 2.7 would be supported and was
>:told 2nd quarter
>:>99 - check back in April.
>:>
>:>Has anyone tried to run the Solaris 2.6 client on Solaris
>:2.7? Any luck?
>:>We're in a pinch.
>:>
>:>..Paul
>:>
>:Even diddling the install, it still crashes the client. We've
>:go the same pinch.
>
>I've had sucess with the 2.5.1 client on Solaris 2.7 simply
>by tarring the installation directory across. Only the command
>line client functions though.
>
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>Ian Massingham Senior Hosted Systems Engineer, Planet Online
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