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Operating Systems Solaris Update OpenBoot Prom from CD Post 302887384 by hicksd8 on Friday 7th of February 2014 06:24:51 AM
Old 02-07-2014
Yea but....yea but....

You suspect that the OBP is too early a version for Solaris 10 so, as discussed, try an earlier version of Solaris; Solaris 9 or Solaris 8 and see what happens. If that diagnosis is correct there's no point is trying later versions of Solaris.

My thinking on this problem is:

1. Bad media (we've probably eliminated that one)
2. Bad cable connection to cdrom drive (reseat it)
3. faulty cdrom drive (there's nothing special about it so hook in another one temporarily for testing)
4. Possibly a RAM memory problem (though unlikely)
5. OBP is too old (either update or install earlier Solaris version to start)

What happened about trying another Solaris 9 (or Solaris 8)?
 

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LEARN ABOUT MINIX

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)
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