AW: [SunRescue] Installing Solaris without cdrom

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Hi,

how can I do that when all I have is a SUN IPC and a PC running
Solaris 8?

My IPC has a 2GB HDD which I could connect to my Symbios controller
in my PC. But I'm not sure what you meant when you said
<< Set it to the correct ID (I think it's 6) and tell the boot prom
   to boot prom to boot from the CDROM drive. >>

so long,
	chris

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Von: rescue-admin at sunhelp.org [mailto:rescue-admin at sunhelp.org]Im
Auftrag von Stephen Olson
Gesendet: Montag, 17. Juli 2000 05:13
An: rescue at sunhelp.org
Betreff: Re: [SunRescue] Installing Solaris without cdrom


Thomas

I have successfully installed Solaris 7 on an IPC with no CDROM drive.  If
you have an extra hard drive that will work in the UltraBook, you can use dd
to copy the entire install CD to the disk (use the classic for this part).
Set it to the correct ID (I think it's 6) and tell the boot prom to boot
prom
to boot from the CDROM drive.  The UltraBook will see the hard drive as a
CDROM and the install should go as normal.  This trick has been known to
work
with the larger removable drives, such as the SyJet and Jaz drives.  I think
it's documented under the CDROM section of one of the FAQ's on sunhelp.


-Steve


Thomas Dagonnier wrote:

> I was wondering if anyone has ever tried (and managed to) install a fresh
> solaris (7, e.g.) installation on a sparc system without CD-ROM (in this
> case, an UltraBook due to the connector (SCSI UltraWide), i cannot connect
> one of my current CDROM without buying a new cable ...).
>
> There's a procedure explained on docs.sun.com but it includes the use of a
> Solaris server, using Solstice and i don't want to swap Linux for Solaris
> (and then back to Linux) on my 'Classic.
>
> I use the command 'boot net' and by following the correct procedure, i
> installed linux correctly on this 'Classic and can also do it on the
> ultrabook but i don't think it is the way to do it with solaris.
>
> So, if anyone has a solution which runs with a Linux server (with may or
> may not be a sparc), it will help me a lot
>
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