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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers boot cdrom error Post 29129 by RTM on Monday 30th of September 2002 03:48:15 PM
Old 09-30-2002
What version of Solaris are you using?

From Sun on the Ultra 60:
For processor speeds of 419 MHz or faster, the minimum supported versions are:
Solaris 2.5.1 - HW 11/97
Solaris 2.6 - HW 5/98
Operating Environment Installation CD February 2000 (704-7076-10) must be used before installing these OS revisions.

hardware link

There is also mention of problems attempting to boot from an external cdrom on Ultra 60:

External cdrom on Ultra 60

Last edited by RTM; 09-30-2002 at 04:54 PM..
 

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answerbook2(1)							   User Commands						    answerbook2(1)

NAME
answerbook2 - online documentation system SYNOPSIS
/usr/dt/bin/answerbook2 [-h] DESCRIPTION
The AnswerBook2 server product is no longer included with Solaris or the Solaris Documentation CD products. Solaris docmentation is now provided in HTML and PDF format on the Documentation CD and does not require the AnswerBook2 server to be viewed. The answerbook2 utility opens the default web browser and displays an HTML page that shows a link to locally installed documentation, and, if the AnswerBook2 server has been defined, a link to AnswerBook2 collections. To define a default AnswerBook2 server, use the environment variable, AB2_DEFAULTSERVER. This functionality is also accessible through the AnswerBook2 option on the CDE front panel Help menu. If you need an AnswerBook2 server, you can download the AnswerBook2 server software from http://www.sun.com. OPTIONS
The following option is supported: -h Displays a usage statement. ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
AB2_DEFAULTSERVER Fully-qualified URL that identifies the default AnswerBook2 server to use. For example: http://imaserver.eng.sun.com:8888/ ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |http://www.sun.com | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
attributes(5) NOTES
Use the online Help system to find out more about the AnswerBook2 product, once the web browser is opened and the AnswerBook2 library can be viewed. SunOS 5.10 29 Nov 2001 answerbook2(1)
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