[rescue] solaris installation media?

[Klaasjan Brand]

On Mon, 2002-04-22 at 22:19, Bill Bradford wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 10:04:15PM +0200, Klaasjan Brand wrote:
> > Ok,
> > I have posted here earlier about installation problems with Solaris on a
> > Sparcstation 5. I've used the Solaris 8 free binaries which I downloaded
> > a few weeks ago from Sun. Problem was the installation paniced. Since
> > the Sparc was a bit too heavy for use as a paperweight, I tried a Redhat
> > Linux 6.2 installation which succeeded without any problems.
> > I've found some references to different Solaris 8 media kits (versions?)
> > so I'm a bit curious if installing a different version would work... is
> > there anywhere I could get the older versions (Solaris 8 or maybe
> > 2.7/2.6)?
> 
> Try re-downloading-and-burning the installation CDs again.. Check the
> md5 sums, etc.
> 
> Bill
> 

Sounds great, but I just went to Sun's download site and could find
nothing remotely resembling a set of md5 sums for those cd's...

greets,
Klaasjan