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Old 09-23-2008
Solaris Installation errors Please help

Hi to all I have a sun Ultra 10 workstation with the following configuration

SUN ULTRA-10 Workstation

440 Mhz CPU
1024 MB RAM
40 GB HDD Seagate (Connected as Primary master)
FDD
Samsung DVD Writer (connected as Secondary master)
CABINET
SMPS
Sun keyboard and mouse

the command - probe-ide lists the drives connected properly

I inserted the solaris 10 installation dVD and at the OK prompt I issued the command boot cdrom

It reads the DVD, shows some messages on screen, Then the whole screen starts scrolling with junk characters just like a crash dump

the system reboots and I get these error messages -

"Bad magic number in disk label"
"Cannot open disk label package"

"Boot Device: net file and args"
"Timeout for Arp/Rarp packets"


I have download the ISO image from Sun's ftp server almsot 9 times, burnt it at various speeds including the slowest and the fastest, it still gives these errors.

I went to a nearby Sun authorised training center and tried the DVD there and it worked, I even took their DVD and also bought a DVD set from Sun online, even these do not work.

Any guesses what is the issue????

I am sure the DVDs are fine as they work on other Solaris machines of the same configuration.

I need to resolve this issue as soon as possible as I have to start studying for my L1 and L2 solaris exams.

Regards
# 2  
Old 09-23-2008
Could it be that you're using "Samsung DVD writer" ? Smilie
# 3  
Old 09-23-2008
Disk label problem

usually this problem comes, if there is no proper label on the disk. try to use format utility with label, analyze.

This could be worked out.
# 4  
Old 09-23-2008
Not true narasimhulu. It can cause when the disk is not bootable/readable.
eg. if you were to overturn the cdrom and insert it , trying to boot it, will cause such messages too.
Be sure that you burnt the sparc version.
Use solaris 10 05/08 release and try
Versions like 11/06 , 08/07 had bugs
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