Re: solaris 10 install on ultra sparc

kkd wrote:
Hi
i am trying to install solaris 10 on ULTRA 10 which currently have
solaris 8 installes
. i burned sol 10 cds iso image and tried to boot from the first disk
but its
always giving me error
can not read the label
can not open the cd
while i tried to boot from my old sol 10 disk it boots fine.
i want to know that since i already have solaris 8 installed on
machine.
do i need to format the disk before i tired to boot from the solaris 10
cd?
your help will be appreciated


I have had similar problems and here are the tricks I have found to make things work

1. Pick a good media. I tested a whole bunch and have found that sony cd's seem to work the best, however your mileage may vary. Of course I guess it helps that my cd/dvd burner is a Sony drive 8^)

2. Burn the disk as slow as your software will allow My software only allows me to burn at 8 speed minimum.

3. Use buring software that supports rockridge extensions and choose this option when burning data cd's this will provide Solaris with the ability to read long filenames. I also alway disable the joiliet extensions when I am burning if at all posible. This may not work with your particular brand of buring software.

4. I have had the most consistent results when buring on pc platforms to be read by *nix systems using Ultra ISO software with sony cd disks burned at 8x.


I also broke down and replaced my original sun scsi cdrom on my E250 server with a teac DVD Rom I just finished a reinstall as I "broke" my machine using the dvd sparc iso image burned onto generic dvd-r and it just worked. It also burned it at 8X

Now experimenting with cd burning on the E250 as I also dropped in a CDRW drive and a scsi zip onto the box. Lots of fun

I just bought a ultra5 and am looking forward to installing solaris 10 on it next week.


Hope this helps

Tom
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