[SunRescue] Solaris 8 install on Ultra5 problems

[Bill Bradford]

On Mon, Feb 05, 2001 at 04:41:08PM -0800, Eli Bottrell wrote:
> I've been trying to install Solaris 8 on this Ultra 5 for a while now,
> but I can't seem to get it to boot the install cdrom. I have two
> different sets of media, a 6/00 and a 10/00 set, but neither works. I
> have installed a stack of other machines with the same disks, since I
> have tried with the ultra5. Solaris 2.7 disks work/install just fine,
> and I installed  slackware-sparc from cd as well with out a hitch.
> I belive this is an early model ultra 5, because of the 2mb vram and
> really old looking cdrom. Am I doing something wrong here? Do I need to
> upgrade something? Please help, slackware is nice, but it runs so damn
> slow on this sparc, I really would like to put solaris on here.
> Also, I have a SunSwift pci scsi+10/100 nic card in it, with an external
> cd and hd. If I could use these instead of the internal IDE gear, that
> would be even better.
>         - Eli Bottrell

Try booting from the Software 1 of 2 CD; the install CD isnt needed at
all.

Bill

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Bill Bradford
mrbill at mrbill.net
Austin, TX