installation

Ammad · 12-31-2004, 04:47 AM

is there any way to boot system using solaris floppy boot disk, how to create it, install solaris 10 from hard drive
thx

jlliagre · 12-31-2004, 06:00 AM

If you don't want to boot it from the hard-disk, the simpler way is to boot from the CD 1 of 2 or the DVD.

Ammad · 12-31-2004, 11:04 PM

i want to create setup boot disk like i create in windows using rawrite.exe to create setup boot disk for linux and install it from hard drive /dev/hda10, so i also want to install solaris from hard drive

jlliagre · 01-01-2005, 04:48 AM

I don't understand what is the problem you are trying to fix.
Have you succeeded in installing Solaris on your disk ?
Is your PC unable to boot on CD-ROM ?
What do you mean by "install from hard-drive" ?

Btw, you won't be able to install Solaris on /dev/hda10, as it must be installed on a primary partition (hda1 to hda4).

Ammad · 01-01-2005, 01:14 PM

like we copy windows cd to any partation and then run the setup to install it any time, in linux creating an *.iso images and boot from floppy disk & then defining path of *.iso directory, installation starts,
same way i wana install solaris.

jlliagre · 01-01-2005, 02:20 PM

OK, I got it now, but I don't think you can do it that way.
The closest manner I think of would be to set a boot (jumpstart) server and boot from network, that would be even without the need for a floppy disk (PXE boot).

Ammad · 01-02-2005, 12:33 AM

thx , if you know website to configure all servers on solaris 10

jlliagre · 01-03-2005, 01:06 AM

Sun documentation details that, search docs.sun.com for jumpstart and flash install.