@hicksd8 I'm afraid SuperGrub does not support Solaris and Solaris 10 doesn't support Grub 2.
@vectrum Solaris 10 uses its own version of Grub. You should be able to reinstall it from your Solaris installation media with the installgrub command, something like:
You probably need to adjust the device name and might also need the "-m" option to overwrite the MBR.
It is recommended to install first Windows then Solaris as the latter will detect the former during its installation and add an entry in the boot menu.
I have just installed Solaris 10. I have read various threads on how to mount CDs put can't get mine going. My Sony DVD RW-U14A is attached to IDE2 as the master.
If I type
iostat -En
I get
c1t0d0 soft errors 0 hard errors 0 transport errors 0
Vendor Sony Product DVD RW-U14A
Size 0Gb etc.... (3 Replies)
How can I install Solaris 10 x86 on a machine without a DVD drive? Is there a way to boot from a flash stick or install it through a network? Any help will be appreciated. (1 Reply)
Is there a way to install Solaris 10 x86 with an external DVD drive that connects through the USB port? I would think I would run GRUB off of a floppy disk and somehow use that to make it look to the USB port to boot from but I don't know how to do that. Can anyone help me out? (1 Reply)
Hello,
First of all I must say that I have 0 solaris experience and only some average linux knowledge.
One of my friends came to ask for my help today with a Solaris 8 x86 station that would not boot.
The system is a pentium 4 1.6 ghz, 1gb ram, 40 gb hdd.
When I turn it on, I get
... (3 Replies)
Hi all-
I am trying to boot from a Solaris 10 DVD which I burned from the ISO I d/l from Sun(Oracle). I checked the byte counts of the image on Sun's website and my system and they are the same.
I and using cdrecord from Schilly and burning the DVD like so:
cdrecord -v dev=0,0,0 -dao... (0 Replies)
I am trying to install Solaris x86 using the Jumpstart server. I run the add_install_client command with appropriate options, and reboot my x86 Target box. The installation starts fine and unattended. After the installation completes and the target goes for a re-boot, it does not boot from the HDD... (9 Replies)
Hi, I'm using fedora for 5 years. recently i decided to install new version (16). after i reboot the computer and want to boot from dvd nothing happen's and system boot's from hard disk (i have setup the bios to directly boot from dvd-rom and my dvd-rom is ok). i have downloaded (again) fc16 dvd... (3 Replies)
Hi All,
Has anyone else come across a network interface issue after installing Solaris x86 11.3 from the 'live' DVD?
I have had issues myself and also found others have similar issues.
On my systems, installing Solaris 11.3 works fine but after rebooting (from the hard disk root... (4 Replies)