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Operating Systems Solaris Solaris Installation errors Please help Post 302239213 by network45 on Tuesday 23rd of September 2008 05:59:09 AM

09-23-2008

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Solaris Installation errors Please help

Hi to all I have a sun Ultra 10 workstation with the following configuration

SUN ULTRA-10 Workstation

440 Mhz CPU
1024 MB RAM
40 GB HDD Seagate (Connected as Primary master)
FDD
Samsung DVD Writer (connected as Secondary master)
CABINET
SMPS
Sun keyboard and mouse

the command - probe-ide lists the drives connected properly

I inserted the solaris 10 installation dVD and at the OK prompt I issued the command boot cdrom

It reads the DVD, shows some messages on screen, Then the whole screen starts scrolling with junk characters just like a crash dump

the system reboots and I get these error messages -

"Bad magic number in disk label"
"Cannot open disk label package"

"Boot Device: net file and args"
"Timeout for Arp/Rarp packets"

I have download the ISO image from Sun's ftp server almsot 9 times, burnt it at various speeds including the slowest and the fastest, it still gives these errors.

I went to a nearby Sun authorised training center and tried the DVD there and it worked, I even took their DVD and also bought a DVD set from Sun online, even these do not work.

Any guesses what is the issue????

I am sure the DVDs are fine as they work on other Solaris machines of the same configuration.

I need to resolve this issue as soon as possible as I have to start studying for my L1 and L2 solaris exams.

Regards

network45

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LEARN ABOUT SUSE

suninstall

suninstall(1M)						  System Administration Commands					    suninstall(1M)

NAME

       suninstall - install the Solaris operating system

SYNOPSIS

       suninstall

DESCRIPTION

       install-solaris(1M) is now the preferred command for starting and restarting the Solaris Installation program. It should be used instead of
       suninstall. suninstall is symbolically linked to install-solaris.

       suninstall is a forms-based and graphical subsystem for installing the operating system.

       suninstall exists only on the Solaris installation media (CD or DVD) and should only be invoked from there. Refer to the Solaris 10 Instal-
       lation Guide: Basic Installations for more details.

       suninstall allows installation of the operating system onto any standalone system. suninstall loads the software available on the installa-
       tion media. Refer to the Solaris 10 Installation Guide: Basic Installations for disk space requirements.

USAGE

       Refer to the Solaris 10 Installation Guide: Basic Installations for more information on the various menus and selections.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWcdrom (Solaris  instal-  |
       |			     |lation media)		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       pkginfo(1), install(1M), install-solaris(1M), pkgadd(1M), attributes(5)

       Solaris 10 Installation Guide: Basic Installations

NOTES

       It is advisable to exit suninstall by means of the exit options in the suninstall menus.

SunOS 5.10							    9 Sep 2004							    suninstall(1M)