[SunHELP] cant boot from cdrom on an E250 when trying to install Solaris 8

[Will Mc Donald]

Could it be that the machine is trying to boot into the OpenWindows
installer? Try...

boot cdrom -s

... from the ok prompt.

In fact with Solaris 8 I seem to remember that it's important which CD you
boot off as well, the first CD is some sort of webstart/graphical rubbish
isn't it?  I *think* you need to boot of the 2nd CD to get the text mode
installer but I can't remember exactly, check the archives.

Will.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Matt Lemsing" <MattL at resmed.com.au>
To: <sunhelp at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2001 7:36 AM
Subject: [SunHELP] cant boot from cdrom on an E250 when trying to install
Solaris 8


> hi all,
>
> I am currently trying to install Solaris 8 on our dev server - UltraSPARC
> e250 and have followed the guide to every letter - ie -
>
> shutdown processes then type halt ot stop + A to get to the OK prompt.
Once
> there type boot cdrom.
>
> Now i am accessing the system through an old wyse terminal connected to a
> serial port at the back. When i type the above, the system goes into halt
> mode but doesnt reboot - the power lihgt stays on but the system is in
> affect - down.
>
> any ideas on what i need to do to get this beast tostart off the cdrom...?
>
> cheers,
>
>
>
> Matt Lemsing
> eBusiness Technical Manager
>
> ResMed Corporation
> 97 Waterloo Rd, North Ryde,
> New South Wales, 2113 Australia.
> Tel: +61 2 9886 5554 Fax: +61 2 9878 6815
>
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