> I got the ISO from the Solaris website.I burn it.I > follow and follow the install steps until it asks me > from what do I wish to install Solaris 10 from.I > select CD\DVD.It gets to 5% then it says something > like " Solaris instalation was not found on the > selected medium".Then what the f... did it boot > from?! A floppy?!
(:-) It looks like two possible scenarios: 1. did you verify / do a MD5 checksum on all the ISO / pieces of it and compare the results with what was listed on the download page? 2. sometimes, when the disk doesn't yet have a Solaris VTOC, the installer complains; if you can boot to single user mode (add -s in the GRUB menu) and run `fdisk /dev/rdsk/c#d#p0` (like: `fdisk /dev/rdsk/c0d0p0`), then you'll be able to write a VTOC on the disk. WARNING: should you choose step 2., you should be extremely careful, because it is extremely easy to wipe the existing partitions on the disk and/or make the existing operating systems on the disk unbootable. You must read the fdisk documentation on docs.sun.com, and you must understand what you are doing. In particular, you must comprehend the difference between BIOS partitions and Solaris slices, which are written inside of one of BIOS partitions on the i86pc platform. In any case, step 1. is highly recommended before attempting step 2. (if at all). This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
