> Thanks for your reply. My other post didn't work. I
> have downloaded the iso twice, double checked the
> md5, burned the iso three times on two different
> fresh dvd's at the slowest record speed. There is no
> option 4 in developer edition install. I am using
> windows to download and concatenate always worked
> before. The install log list everything that went in
> does not say what went wrong. Tried to include that
> to but would not post.
does the regular Solaris 10u4 or snv_b78 work on these systems?
Could it be a disk issue or a layout one? You can check the format analyze read
write test of the partition, also when you set the partition in the dvd install
GUI , by opening a shell or command tool or drop out of the text install and
run it from the console shell. When you do allocate the partition for root,
make sure you have make sure you do not have a negative rounding error of
cylinders when you allocate the slices under the solaris2 fdisk partition. also
you could try adjusting the cyl start and stop and or use a different
partition, if the disk is bad spot.
bash-3.00# format
Searching for disks...done
AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:
0. c0d0 <DEFAULT cyl 9962 alt 2 hd 255 sec 63>
/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL
PROTECTED],0
Specify disk (enter its number): 0
selecting c0d0
Controller working list found
[disk formatted, defect list found]
Warning: Current Disk has mounted partitions.
/dev/dsk/c0d0s0 is currently mounted on /. Please see umount(1M).
/dev/dsk/c0d0s1 is currently used by swap. Please see swap(1M).
/dev/dsk/c0d0s3 is in use for live upgrade /. Please see ludelete(1M).
/dev/dsk/c0d0s4 is currently mounted on /export. Please see umount(1M).
/dev/dsk/c0d0s5 is part of active ZFS pool zones. Please see zpool(1M).
FORMAT MENU:
disk - select a disk
type - select (define) a disk type
partition - select (define) a partition table
current - describe the current disk
format - format and analyze the disk
fdisk - run the fdisk program
repair - repair a defective sector
show - translate a disk address
label - write label to the disk
analyze - surface analysis
defect - defect list management
backup - search for backup labels
verify - read and display labels
save - save new disk/partition definitions
volname - set 8-character volume name
!<cmd> - execute <cmd>, then return
quit
format> analyze
ANALYZE MENU:
read - read only test (doesn't harm SunOS)
refresh - read then write (doesn't harm data)
test - pattern testing (doesn't harm data)
write - write then read (corrupts data)
compare - write, read, compare (corrupts data)
purge - write, read, write (corrupts data)
verify - write entire disk, then verify (corrupts data)
print - display data buffer
setup - set analysis parameters
config - show analysis parameters
!<cmd> - execute <cmd> , then return
quit
analyze>
Here is what I use 8gig root area and at least 2g to 8gig swap area as well, if
you only have 768m or more memory, and with extra swap helps, system may be
slow but not lock up. so on even a old system using a small hd will work.
bash-3.00# df -k
Filesystem kbytes used avail capacity Mounted on
/dev/dsk/c0d0s0 8068883 4885845 3102350 62% /
/devices 0 0 0 0% /devices
ctfs 0 0 0 0% /system/contract
proc 0 0 0 0% /proc
mnttab 0 0 0 0% /etc/mnttab
swap 9998668 864 9997804 1% /etc/svc/volatile
objfs 0 0 0 0% /system/object
/usr/lib/libc/libc_hwcap2.so.1
8068883 4885845 3102350 62% /lib/libc.so.1
fd 0 0 0 0% /dev/fd
swap 9999512 1708 9997804 1% /tmp
swap 9997828 24 9997804 1% /var/run
/dev/dsk/c0d0s4 8068883 74738 7913457 1% /export
zones 46190592 1337267 44853084 3% /zones
bash-3.00#
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