[SunHELP] Solaris Companion installation

[Javier O. Augusto]

hi,
check out nero or easycd creator.
on linux you have cdburner and a couple more, check ouy @ freshmeat.
bye,
./javito

On Wed, 2002-05-22 at 10:27, Duarte, Fabio (ELS Rio) wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Unfortunately I don't have a CD burner.
> 
> This is why I was using the command lofiadm to treat the .iso file as a
> device. Maybe lofiadm is not working properly, and burning a CD could be a
> good suggestion... Does anyone have a take on this?
> 
> That leads me to yet another question - There's someone in my office with a
> CD burner, but the machine is Wintel. 
> 
> What Windows software can be used to burn a .iso image in a CD suitable for
> use in a Sun? Any special specs when burning the CD?
> 
> Thanks again,
> 
> Fabio Martinelli Duarte
> IT Consultant
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Javier O. Augusto [mailto:javito at blumenau.sc.gov.br]
> Sent: quarta-feira, 22 de maio de 2002 03:24
> To: Duarte, Fabio (ELS Rio)
> Subject: Re: [SunHELP] Solaris Companion installation
> 
> 
> hi,
> 
> have you tried burning it into a new cd?
> ./javito
> 
> On Tue, 2002-05-21 at 14:38, Duarte, Fabio (ELS Rio) wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I'm new in here, and I swear I have gone through the FAQs and mailing list
> > archive before asking this:
> > 
> > I have downloaded the massive Solaris Software Companion .iso file from
> > sun.com to install in my Ultra 10.
> > The md5 checksum is ok. Then I used (As suggested in man lofiadm):
> > 
> > lofiadm -a /path/s8ccd-2_02-sparc.iso /dev/lofi/1
> > mount -F hsfs -o ro /dev/lofi/1 /mnt
> > 
> > I can navigate the iso image through /mnt successfully. But when I use the
> > installer or pkgadd to install packages the following messages appear for
> > all packages and nothing is installed:
> > 
> > </mnt/components/sparc/Packages/SFWxxxx/install/copyright> is corrupt
> > file chksum <xxxxxx> expected <0> actual
> > </mnt/components/sparc/Packages/SFWxxxx/install/depend> is corrupt
> > file chksum <xxxxxx> expected <0> actual
> > 
> > These files are a bunch of empty lines if I cat them.
> > 
> > Did anyone else see this before? Could anyone help me figure this out?
> > 
> > Thanks a lot for any help,
> > 
> > Fabio Martinelli Duarte
> > IT Consultant
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