Re: 86x installdisaster

From: Dave Littell (davidl_at_applink.net)
Date: 09/29/03

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    Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 18:12:56 -0500

    plener@attglobal.net wrote:
    > Solaris 9
    > boot from CD-ROM get configuration error missing controller
    > root file system, is not mounted
    > or the configuration assistant exited prematurely
    > failure to boot interpreter
    >
    > newer machine
    > 128 megs memory 40 gig HD 2.4 mHrtz CPU
    >
    > boot from dca gives same error
    > is there any hope get Solaris running on my machine?
    > thanks
    > peter
    >

    Was this the Installation CD or the Software 1 of 2 CD?

    I just did this and pretty much followed Chapter 14 of the
    Installation Guide. It's mostly impenetrable (too much
    confusion and hopping around between upgrade and intial
    installation discussions), but it ultimately did help me along.

    The really important thing is to get the disk partitioning right.
    It took me a while to translate the overwhelming Sunspeak to
    what actually happens on the disk (have a beer first), but I
    guess that's all part of the learning/assimilation process.

    Maybe I'll be better at installation next time, but I doubt it.
    Even though (most/some/a few of) the answers are buried
    somewhere deep in the docs, there's just too much paper with
    too much jargon and not enough "do this and this is why" in
    actual English to make it easy if you've never installed Solaris
    before or have been away from the Collective for a while.

    Having carped about all that, the software did a great job of
    figuring out my hardware and "just (mostly) working".
      Although, I never did figure out why I had to feed it two
    disks - for some reason it demanded to create an
    /export/home0. It also demanded to put swap on the same
    disk as the Solaris partition and never even bothered to
    think I might was to dedicate a small disk to swap.

    Gofigure.

    Good luck,
    Dave

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