Re: Installing Solaris 10 on Ultra 5

From: Max (dmitrmax_at_rain.ifmo.ru)
Date: 03/28/05 

Date: 28 Mar 2005 12:20:26 -0800

> > Interesting problem.
> >
> > Is there a mouse pointer on the screen? Do the arrow keys move it?
Yes, mouse point is on the screen. What arrow keys did you mean? On
the keyboard? I havenŽt tried it? Do you really think they should move
the cursor?

> BTW, the obvious thing to do is to get a Sun mouse and plug it in, even
> if only temporarily. The Ultra 5 isn't really geared toward USB mice.
Ah, man... If I had one then I wouldnŽt write to this group :) IŽve
bought the Ultra 5 on the eBay only for interest and now IŽm using it
at home. Just for fun :) But the man who sold me this item didnŽt put
a mouse in the pack. And to be frank, it is a big problem in Russia to
get a Sun mouse. You canŽt just go to the nearest shop and buy it
there - they donŽt sell them because there is no demand.

About the problem. I found a solution. If you specify a nowin option
when booting from the cdrom youŽll get a real console installator that
needs no mouse. If you have more than 384 Mb RAM then youŽll get the
truly graphical installator but IŽve only 256 megs. So it loads
terminal based installation by default for me. So the final string
that you have to enter at the ok promt is:
boot cdrom - nowin

Good luck and thanks for the ideas!!!
  Max