[Sunhelp] downgrade Solaris 7 to Solaris 2.6

Eddie Watkins Eddie.Watkins at mail.moray.gov.uk
Fri Aug 25 06:09:36 CDT 2000


I think that to install 2.6 you need to boot from the Operating Environment
Installation CD that is attached to the inside cover of the 'Installing
Solaris Software for Selected Hardware' manual and follow the prompts.  This
may only apply to the Solaris 2.6 5/98 release.

Eddie Watkins

> 
> 
> Hi there,
> 
> I want to downgrade my ultra10 from solaris 7 to solaris 2.6, 
> because a 
> application that I want to install is only supporting 2.6 at 
> the moment. If 
> I boot from the solaris cdrom I get the message
> boot: cannot open kernel/unix
> Enter filename [kernel/unix]:
> So I cannot install the 2.6 version
> Can anybody provide me with a hint what I make wrong ?
> 
> Thanks in advance
> Regards Salih





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