[SunRescue] Installing Solaris without cdrom

[Ken Hansen]

The PC would need to be able to use the dd command
(linux/solaris/SCO/whatever) to
copy the CD-ROM contents to the hard disk. And remember, your install will
only
have about 1.4 Gig available for building the system, since you have taken
up aprox.
600 Meg with the CD-ROM image (could be smaller, just a guess as to the
contents
of a Solaris instal CD-ROM)...

Oh, wait, you may need two CD-ROMs for Solaris 2 - is that the case? I have
only
installed Solaris 8 once, and then took the defaults - I don't remember if
the second
CD-ROM was optional or not...

HTH,

Ken

----- Original Message -----
From: "chris Gunther" <madram at video.de>
To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Monday, July 17, 2000 3:31 AM
Subject: AW: [SunRescue] Installing Solaris without cdrom


> Hi,
>
> how can I do that when all I have is a SUN IPC and a PC running
> Solaris 8?
>
> My IPC has a 2GB HDD which I could connect to my Symbios controller
> in my PC. But I'm not sure what you meant when you said
> << Set it to the correct ID (I think it's 6) and tell the boot prom
>    to boot prom to boot from the CDROM drive. >>
>
> so long,
> chris
>
> +---------------------------------+
> |             chris               |
> | ------------------------------- |
> |  database design & programming  |
> |   agentur fiedler / video.de    |
> |                                 |
> |                 madram at video.de |
> +---------------------------------+
>
> -----Ursprungliche Nachricht-----
> Von: rescue-admin at sunhelp.org [mailto:rescue-admin at sunhelp.org]Im
> Auftrag von Stephen Olson
> Gesendet: Montag, 17. Juli 2000 05:13
> An: rescue at sunhelp.org
> Betreff: Re: [SunRescue] Installing Solaris without cdrom
>
>
> Thomas
>
> I have successfully installed Solaris 7 on an IPC with no CDROM drive.  If
> you have an extra hard drive that will work in the UltraBook, you can use
dd
> to copy the entire install CD to the disk (use the classic for this part).
> Set it to the correct ID (I think it's 6) and tell the boot prom to boot
> prom
> to boot from the CDROM drive.  The UltraBook will see the hard drive as a
> CDROM and the install should go as normal.  This trick has been known to
> work
> with the larger removable drives, such as the SyJet and Jaz drives.  I
think
> it's documented under the CDROM section of one of the FAQ's on sunhelp.
>
>
> -Steve
>
>
> Thomas Dagonnier wrote:
>
> > I was wondering if anyone has ever tried (and managed to) install a
fresh
> > solaris (7, e.g.) installation on a sparc system without CD-ROM (in this
> > case, an UltraBook due to the connector (SCSI UltraWide), i cannot
connect
> > one of my current CDROM without buying a new cable ...).
> >
> > There's a procedure explained on docs.sun.com but it includes the use of
a
> > Solaris server, using Solstice and i don't want to swap Linux for
Solaris
> > (and then back to Linux) on my 'Classic.
> >
> > I use the command 'boot net' and by following the correct procedure, i
> > installed linux correctly on this 'Classic and can also do it on the
> > ultrabook but i don't think it is the way to do it with solaris.
> >
> > So, if anyone has a solution which runs with a Linux server (with may or
> > may not be a sparc), it will help me a lot
> >
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