Russ Petruzzelli writes: > Is there anything different about installing OpenSolaris compared to > traditional Solaris 10 installs? My command at the OK prompt: "boot cdrom - > install" is failing with a "bad magic number in disk label", Evaluating ... > Can't open boot device...
The OpenSolaris distribution is currently x86 only, not SPARC. > I'm on an Ultra 45 sparc machine currently running Solaris 10 u5. > I've burned 3 iso's now -- all fail. The first two(B101NV and 2008.05NV) > were burned with cdrw command, and the last iso (2008.11rc1) was burned using > a windows CD burner program. I did use digest to verify the md5sums. You'll need SXCE (Solaris Express Community Edition) for SPARC instead. See: http://www.opensolaris.org/os/downloads/ -- James Carlson, Solaris Networking <james.d.carlson at sun.com> Sun Microsystems / 35 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677
