Jim Leonard wrote:
> On May 6, 2:52 pm, Ian Collins <ian-n...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> I assume there's a sound reason you can't go straight to Solaris 10?
>
> The application doesn't work in 10 due to library changes and other
> miscellany. It does work in 8, however.
>
>> I'm sure LU requires a physical device. I'm not sure if LU was present
>> in Solaris 8...
>
> It's not; it's expected that you mount an 8 CD/DVD and install the
> packages. Best practice for LiveUpgrade is to always remove then
> reinstall the SUNWluu and SUNWlur packages from the distribution
> you're upgrading *to*.
>
OK, I was wrong there, you can Live Upgrade from 2.6 to 8 on Sparc.

You might be better off with s clean Solaris 8 branded zone and
reinstalling the applications.

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Ian Collins.