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Operating Systems Solaris How can I install Solaris 10 on an LDom using an iso? Post 302816891 by bstring on Tuesday 4th of June 2013 08:26:37 PM
Old 06-04-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by mat_solaris
You can try to mount your iso image using lofiadm, this command create a special file that you can use to simulate cd-rom/dvd.
This worked, thank you! Any idea why mounting my method wasn't working? I remember it working the last time I tried.
Quote:
Originally Posted by os2mac
or your .iso might be corrupt. Did you md5sum it and verify it?
Thank you for the suggestion. How would I do this? I tried running the digest command but I got an error:
Code:
root@sol10:/iso# digest -a md5 sol-10-u11-ga-sparc-dvd.iso
digest: crypto operation failed for file sol-10-u11-ga-sparc-dvd.iso: CKR_ARGUMENTS_BAD

 

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install-solaris(1M)													       install-solaris(1M)

NAME
install-solaris - install the Solaris operating system SYNOPSIS
install-solaris install-solaris invokes the Solaris Install program. Depending on graphical capability and available memory at the time of invocation, install-solaris invokes either a text-based installer or a graphical installer. The following minimum requirements for physical memory dictate which features are available during installation: For SPARC machines: 128 MB Minimum physical memory for all installation types 128 MB Minimum physical memory required for windowing system 384 MB Minimum physical memory required for graphical-based installation For x86 machines: 256 MB Minimum physical memory for all installation types 256 MB Minimum physical memory required for windowing system 512 MB Minimum physical memory required for graphical-based installation In some cases, even if the minimum physical memory is present, available virtual memory after system startup can limit the number of fea- tures available. install-solaris exists only on the Solaris installation media (CD or DVD) and should be invoked only from there. Refer to the for more details. install-solaris allows installation of the operating system onto any standalone system. install-solaris loads the software available on the installation media. Refer to the for disk space requirements. Refer to the for more information on the various menus and selections. See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWcdrom (Solaris instal- | | |lation media) | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface Stability |Evolving | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ pkginfo(1), install(1M), pkgadd(1M), attributes(5) It is advisable to exit install-solaris by means of the exit options in the install-solaris menus. 23 Sep 2005 install-solaris(1M)
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