[rescue] solaris installation media?

[Mike Nicewonger]

> On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 10:04:15PM +0200, Klaasjan Brand wrote:
> Ok,
> I have posted here earlier about installation problems with Solaris on a
> Sparcstation 5. I've used the Solaris 8 free binaries which I downloaded
> a few weeks ago from Sun. Problem was the installation paniced. Since
> the Sparc was a bit too heavy for use as a paperweight, I tried a Redhat
> Linux 6.2 installation which succeeded without any problems.
> I've found some references to different Solaris 8 media kits (versions?)
> so I'm a bit curious if installing a different version would work... is
> there anywhere I could get the older versions (Solaris 8 or maybe
> 2.7/2.6)?

It sounds like you have either a bad burn or a corrupted download. 
Re-download and check the md5 checksums again.

Mike N