[SunHELP] installing SunOS on Sparcstation LX

Sat Dec 20 01:22:09 CST 2003

On Sun, Nov 30, 2003 at 02:11:54AM +0000, lmail at catsnest.co.uk wrote:
> 		Hi All
> 
> 	I just got my self 2 SS LX's and a SS Clasic, and i am having a bit of trouble trying to reinstall Solaris 7.
> 	I am trying to use an external CD-rom to install its a Plextor PX-40tSi in a sun cd-rom box, 
> 	when i do a probe-scsi-all from the go prompt it lists the cd drive and the hdd, but when i boot cdrom
> 	it boot then fails saying can not find cdrom.
> 	any ideas? also...
> 	does the cd rom have to be on scsi id 6 to boot from? 

Try putting in the full path to the boot device. "help boot" at the ok prompt
might give you some help with this.

> 	is there a way to install over the lan (i have a working ss20)

Yes, setup a boot server (scripts for this are on the Solaris CDs) and 
use "boot net".