09-12-2005
Using floppies and CD-ROM on Solaris 10
Hi everyone!, I have recently installed a Solaris 10 box on an x86 pc.
It looks like the SiS 900 Ethernet adapter is not supported by SunOS 5.10 (at least it is what the Sun HCL says).
The motherboard is an A7S266-VM/U2 with the onboard ethernet controller (vendor=1043, dev=807c). I've found a driver on the net but now, I have a second problem: "Don't know how to use floppies or CDs on Solaris",...
On Linux or FreeBSD is quite simple as doing mount -t cd9660 /dev/cd0a /cdrom or something. Running some command like that it displays:
mount: I/O error
mount: Cannot mount /dev/rdiskette0
; checking around google i've found some volcheck command.
The problem with that is whenever I run volcheck -v (no params) it says:
'no media was found'
,... does anyone have an idea of why is this happening?
PS: /dev/rdiskette0 -> ../devices/isa/fdc@1,3f0/fd@0,0:a ... The floppy drive is currently working in another systems or even with a boot diskette.
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LEARN ABOUT XFREE86
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)