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From: Nemo ad Nusquam on 1 Jan 2010 15:03 Huub wrote: [...] > If I boot the computer normally and put the DVD in, it is being mounted > and an icon appears on the JDS desktop. I can read and access the DVD. At > the moment I can just not boot from it. And I have installed Solaris from > self-burned DVD's using this DVD-drive before. > >> What happens if you put in a SUN-sourced DVD? > > I don't have an original SUN SPARC DVD. It came second(?) hand pre- > installed. I know my tale is not of much help but I had an odd problem last year with a Sun Solaris 10 install DVD. I could mount and read it in my SB2000 but it would not boot. I never had the time to resolve the problem but the next DVD release booted without incident. -- Posted via NewsDemon.com - Premium Uncensored Newsgroup Service ------->>>>>>http://www.NewsDemon.com<<<<<<------ Unlimited Access, Anonymous Accounts, Uncensored Broadband Access
From: Richard B. Gilbert on 1 Jan 2010 18:55 Nemo ad Nusquam wrote: > Huub wrote: > [...] >> If I boot the computer normally and put the DVD in, it is being >> mounted and an icon appears on the JDS desktop. I can read and access >> the DVD. At the moment I can just not boot from it. And I have >> installed Solaris from self-burned DVD's using this DVD-drive before. >> >>> What happens if you put in a SUN-sourced DVD? >> >> I don't have an original SUN SPARC DVD. It came second(?) hand pre- >> installed. > > I know my tale is not of much help but I had an odd problem last year > with a Sun Solaris 10 install DVD. I could mount and read it in my > SB2000 but it would not boot. I never had the time to resolve the > problem but the next DVD release booted without incident. > > -- > Posted via NewsDemon.com - Premium Uncensored Newsgroup Service > ------->>>>>>http://www.NewsDemon.com<<<<<<------ > Unlimited Access, Anonymous Accounts, Uncensored Broadband Access Many CD and/or DVD drives have difficulty bootin home made CDs or DVDs. Many reports over the years suggest that burning a disk at the lowest possible speed increases the probability that it will be bootable.
From: Huub on 2 Jan 2010 06:47 On Thu, 31 Dec 2009 10:09:11 +0100, Michael Laajanen wrote: > Hi, > > Huub wrote: >>> Did you burn the file you downloaded as an ISO image, or simply copy >>> it to a DVD as a file, then burn the DVD? The latter will not work. >>> >>> A more complete error message might be helpful, so one could see what >>> device it is trying to boot. >> >> I did it the right way: downloaded the ISO, then burned the ISO to DVD >> using gnome-baker. >> >> Complete error message: >> >> boot device: /pci@8,700000/scsi@6/disk@6,0:f File and args: >> Evaluating: boot cdrom >> >> Can't open boot device >> >> >> Thanks for helping out. > Unless you are dead sure about gnome-baker, can you write the DVD from > the Sparc,does it have a DVD burner? > > If, you just do cdrw -i <ISOFILE> > > > /michael I have burned many bootable DVD's and CD's over the years using gnome- baker, so I can be very sure indeed that it works. Unfortunately, the Sparc only has a DVD-ROM.
From: Michael Laajanen on 2 Jan 2010 08:17 Hi, Huub wrote: > On Thu, 31 Dec 2009 10:09:11 +0100, Michael Laajanen wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Huub wrote: >>>> Did you burn the file you downloaded as an ISO image, or simply copy >>>> it to a DVD as a file, then burn the DVD? The latter will not work. >>>> >>>> A more complete error message might be helpful, so one could see what >>>> device it is trying to boot. >>> I did it the right way: downloaded the ISO, then burned the ISO to DVD >>> using gnome-baker. >>> >>> Complete error message: >>> >>> boot device: /pci@8,700000/scsi@6/disk@6,0:f File and args: >>> Evaluating: boot cdrom >>> >>> Can't open boot device >>> >>> >>> Thanks for helping out. >> Unless you are dead sure about gnome-baker, can you write the DVD from >> the Sparc,does it have a DVD burner? >> >> If, you just do cdrw -i <ISOFILE> >> >> >> /michael > > I have burned many bootable DVD's and CD's over the years using gnome- > baker, so I can be very sure indeed that it works. Unfortunately, the > Sparc only has a DVD-ROM. > I have never had any problem booting homemake CD's, have you checked the checksum of the ISO? /michael
From: Huub on 3 Jan 2010 14:38
On Fri, 01 Jan 2010 18:55:57 -0500, Richard B. Gilbert wrote: > Many CD and/or DVD drives have difficulty bootin home made CDs or DVDs. > Many reports over the years suggest that burning a disk at the lowest > possible speed increases the probability that it will be bootable. I took another DVD-writer and burned at 2.5 speed; no problem this time. Thank you for the advise. |