12-12-2011
I'm guessing you could probably not boot from usb on that system. The Sun USB-FAQ states:
Sparc systems with USB 2.0 support can boot from USB disks if the OBP(Open Boot Prom) is upgraded to version 4.27 or later. Before you can boot Solaris from USB disk, you have to install Solaris on the disk first. Installing on USB memory sticks is not recommended as the number of writes to these sticks is limited.
If you have another sun box, you could always set up a jumpstart server and install over the network...
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