> Kyle J. McDonald wrote: > > Sarah wrote: > > > >> Kyle J. McDonald wrote: > >> > > > > > >> What methods did you use? I use cdrw to burn > >> cd's/dvd's and it works ok. > >> > > > > I used Windows. Both UltraISO, and IBM RecordNow > (OEM'd from Sonic.) > > > Well... iso is a standard so these utilities should > just burn the image. > But, I have never used them. I am wondering if there > is a special set of > options or something you have to specify to disable > some Windows weirdness.
I just tried again on my laptop burner. Figured the burner was the only thinkg I hadn't changed. I used UltraISO on Windows again (I haven't had any luck yet finding a linux machine with a burner. After it burned the disk, I asked it to compute an MD5SUM by reading back the bits on the disk. It came up with the correct MD5SUM. So I don't think that the burning process has modified the image. The disk label is in the image right? When I tell OBP to boot cdrom, it translates that to '.../cdrom at 1,0:f' Is the :f correct for a sun4u machine? When I look at the CD in windows I know I can only see the ISO9660 filsystem on one of the partitions, the boot/root bits are on some other partition in UFS format right? I wish I had another computer with Solaris on it to verify the other partitions. Actually I think I do have Solaris NV_40 x86 in vmware on this PC... I wonder if I can get it to drive the CD burner... Hmmm... > >>> > >>> Can't open boot device. > >>> > >>> > > > > Does anyone reconize these messages? > > > > > I have never seen them myself. But, it seems pretty clear it cannot read > the cd. That somehow the label isn't what is expected. Which makes me > suspect that something in the utilities you are using is doing something > a little bit off standard. That's probably it, but I'm still wondering if it means the machien can't talk to is' CD drive correctly. The last 'Can't open boot device' makes me wonder. But I've tried 3 different drives on 2 different machines with the same results so... > You might try linux. I have successfully burned lots > of cd's of Solaris express and been able to boot and install. The > messages you are seeing do not indicate to me that the image is bad, only > that the label on the disk is unreadable. And, since your previous email > to me indicated that the md5 checksums matched up, I think the images are > ok. > Isn't the label in the image? If the label were wrong or corrupt, wouldn't the MD5Sum change? -Kyle > sarah > _______________________________________________ > install-discuss mailing list > install-discuss at opensolaris.org > http://opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/install-discus > s > This message posted from opensolaris.org
