[SunRescue] Solaris 8 install on Ultra5 problems

[Eli Bottrell]

Bill,

        Thanks again, I'll try it as soon as I get home from work.

        Now, anyone have one of those ati @work 98 cards that will work in my
Ultra5 that they want to sell?


            - Eli

Bill Bradford wrote:

> 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
>
> --
> Bill Bradford
> mrbill at mrbill.net
> Austin, TX
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