Installing Solaris 2.6 on a Sun SPARCstation 5 #UNIXtober 2021

Back to the Sun SPARCstation 5! In this second #UNIXtober 2021 video, I will replace the NVRAM and install Solaris 2.6. There’s quite a bit of detail about properly configuring a CD-ROM drive to boot the OS installation media. There may be some other surprises at the end... ;) 00:00 Intro 00:46 Installing the NVRAM chip 03:54 The right CD-ROM drive for the system 08:27 Configuring the NVRAM 11:04 Booting from CD-ROM! 13:03 First look at Solaris 15:49 But can it play... 16:50 Closing remarks This is the NVRAM chip that I ordered from Digi-Key: List of CD-ROM drives known to work or not work with SPARCstations: Toshiba XM-4101B drives will fit in these cases properly. Manual for the Plextor PX40tse. With the “block“ jumper set, this drive definitely works for booting Solaris install media on a SP