Re: SunPCi 2 and SunPCi 3 in same workstation. Dave wrote:
> I've got a SunPCi II pro card which was used with no problems in my
> Ultra 80 for a long time. I've since got a Blade 2000 and a SunPCi III
> card, which again works OK. I've tried to put the SunPCi II card in an
> old Ultra 60, but it has been less than stable, with numerous 'Blue
> Screen of Deaths'. I'm going to reinstall Windows and hope that cures
> it, but if not I am tempted to put this SunPCi II pro card in my Blade
> 2000, along with the SunPCi III card (I want to let someone else get
> access to the SunPCi II card remotely).
>
> Has anyone ever run a SunPCi III and a SunPCi II pro card in the same
> machine? I gather from the SunPCi III manual that this is not supported,
> but my guess is that it will probably work, or can be made to work. The
> packages install into different directories, but I've no idea if any of
> the drivers have common names.
Having looked at trying to install both, it looks to me to be
difficult/impossible. There are various tests in the scripts which check
for version 2 and will not allow version 3 to be installed if 2 is
present. I give up i think! |