I'm a newbie to UNIX
I just received an ultra 5 box that does not come with media. Before I received this box, I was told that it does not come with media.

(I'm assuming that because it does not come with media, that is why when I turn on the system, nothing comes on the monitor.
QUESTION 1: I'm I correct with this assumption? If not what should I do? The monitor is not a sun monitor. Its a monitor that I use for my NT box. The monitor works well with my NT box)

QUESTION2: I have the solaris 8 CD's Pack that I got from the sum websit Now, I would like install solaris 8 on this box. What's the process involved?

Thanks,
Ted

Hi Ted,
Do you have a Sun keyboard? If not, I think you will have problems from the start. The monitor you have should be fine.
Put the 1st CD in the cdrom, hit the "Stop+A" on your keyboard (this is the stop key on the left and the 'a' key at the same time). You should get an "ok" prompt. Now type 'boot cdrom' and hit enter. This should get you started and the gui install isn't too complex so I think you should be able to figure it out. If not, post your questions.
CUL8R,
TioTony

TioTony,

Yes, I'm using a sun keyboard. I also realised that the monitor works good.

So I went ahead and tried what you asked me to do but I got some erorr messages on the screen when I Inserted the disk 1 and hit the STOP + A key at the same time:

Below is the error message:

Boot device: disk file and args:
Bad Magic number in disk label
Can't open disk label package
Evaluating: boot
Can't open boot device
ok


Let me know what you think and what steps I should follow?

Thanks,
Ted

Look for the Solaris 8 Software 1 of 2 cd and try booting from it.
Put it in the cdrom, then get to the ok prompt.

ok boot cdrom

(See this link for more info on Solaris installs )

Sorry, my fault. I forgot the actual disk Sun refers to as the "Installation Disk" is pretty much useless for all practical purposes. Software CD 1 is what you need.

Thanks for the help.

I own the disk pack for SOLARIS 8 Media INTEL PLATFORM EDITION.
And my system is an Ultra 5 containing a 270 Mhz Ultra 5
II processor, 64MB of memory and a 4.3 GB hard drive
Do you think that's why I'm having problems?

Any way Below is what I did:

I tried to instal DISK 1 of 2 but I had errors:

I inserted DISK 1 and hit enter. At the ok prompt,
I typed boot cdrom and received this error message:


ok boot cdrom

Boot device:/pci@1f, 0/pci@1,1/ide@3/cdrom@2,O:f File and args:
Bad Magic number in disk label
Can't open disk label package
Can't open boot device

Do you have any other thoughts about resolving this issue?

Thanks,
Ted

If you're using Intel media on a Sparc machine, that'll be your problem...
You need to get the Sparc media - the x86 media only works on x86 machines.

Thanks,
I'm a newbie to unix so I don't really understand some parts of your answer to mu questions, hence the following questions

QUESTION1: What is x86?
QUESTION2:Also what do you mean by the following:

"the x86 media only works on x86 machines"?

QUESTION3: Does that mean even if I get x86, it would not work on my ultra 5 box?

Thanks,
Ted

Ted,

You stated that you have "the disk pack for SOLARIS 8 Media INTEL PLATFORM EDITION". That is for loading Solaris on a P.C., not a system made by Sun. Sun makes systems with a SPARC processor. You cannot load the INTEL platform edition on the system you have. You can load it on a P.C.

The Intel supported OS of Solaris is usually called x86.

You need to get the SPARC Platform edition of Solaris 8. You should try downloading it from Sun at sun.com - downloads - I don't know if it's free or not, or if it can still be downloaded.