[SunHELP] Solaris 2.8 Install... Not

[P Nutton]

Hi,

I believe if you choose one of the other CDs out of the Solaris 8 install,
you get the old, simple, non web installation. Can't remember which one,
though and I was using a Wyse terminal....
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Paul Nutton, SysAdmin, AWE plc

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Hechinger <wonko at entropy.tmok.com>
> To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org
> Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 13:07:27 -0500 (EST)
> Subject: [SunHELP] Solaris 2.8 Install... Not
> Reply-To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org
> 
> > I just put a Solaris 2.8 CD in a sparc 20 (128M Ram), and typed boot
> cdrom
> > at the ok prompt.  After I see "Solaris Web Start 3.0 installer", the
> > machine seems to hang.
> 
> unplug the keyboard.  take out the framebuffer.  attach a serial console.
> install solaris.  re-attach keyboard and framebuffer, boot -r, and you
> should be on your way. :)
> 
> that's a joke, but it's how i do it cause that GUI installation deal
> annoys
> the fsck out of me.  either that or use an older unsupported (for console
> graphics) frambuffer which has the same effect, you just don't need a
> serial
> console.
> 
> > Anyone else install 2.8 on a sparc 20?  Any thoughts on what to check?
> 
> i installed Solaris 8 on three sparc 20s now.  two with SM71 CPUs (both
> single
> and dual-CPU) and one with a Ross HyperSPARC (150Mhz, 512K Ecache) and i
> didn't
> have a bit of trouble.  what to check?  not really sure.  could you
> cut'n'paste
> the console output? (another good reason to use a serial console)
> 
> start all the way from the beginning with the bootup banner and
> everything.
> 
> cheers,
> 
> -brian
> 
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