Solaris 10 x86 installation problem

"Ian Collins" wrote in message
news:6ha2s0Fk4q8mU6-at-mid.individual.net...
> happytoday wrote:
>> On Aug 23, 10:57 am, Ian Collins wrote:
>>> happytoday wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>> I donwloaded the file sol-10-u5-ga-x86-dvd.iso from sun.com then I
>>>> burn to a DVD and when I tried to install Solaris x86 on my PC The
>>>> computer hang up after the message Of :
>>>> Solaris 5.10 Version Generic-127128-11 32 Bit
>>>> use is lisubject to license terms .
>>>> Any Ideas what is behind the hang up ?
>>> What's the PC (motherboard, CPU, RAM)?
>>>
>>
>> Pentium III Gigabyte , Intel Celeron 900 MH, 512 MB Ram .
>
> Solaris 10U5 has issues with PIII systems, check the group archives.
>
> --
> Ian Collins.

Thanks for the tip. I am running I believe Solaris 10 U3 on a dual PIII
supermicro mobo. Works fine.

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happytoday wrote:

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>> Looks like it lost the Rock Ridge filenaming.
>> Needs to be a raw image copy, then this can't happen.
>>
>> --
>> Andrew Gabriel
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> Do you have a better solution (software program) to avoid that
> problem ?

Download the WIndows Server Resource kit, and use the cdburn command
that comes with it to write the ISO block for block onto the DVD.

Had the same problem a couple of times using Sonic RecordNow, but not
since switching to this method.

Chris
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In happytoday writes:

>On Aug 23, 6:00=A0pm, happytoday wrote:
>> On Aug 23, 2:25=A0pm, and...@cucumber.demon.co.uk (Andrew Gabriel)
>> wrote:
>>
>> > In article <3c34d34d-673c-4489-b17e-4ef7eb21c...@8g2000hse.googlegroups=
>.com>,
>> > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 happytoday writes:
>>
>> > Can you post some console lines preceding and including the
>> > error. I can't tell where you've got to from what you've said.
>>
>> Warnning :
>> Error : The disk you inserted is not Solaris Operating system CD/DVD>pres=
>sing F2
>>
>> There were problems loading the media from /cdrom
>>
>> Though I I copied the ISO file using Nero to 2 DVD both of them are re-
>> writeable ?

You shouldn't have two DVDs, just one. If you downloaded the DVD in
two parts, you have to concatenate them into one ISO before burning
it. In Windows, this works:

copy /b sol-10-u5-ga-x86-dvd-iso-a + sol-10-u5-ga-x86-dvd-iso-b sol-10-u5-ga-x86-dvd.iso

Nero works too. You use the `create DVD from image' function. You
have to tell it to display ISO types before you will see the file.

>I wrote the ISO file sol-10-u5-ga-x86-dvd.iso to a new DVD-rom with
>the previous problem :
>Error : The disk you inserted is not Solaris Operating system CD/DVD
--
-Gary Mills- -Unix Support- -U of M Academic Computing and Networking-

happytoday wrote:
> On Aug 23, 8:34 pm, and...@cucumber.demon.co.uk (Andrew Gabriel)
> wrote:
>
>>In article ,
>> happytoday writes:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>Yes I burn it as ISO file but I do not know why this error appears
>>>even the results of dir command is below :
>>>G:\>dir
>>> Volume in drive G is SOL_10_508_X86
>>> Volume Serial Number is A3BE-34A5
>>> Directory of G:\
>>>03/24/2008 09:57 PM 2,048 .CATALOG
>>>02/27/2008 11:01 PM 92 .CDTOC
>>>03/24/2008 09:56 PM .INSTALL
>>>03/24/2008 09:56 PM 0 .INSTALL_CONFIG
>>>02/27/2008 11:01 PM 419 .SLICEMAPFILE
>>>03/24/2008 09:56 PM BOOT
>>>02/27/2008 11:01 PM 6,557 COPYRIGHT
>>>03/24/2008 09:40 PM 257 INSTALLER
>>>02/27/2008 11:01 PM 460,262 JDS-THIRDPARTYLICENSEREADME
>>>03/24/2008 09:56 PM LICENSE
>>>03/24/2008 09:56 PM SOLARIS_10
>>>02/27/2008 11:01 PM 19 _VOLUME.INF
>>>03/24/2008 09:41 PM 26 _VOLUME_INF.1
>>>03/24/2008 09:41 PM 26 _VOLUME_INF.2
>>>03/24/2008 09:40 PM 21 _VOLUME_INF.3
>>>03/24/2008 09:40 PM 21 _VOLUME_INF.4
>>>03/24/2008 09:40 PM 21 _VOLUME_INF.5
>>> 13 File(s) 469,769 bytes
>>> 4 Dir(s) 0 bytes free
>>
>>Looks like it lost the Rock Ridge filenaming.
>>Needs to be a raw image copy, then this can't happen.
>>
>>--
>>Andrew Gabriel
>>[email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup]- Hide quoted text -
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>>- Show quoted text -
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>
> Do you have a better solution (software program) to avoid that
> problem ?

Nero can do it. You just need to use the "Burn Image to Disk" option
under the "Copy and Backup" heading. It expects a .iso file -- if you
downloaded a zipped copy you might need to unzip first, but nothing
more -- you feed Nero a single file .iso file that contains everything.

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On Aug 24, 1:13*am, CJT wrote:
> happytoday wrote:
> > On Aug 23, 8:34 pm, and...@cucumber.demon.co.uk (Andrew Gabriel)
> > wrote:
>
> >>In article ,
> >> * * * *happytoday writes:
>
> >>>Yes I burn it as ISO file but I do not know why this error appears
> >>>even the results of dir command is below :
> >>>G:\>dir
> >>> Volume in drive G is SOL_10_508_X86
> >>> Volume Serial Number is A3BE-34A5
> >>> Directory of G:\
> >>>03/24/2008 *09:57 PM * * * * * * 2,048 .CATALOG
> >>>02/27/2008 *11:01 PM * * * * * * * *92 .CDTOC
> >>>03/24/2008 *09:56 PM * * * * * * *.INSTALL
> >>>03/24/2008 *09:56 PM * * * * * * * * 0 .INSTALL_CONFIG
> >>>02/27/2008 *11:01 PM * * * * * * * 419 .SLICEMAPFILE
> >>>03/24/2008 *09:56 PM * * * * * * *BOOT
> >>>02/27/2008 *11:01 PM * * * * * * 6,557 COPYRIGHT
> >>>03/24/2008 *09:40 PM * * * * * * * 257 INSTALLER
> >>>02/27/2008 *11:01 PM * * * * * 460,262 JDS-THIRDPARTYLICENSEREADME
> >>>03/24/2008 *09:56 PM * * * * * * *LICENSE
> >>>03/24/2008 *09:56 PM * * * * * * *SOLARIS_10
> >>>02/27/2008 *11:01 PM * * * * * * * *19 _VOLUME.INF
> >>>03/24/2008 *09:41 PM * * * * * * * *26 _VOLUME_INF.1
> >>>03/24/2008 *09:41 PM * * * * * * * *26 _VOLUME_INF.2
> >>>03/24/2008 *09:40 PM * * * * * * * *21 _VOLUME_INF.3
> >>>03/24/2008 *09:40 PM * * * * * * * *21 _VOLUME_INF.4
> >>>03/24/2008 *09:40 PM * * * * * * * *21 _VOLUME_INF.5
> >>> * * * * * * *13 File(s) * * * *469,769 bytes
> >>> * * * * * * * 4 Dir(s) * * * * * * * 0 bytes free
>
> >>Looks like it lost the Rock Ridge filenaming.
> >>Needs to be a raw image copy, then this can't happen.
>
> >>--
> >>Andrew Gabriel
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> >>- Show quoted text -
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> > Do you have *a better solution (software program) to avoid that
> > problem ?
>
> Nero can do it. *You just need to use the "Burn Image to Disk" option
> under the "Copy and Backup" heading. *It expects a .iso file -- if you
> downloaded a zipped copy you might need to unzip first, but nothing
> more -- you feed Nero a single file .iso file that contains everything.
>
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I tried that cdburn utility in in the windows server I got that
message :

D:\Program Files\Windows Resource Kits\Tools>cdburn G: -erase E:
\operating_syste
ms\UNIX\SOLARIS\Solaris_10_x86\sol-10-u5-ga-x86-dvd.iso
Erasing media before burning
Number of blocks in ISO image is 10d560
Erasing target media
Media erased
Error verifying next writable address

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happytoday wrote:

> I tried that cdburn utility in in the windows server I got that
> message :
>
> D:\Program Files\Windows Resource Kits\Tools>cdburn G: -erase E:
> \operating_syste
> ms\UNIX\SOLARIS\Solaris_10_x86\sol-10-u5-ga-x86-dvd.iso
> Erasing media before burning
> Number of blocks in ISO image is 10d560
> Erasing target media
> Media erased
> Error verifying next writable address

And if you don't erase it before writing it?

I've used cdburn countless times without generating this error.
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On Aug 24, 9:42*pm, "Chris \"Saundo\" Saunderson"
wrote:
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> happytoday wrote:
> > I tried that cdburn utility in in the windows server I got that
> > message :
>
> > D:\Program Files\Windows Resource Kits\Tools>cdburn G: -erase E:
> > \operating_syste
> > ms\UNIX\SOLARIS\Solaris_10_x86\sol-10-u5-ga-x86-dvd.iso
> > Erasing media before burning
> > Number of blocks in ISO image is 10d560
> > Erasing target media
> > Media erased
> > Error verifying next writable address
>
> And if you don't erase it before writing it?
>
> I've used cdburn countless times without generating this error.
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I faced that error also with a New Rom-DVD . May I have suspecy about
the DVD-writer !!!! ????
D:\Program Files\Windows Resource Kits\Tools>cdburn G: E:
\operating_systems\UNIX\SOLARIS\Solaris_10_x86\sol-10-u5-ga-x86-
dvd.iso
Number of blocks in ISO image is 10d560
Error verifying next writable address
I may consult the maintenance to clean the mirror of the laser ?

On Aug 24, 11:50*pm, happytoday wrote:
> On Aug 24, 9:42*pm, "Chris \"Saundo\" Saunderson"
>
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> > happytoday wrote:
> > > I tried that cdburn utility in in the windows server I got that
> > > message :
>
> > > D:\Program Files\Windows Resource Kits\Tools>cdburn G: -erase E:
> > > \operating_syste
> > > ms\UNIX\SOLARIS\Solaris_10_x86\sol-10-u5-ga-x86-dvd.iso
> > > Erasing media before burning
> > > Number of blocks in ISO image is 10d560
> > > Erasing target media
> > > Media erased
> > > Error verifying next writable address
>
> > And if you don't erase it before writing it?
>
> > I've used cdburn countless times without generating this error.
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> I faced that error also with a New Rom-DVD . May I have suspecy about
> the DVD-writer !!!! ????
> D:\Program Files\Windows Resource Kits\Tools>cdburn G: E:
> \operating_systems\UNIX\SOLARIS\Solaris_10_x86\sol-10-u5-ga-x86-
> dvd.iso
> Number of blocks in ISO image is 10d560
> Error verifying next writable address
> I may consult the maintenance to clean the mirror of the laser ?- Hide quoted text -
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I tried cdburn with a new ISO file I faced the same problem I am
having suspecious about the hardware of my optical DVD writer.
Thanks



D:\Program Files\Windows Resource Kits\Tools>cdburn G: :
\operating_systems\UNIX
\SOLARIS\Solaris_10_x86\install_check_1.4.iso
Number of blocks in ISO image is 9756
Error verifying next writable address

On Aug 25, 7:18 am, happytoday wrote:

> I tried cdburn with a new ISO file I faced the same problem I am
> having suspecious about the hardware of my optical DVD writer.

I don't think the issue is your DVD writer. I'm facing the same
problem ("Error : The disk you inserted is not Solaris Operating
system CD/DVD") installing on a Dell Optiplex 755 with the original
DVD media (x86) provided by Sun. I just found this thread while
investigating the issue.

I had a similar issue some time ago trying to install from the
original DVD (SPARC) on a Sun Enterprise T5220. The solution was to
download the ISO images for the CD install (instead of DVD) and
install from them.

I will try the same with this x86 install.

Regards,

On Aug 26, 11:40*am, "jav...@gmail.com" wrote:
> On Aug 25, 7:18 am, happytoday wrote:
>
> > I tried cdburn with a new ISO file I faced the same problem I am
> > having suspecious about the hardware of my optical DVD writer.
>
> I don't think the issue is your DVD writer. I'm facing the same
> problem ("Error : The disk you inserted is not Solaris Operating
> system CD/DVD") installing on a Dell Optiplex 755 with the original
> DVD media (x86) provided by Sun. I just found this thread while
> investigating the issue.
>
> I had a similar issue some time ago trying to install from the
> original DVD (SPARC) on a Sun Enterprise T5220. The solution was to
> download the ISO images for the CD install (instead of DVD) and
> install from them.
>
> I will try the same with this x86 install.
>
> Regards,

" downloaded the DVD in two parts, you have to concatenate them into
one ISO before burning it"
That is very strnge becuase Solaris 10 in DVD is one DVD not two .


Any way I tried to download the 5 files for Installing u5 of solaris
10 on PIII. I tried the GRUB command kmdb instead of cdrom but with
installing from CDs the PC totally hang up after issuing the GRUB
kmdb.
Is kmdb command related with installing from DVD ?

Should I gather them with copy /b and copy the ISO file generated to
DVD ???