Installing Solaris 9

harperonline · 09-25-2003, 10:17 AM

Hello,

Please excuse my ignorance as I am new to Solaris.

I have recently downloaded the install, CD1 and CD2 Images from the Sun Site for the Intel Platform.

Problem - When I boot from the install disk the SunOS bug Trap screen opens up with a prompt asking me if I wish to debug. It wont allow me to go any futher.

What am I doing wrong?

Many Thanks

jdc2048 · 09-26-2003, 08:54 PM

Some detail about what you have and what you are doing will help.

You are booting to the CD from a powered off system?

What error do you get?

SunOS bug trap screen? Did I miss something? I don't recall seeing this when I tried installing Solaris 8 x86.

harperonline · 09-27-2003, 03:56 AM

Yeah I boot from the CD on a powered off system. The SunOS screen (Blue) comes onto the screen and then give a prompt saying there is a problem, spoken in hex, and asks me if I would like to de-bug.

jdc2048 · 09-27-2003, 07:12 PM

What kind of system you have would also help. For instance, I have a Dell Inspiron 8200 laptop, it is a Intel Pentium IV. I have tried to install Solaris 8 2/02 x86 and it blows up because the laptop has some strange hardware that Solaris can't handle.