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From: Hugo on 22 May 2010 03:37

On 21-May-2010, mogharr <mogharr(a)yahoo.com> wrote:

> I downloaded below files to install the solaris 10 on x86 and Sparc.
>
> Questions for x86 PC: -- Should I burn all of the files as they are on
> DVD?
> -- Do I need to unzip sol-10-u8-companion-ga-iso.zip, then burn it on
> DVD?
>
> Downloaded Solaris 10 10/09 Operating System DVD Full for Solaris 10
> OS, x64/x86, Multi-language
> sol-10-u8-ga-x86-dvd.iso (2,444.69 MB)
> sol-10-u8-companion-ga-md5sum.txt (0.40 KB)
> sol-10-u8-ga-md5sum-x86.txt (0.58 KB)
> sol-10-u8-companion-ga-iso.zip (634.45 MB)

Presuming your running Windows, use something like Nero or "ImgBurn" (free
download) to burn the ISO to a DVD (it's a bit like a zip compression,
except that it's not really compressed, .iso is an *image* of a CD/DVD or
even BR disc). Boot from that DVD for your X86 machine.


> Question for Sparc: -- The Sparc workstation only has the CD ROM. I
> know that I have to unzip sol-10-
> u8-ga-sparc-dvd-iso-a.zip and sol-10-u8-ga-sparc-dvd-iso-b.zip. Then
> How
> could I burn them to CD?
> -- Do I have to unzip sol-10-u8-companion-ga-iso.zip before burn it on
> CD?
>
> Downloaded Solaris 10 10/09 Operating System DVD Segmented for Solaris
> 10 OS, SPARC, Multi-language
> sol-10-u8-ga-sparc-dvd-iso-a.zip (1,195.68 MB)
> sol-10-u8-ga-sparc-dvd-iso-b.zip (1,194.06 MB)
> sol-10-u8-companion-ga-md5sum.txt (0.40 KB)
> sol-10-u8-companion-ga-iso.zip (634.45 MB)
> sol-10-u8-ga-md5sum-sparc.txt (0.59 KB)

You wont be able to install this from CD - Solaris use to offer a CD version
of the downloads before Solaris 10-U8.. But they seem to have dropped it
now - which makes sense because only really OLD machines will still have
CDdrives. If your SPARC box has a traditional sized CD drive (i.e. the same
size as one that'd you find in X86 system), then use Ebay to search for a
replacement DVD drive. If you've got something like a V240 which has a
laptop sized CDdrive, then it's going to be fairly expensive to replace that
with a DVD drive. If you have *another* SPARC box with a DVD drive, you
could install Solaris on that first and create a JumpStart installation for
your Sparc box with a CD drive (Jumpstart = network installation of
Solaris).

If you do get a replacement DVD drive, then you need to 'attach' the files
ending in "dvd-iso-a" and "dvd-iso-b" so that they are ONE file before you
can burn the resultant .iso file to DVD. In Windows you do this using "copy
/b sol-10-u8-ga-sparc-dvd-iso-a + sol-10-u8-ga-sparc-dvd-iso-b
solaris10-sparc.iso".

An even EASIER option would be to go to
http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/releases.jsp and download the CD images
for Solaris 05/09 and burn them to CD's for SPARC. Then you'd be able to
install that without any hassle, and use the Solaris Upgrade feature to
upgrade to the latest version (if that's still possible under Oracle - Im
not sure..).

Good luck.
From: Michael Laajanen on 23 May 2010 18:39
Hi,

mogharr wrote:
> I downloaded below files to install the solaris 10 on x86 and Sparc.
>
> Questions for x86 PC: -- Should I burn all of the files as they are on
> DVD?
> -- Do I need to unzip sol-10-u8-companion-ga-iso.zip, then burn it on
> DVD?
>
> Downloaded Solaris 10 10/09 Operating System DVD Full for Solaris 10
> OS, x64/x86, Multi-language
> sol-10-u8-ga-x86-dvd.iso (2,444.69 MB)
> sol-10-u8-companion-ga-md5sum.txt (0.40 KB)
> sol-10-u8-ga-md5sum-x86.txt (0.58 KB)
> sol-10-u8-companion-ga-iso.zip (634.45 MB)
>
> Question for Sparc: -- The Sparc workstation only has the CD ROM. I
> know that I have to unzip sol-10-
> u8-ga-sparc-dvd-iso-a.zip and sol-10-u8-ga-sparc-dvd-iso-b.zip. Then
> How
> could I burn them to CD?
> -- Do I have to unzip sol-10-u8-companion-ga-iso.zip before burn it on
> CD?
>
> Downloaded Solaris 10 10/09 Operating System DVD Segmented for Solaris
> 10 OS, SPARC, Multi-language
> sol-10-u8-ga-sparc-dvd-iso-a.zip (1,195.68 MB)
> sol-10-u8-ga-sparc-dvd-iso-b.zip (1,194.06 MB)
> sol-10-u8-companion-ga-md5sum.txt (0.40 KB)
> sol-10-u8-companion-ga-iso.zip (634.45 MB)
> sol-10-u8-ga-md5sum-sparc.txt (0.59 KB)
Start by installing on the x86, once thats done then you
setup the x86 S10 box as a jumpstart(net install) server, very very easy
and then you from openboot do "boot net - install" and the install
beginnes just like from a DVD

1. copy the u8-ga-sparc-dvd-iso-a.zip to the x86 S10 box in /
as root
2. # cd /
3. # unzip u8-ga-sparc-dvd-iso-a.zip
4. # lofiadm -a /u8-ga-sparc-dvd-iso-a.zip
5. # mount -F hsfs /dev/lofi/1 /mnt
6. # cd /mnt/Solaris_10/Tools
7. # ./setup_install_server /install/Solaris10/1009/Sparc
8. # put the IP address of the sparc in /etc/hosts and the MAC address
in /etc/ethers
9. # /install/Solaris10/1009/Sparc/Solaris/Tools/add_install_client
sun4u <hostname>


/michael


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