Hi!

I downloaded the Solaris 10 6/06 DVD for Sparc, as I'd like to
install it on a SunFire 240 system. This system doesn't have a
graphics card, but it has a ALOM (Sun(tm) Advanced Lights Out
Manager 1.3), to which I can connect.

Now, how do I boot from the DVD to start the installation? I
inserted the DVD and got me a boot prompt:



{0} ok boot /pci@1e,600000/ide@d/cdrom

SC Alert: Host System has Reset

Sun Fire V240, No Keyboard
Copyright 1998-2003 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
OpenBoot 4.11.4, 4096 MB memory installed, Serial #59201045.
Ethernet address 0:3:ba:87:56:15, Host ID: 83875615.



Rebooting with command: boot /pci@1e,600000/ide@d/cdrom
Boot device: /pci@1e,600000/ide@d/cdrom File and args:
Evaluating:

Can't open boot device



This didn't work I also tried "boot cdrom" which also didn't work:


{1} ok boot cdrom
Boot device: /pci@1e,600000/ide@d/cdrom@0,0:f File and args:

Can't open boot device



What am I doing wrong?

I verified the md5sum of the downloaded ISO and it matches the one on
the sun site. I did not burn the ISO as a file to the DVD , but used
it "properly" (ie. when I had a look on it on my XP machine, I saw files).

Thanks,

Alexander Skwar
--
echo "ICK, NOTHING WORKED!!! You may have to diddle the includes.";;
-- Larry Wall in Configure from the perl distribution

> I downloaded the Solaris 10 6/06 DVD for Sparc, as I'd like to
> install it on a SunFire 240 system. This system doesn't have a
> graphics card, but it has a ALOM (Sun(tm) Advanced Lights Out
> Manager 1.3), to which I can connect.

It's probably not an ALOM issue, but the newest ALOM is up to 1.5.5.

> Now, how do I boot from the DVD to start the installation? I
> inserted the DVD and got me a boot prompt:
>
>
>
> {0} ok boot /pci@1e,600000/ide@d/cdrom

The boot path for the DVD-ROM is /pci@1e,600000/ide@d so why not just do:

{0} ok boot cdrom

> SC Alert: Host System has Reset
>
> Sun Fire V240, No Keyboard
> Copyright 1998-2003 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
> OpenBoot 4.11.4, 4096 MB memory installed, Serial #59201045.
> Ethernet address 0:3:ba:87:56:15, Host ID: 83875615.

Probably not a firmware issue, but the latest firmware is up to 4.22.11 so
you're way out of date!

> Rebooting with command: boot /pci@1e,600000/ide@d/cdrom
> Boot device: /pci@1e,600000/ide@d/cdrom File and args:
> Evaluating:
>
> Can't open boot device
>
>
>
> This didn't work I also tried "boot cdrom" which also didn't work:
>
>
> {1} ok boot cdrom
> Boot device: /pci@1e,600000/ide@d/cdrom@0,0:f File and args:
>
> Can't open boot device

Never mind...Didn't realize you tried the already defined cdrom alias.

> What am I doing wrong?
>
> I verified the md5sum of the downloaded ISO and it matches the one on
> the sun site. I did not burn the ISO as a file to the DVD , but used
> it "properly" (ie. when I had a look on it on my XP machine, I saw files).

Can you boot off other Solaris CDs other than the latest Solaris 10 you
burned?
Are you able to boot this particular burned CD-ROM on other SPARC based
machines?

Trinean

Alexander Skwar wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I downloaded the Solaris 10 6/06 DVD for Sparc, as I'd like to
> install it on a SunFire 240 system. This system doesn't have a
> graphics card, but it has a ALOM (Sun(tm) Advanced Lights Out
> Manager 1.3), to which I can connect.
>
> Now, how do I boot from the DVD to start the installation? I
> inserted the DVD and got me a boot prompt:
>
>
>
> {0} ok boot /pci@1e,600000/ide@d/cdrom
>
> SC Alert: Host System has Reset
>
> Sun Fire V240, No Keyboard
> Copyright 1998-2003 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
> OpenBoot 4.11.4, 4096 MB memory installed, Serial #59201045.
> Ethernet address 0:3:ba:87:56:15, Host ID: 83875615.
>
>
>
> Rebooting with command: boot /pci@1e,600000/ide@d/cdrom
> Boot device: /pci@1e,600000/ide@d/cdrom File and args:
> Evaluating:
>
> Can't open boot device
>


Been there done that,

All DVD burners are not created equal.

I Had A liteon DVD burner in my SPARC WS and it could not boot
from a
DVD burned on the same Drive same workstation.

The advice I got was - Change to Plextor . So I got a Plextor 760A
DVD
burner in the WS and it works.

If you burned this DVD on a substandard PC DVD writer it might be
unusable.
The DVD boot puts higher demands on accuracy on the medium. and the
DVD readers accuracy. If you try with CD's instead of DVD you have
amuch
greater possibility for home-burned media to work.


//Lars

Trinean <trinean@yahoo.com>:

> Can you boot off other Solaris CDs other than the latest Solaris 10 you
> burned?

No, I cannot. I tried the original Solaris 10 DVD 3/05, and it fails
with the same error message. As it fails with "real" DVDs, I don't
think that I've got a media issue. I also burned the 6/06 DVD on a
different brand of media, and it also failed. This makes me even more
sure, that I don't have (only) a media issue.

PS: Thanks for the information that I'm out-of-date! I appreciate that
you looked so closely! I'll update in the near future.

> Are you able to boot this particular burned CD-ROM on other SPARC based
> machines?

I've got none, where I could try.

Alexander Skwar
--
Alive without breath,
As cold as death;
Never thirsty, ever drinking,
All in mail never clinking.

Trinean <trinean@yahoo.com>:

> Are you able to boot this particular burned CD-ROM on other SPARC based
> machines?

I'm now also to boot this particular burned CD-ROM on this particular
SPARC box

It seems that the DVD drive wasn't properly connected, although it had
power. Anyway - after removing the drive and re-inserting it, I can
boot just fine.

Thanks a lot for your help!

Alexander Skwar
--
Tip the world over on its side and everything loose will land in Los Angeles.
-- Frank Lloyd Wright