[Sunhelp] downgrade Solaris 7 to Solaris 2.6

[Giri Sekar]

Salih DikFesci wrote:

> 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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Hai Salih:


The Ultra-5, Ultra-10 and Ultra-60 require Solaris 2.5.1 HW 11/97 or Solaris
2.6 HW 3/98 or later. You can't boot them from older installation media.  So
there is nothing wrong with you . It is with the installation media. Hope this
helps.

Giri.