07-08-2009
Burning Solaris 9 Installation ISOs to bootable CDs
Hi everyone,
Im new to Solaris and am just about to install Solaris 9 on an old Sparc based machine with Solaris 8.
My friend gave me the ISOs for V9, and now, i have them sitting on my Vista, and i have to start writing bootable CDs of the same. But Im not quite sure how to go about doing the same.
The files that i have are Solaris_9_Sparc.iso and solaris_9_Sparc_2.iso, which seem to be part 1 and part 2 on the installation aspect of it. There is another iso, MULTI_ICD_SOL_SPARC_cs.iso, 128 KB , which has the following files on it.. ADD_INSTALL_CLIENT., BOOT., MODIFY_INSTALL_SERVER., COPYRIGHT., RM_INSTALL_CLIENT., _VOLUME.inf
Now i tried burning the CDs the conventional way(3, one for each ISO) using PowerISO, Disk Creator and MagicISO, and tried to give a 'boot cdrom' and it says something of the order of
'The CD loaded does not appear to be executable'
Is there something I'm missing here?
Alternatively I would be really grateful if someone points out to me exactly how to burn installation disks from ISOs. Sun basically dismisses it as 'straight forward' and, on the net, people don't seem to agree on what software to use and what exactly is the procedure.
I could really use some help!
Thank you,
AG
Last edited by agummad; 07-08-2009 at 11:01 AM..
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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)