Solaris 10 x86 installation problem

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 ?

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)?

--
Ian Collins.

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)?
>
> --
> Ian Collins.

Pentium III Gigabyte , Intel Celeron 900 MH, 512 MB Ram .

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.

On Aug 23, 12:45*pm, and...@cucumber.demon.co.uk (Andrew Gabriel)
wrote:
> In article <8d9f3c43-f755-43d5-98b4-62e0aecc9...@k37g2000hsf.googlegroups..com>,
> * * * * happytoday writes:
>
> > 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 .
>
> A bug with S10U5 on Pentium III systems.
>
> You need to invoke kmdb at boot and patch the system...
>
> Select the appropriate grub entry and type 'e' to edit it.
> Select the kernel line and type 'e' to edit it.
> Append -kd to cause kmdb to load and take control and hit return.
> Type 'b' to boot. kmdb will take over control when it loads.
> Issue the command "cmi_no_init/W1" to kmdb to patch cmi_no_init to a 1.
> Issue the command ":c" to kmdb to continue running Solaris.
>
> You should now be able to install the system.
>
> You will need to do the same again to boot the installed system
> for the first time.
>
> When it's booted, add the following line to /etc/system:
>
> set cpu\.generic:gcpu_legacy_cpu_support=1
>
> and recreate the boot archive (not sure if necessary, but harmless):
>
> bootadm update-archive -f
>
> It should work OK then on.
>
> --
> Andrew Gabriel
> [email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup]

I tried and it works. What can I do about the message "unable to
configure network interface" . I typed exit and continued without Java
but I faced a message of "Disk error : this is not Solaris CD/DVD"
Though the DVD is well downloaded and burn it to the DVD.

On Aug 23, 2:25*pm, and...@cucumber.demon.co.uk (Andrew Gabriel)
wrote:
> In article <3c34d34d-673c-4489-b17e-4ef7eb21c...@8g2000hse.googlegroups.com>,
> * * * * happytoday writes:
>
> > I tried and it works. What can I do about the message "unable to
> > configure network interface" .
>
> Ignore it. That just means it couldn't automatically configure
> the interface from a jumpstart server (which you probably don't
> have). You get to manually configure it later.
>
> > I typed exit and continued without Java
> > but I faced a message of "Disk error : this is not Solaris CD/DVD"
> > Though the DVD is well downloaded and burn it to the DVD.
>
> 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.
>
> --
> Andrew Gabriel
> [email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup]

I type append -kd instead of cdrom in GRUB kernel then I am find those
prompts :
-Loading
Welcome kmdb...
[0]>cmi_no_init/W1
cmi_no_init : 0 = 0x1
[0]>:c

Solaris installation and version
Notice : Kernel debug present disabling console power management

configuring devices
\
Error : unable to configure network interface
exiting to shell
#exit
nfs mount nfs file system use [host:]path
using RPL boot parameters host network configuration
Then I go to installation steps till the checkbox of Manually or
automatic rebooting then I had that error :

Warnning :
Error : The disk you inserted is not Solaris Operating system CD/DVD
>pressing 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 ?
Do you

On Aug 23, 6:00*pm, happytoday wrote:
> On Aug 23, 2:25*pm, and...@cucumber.demon.co.uk (Andrew Gabriel)
> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > In article <3c34d34d-673c-4489-b17e-4ef7eb21c...@8g2000hse.googlegroups..com>,
> > * * * * happytoday writes:
>
> > > I tried and it works. What can I do about the message "unable to
> > > configure network interface" .
>
> > Ignore it. That just means it couldn't automatically configure
> > the interface from a jumpstart server (which you probably don't
> > have). You get to manually configure it later.
>
> > > I typed exit and continued without Java
> > > but I faced a message of "Disk error : this is not Solaris CD/DVD"
> > > Though the DVD is well downloaded and burn it to the DVD.
>
> > 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.
>
> > --
> > Andrew Gabriel
> > [email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup]
>
> I type append -kd instead of cdrom in GRUB kernel then I am find those
> prompts :
> -Loading
> Welcome kmdb...
> [0]>cmi_no_init/W1
> cmi_no_init : 0 = 0x1
> [0]>:c
>
> Solaris installation and version
> Notice : Kernel debug present disabling console power management
>
> configuring devices
> \
> Error : unable to configure network interface
> exiting to shell
> #exit
> nfs mount nfs file system use [host:]path
> using RPL boot parameters host network configuration
> Then I go to installation steps till the checkbox of Manually or
> automatic rebooting then I had that error :
>
> Warnning :
> Error : The disk you inserted is not Solaris Operating system CD/DVD>pressing 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 ?
> Do you- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

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

happytoday wrote:
> On Aug 23, 6:00 pm, happytoday wrote:
>> On Aug 23, 2:25 pm, and...@cucumber.demon.co.uk (Andrew Gabriel)
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> In article <3c34d34d-673c-4489-b17e-4ef7eb21c...@8g2000hse.googlegroups.com>,
>>> happytoday writes:
>>>> I tried and it works. What can I do about the message "unable to
>>>> configure network interface" .
>>> Ignore it. That just means it couldn't automatically configure
>>> the interface from a jumpstart server (which you probably don't
>>> have). You get to manually configure it later.
>>>> I typed exit and continued without Java
>>>> but I faced a message of "Disk error : this is not Solaris CD/DVD"
>>>> Though the DVD is well downloaded and burn it to the DVD.
>>> 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.
>>> --
>>> Andrew Gabriel
>>> [email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup]
>> I type append -kd instead of cdrom in GRUB kernel then I am find those
>> prompts :
>> -Loading
>> Welcome kmdb...
>> [0]>cmi_no_init/W1
>> cmi_no_init : 0 = 0x1
>> [0]>:c
>>
>> Solaris installation and version
>> Notice : Kernel debug present disabling console power management
>>
>> configuring devices
>> \
>> Error : unable to configure network interface
>> exiting to shell
>> #exit
>> nfs mount nfs file system use [host:]path
>> using RPL boot parameters host network configuration
>> Then I go to installation steps till the checkbox of Manually or
>> automatic rebooting then I had that error :
>>
>> Warnning :
>> Error : The disk you inserted is not Solaris Operating system CD/DVD>pressing 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 ?
>> Do you- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
> 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

The ISO file that you downloaded must be burned to the disk as an
"image". IOW the iso file IS the entire contents and file structure of
a CD/DVD. If you burn it as a file, the resulting CD/DVD will not be
bootable. I'm not familiar with Nero so I can't help you with it but
check out the menu choices. . . .

On Aug 23, 8:05*pm, "Richard B. Gilbert"
wrote:
> happytoday wrote:
> > On Aug 23, 6:00 pm, happytoday wrote:
> >> On Aug 23, 2:25 pm, and...@cucumber.demon.co.uk (Andrew Gabriel)
> >> wrote:
>
> >>> In article <3c34d34d-673c-4489-b17e-4ef7eb21c...@8g2000hse.googlegroups.com>,
> >>> * * * * happytoday writes:
> >>>> I tried and it works. What can I do about the message "unable to
> >>>> configure network interface" .
> >>> Ignore it. That just means it couldn't automatically configure
> >>> the interface from a jumpstart server (which you probably don't
> >>> have). You get to manually configure it later.
> >>>> I typed exit and continued without Java
> >>>> but I faced a message of "Disk error : this is not Solaris CD/DVD"
> >>>> Though the DVD is well downloaded and burn it to the DVD.
> >>> 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.
> >>> --
> >>> Andrew Gabriel
> >>> [email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup]
> >> I type append -kd instead of cdrom in GRUB kernel then I am find those
> >> prompts :
> >> -Loading
> >> Welcome kmdb...
> >> [0]>cmi_no_init/W1
> >> cmi_no_init : 0 = 0x1
> >> [0]>:c
>
> >> Solaris installation and version
> >> Notice : Kernel debug present disabling console power management
>
> >> configuring devices
> >> \
> >> Error : unable to configure network interface
> >> exiting to shell
> >> #exit
> >> nfs mount nfs file system use [host:]path
> >> using RPL boot parameters host network configuration
> >> Then I go to installation steps till the checkbox of Manually or
> >> automatic rebooting then I had that error :
>
> >> Warnning :
> >> Error : The disk you inserted is not Solaris Operating system CD/DVD>pressing 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 ?
> >> Do you- Hide quoted text -
>
> >> - Show quoted text -
>
> > 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
>
> The ISO file that you downloaded must be burned to the disk as an
> "image". *IOW the iso file IS the entire contents and file structure of
> a CD/DVD. *If you burn it as a file, the resulting CD/DVD will not be
> bootable. *I'm not familiar with Nero so I can't help you with it but
> check out the menu choices. . . .- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

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

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 -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Do you have a better solution (software program) to avoid that
problem ?