[rescue] Sun4U - Solaris ISO, boot device options

[Ken Link]

Dan,

I did this with a generic Ubuntu x86_64 server to get a Netra X1 netbooted
with the Solaris 10 installer. I documented everything I could think of
here:

https://github.com/iissmart/Sun-Netra-X1

On Fri, Sep 3, 2021 at 5:34 PM Dan Moisa <dmoisa at gmail.com> wrote:

> To this day I haven't been able to install Solaris successfully off a
> Linux server. *BSD yes, but Solaris always gets something wrong. I ended up
> even trying Solaris out of a qemu because of this, and still the most
> reliable thing is a SCSI2SD emulating cdrom.
>
> Can anyone that successfully do Solaris netinstall with a Linux host send
> their nfs config, export, directory listing so I can see what I'm getting
> wrong?
>
> Dan.
>
> On Fri, Sep 3, 2021, 13:37 Jonathan Katz <jon at jonworld.com> wrote:
>
> > Archive.org will have ISOs. You can run a jumpstart server from a Linux
> box
> > or VM, even so you donb t need to worry about a local SCSI CD.
> >
> > On Fri, 3 Sep 2021 at 21:29, Lionel Peterson <lionel4287 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > Now that I'm about to be down to one Ultra 60 System, I'm going to be
> > > looking
> > > to bringing my system back to life.
> > >
> > > I'm curious about getting an ISO for a system of this vintage (Solaris
> 10
> > > is
> > > supported, right?), and what are reasonable options if the SCSI drive
> > > inside
> > > is toast?
> > >
> > > I'm no where near sitting down and bringing it back to life, I'm just
> > > thinking
> > > thru the options.
> > >
> > > Intended use is to simply have a reasonably quiet Solaris box running
> on
> > > Sun
> > > hardware on my home net - I don't need crazy performance, but I'd like
> > this
> > > system to be a decent performer.
> > >
> > > Any advice, pointers appreciated.
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