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1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I recentlly installed solaris 8 on a 2G HD successfully ,
but cannot boot pass a screen that has a error message
"BAD PBR".
My queston would be is how do I get pass this and
how do I repair it?
I have visited the SUN SYSTEM website many times
trying to get information.
thanks
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2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Well i install successfully Solaris on my Second Hard disk, although i had to make it primary Master and my orignal hard disk as pirmary slave, because solaris will not let Windows on primary master.
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3. Solaris
hello mentor.
I'm getting an error " fdgetchng: write protect check failed "
after I rebooted my laptop because it hangs when i open server management console.
what seems to be the problem?
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4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
ok, i recently posted asking for a distro of unix, and someone said to try solaris, so i booted up the dvd iso installer. And after making some kind of mistake in the preperation, I couldnt retry the installer, it repeated the Warning: Bad Geometry. thing, and when i tried to just boot up into... (0 Replies)
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I know that Sun make s a version of Solaris for Sparc platforms and also an x86 (Intel/AMD) release of Solaris. Can an application that runs on Solaris/Sparc also run on a PC running the x86 release of Solaris? Would a different release be required or any re-compling of the application?
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6. Solaris
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7. Solaris
After installing Solaris 10 x86 (solaris 5 2009 update 7 ) i've been granted a “Bad PBR sig” error message on boot, making my system unbootable. any one has any solution for this problem (1 Reply)
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By disk cloning on Solaris x86, I used a command dd.
I pulled out the source and inserted the new disk.
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9. Solaris
Hi,
I am facing an issue with Solaris x86 machine
Machine Details:
uname -a
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..............................
Description:
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10. Red Hat
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LEARN ABOUT OSF1
install-solaris
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)