Solaris

Thank you all. I will try to download update 8 in that case. I will update once I install and tryied it.

Hi,
I checked it and working fine with x86 version. But I downloaded the update 8 image and burnt into a dvd. But I can not boot from that dvd. What can be the reason? Is there any way to upgrade the system from update3 to update 8?

It should be possible to upgrade from u3 to u8. What did you do to boot from DVD and what happened?

It does not start boot. Nothing happen just cursor is blinking for long time. Now I have the image in the machine that reuired to be upgraded. How can I start it?

Let me rephrase my question. You are on a SPARC system. So you need to boot from DVD from the OBP prompt. What steps did you take to shut down the running system and reboot from DVD? Are you sure, you tried to boot from a SPARC DVD?

It is very clear to me. I have a V240 Sun Sparc server. I wan to install Solaris 10 10/09(update 8) to it.

I have downloaded the dvd iso image from Oracle.com and burnt into dvd using PowerISO.

1. I have power off the server and removed hard disk.
2. Power on the server and insert the DVD.
3. Wait till ok promt (Till it display:
Can't open boot device

{1} ok ) and typed "boot cdrom"
4. Then the bootup process is not starting. Wait for 30 mins.
5. I have installed earlier versions and have experience in installing Solaris.

Hope it is clear now. .

What ca be the reason? I saw lot of places where lot of users reporting the same problem.

Double check your downloaded the SPARC version, not the x86 one.
Are you sure PowerISO didn't corrupt the image while recording ?