[SunHELP] Re-Partitioning Disk before Solaris install

[Jeremy RJ Towers]

try booting single user from cdrom

ok>boot cdrom -s

then make sure that you can label the disks with a normal partition table.

then try installing again

hth

Jeremy

Chris Pinnock wrote:

>On Fri, Jan 03, 2003 at 05:26:42PM -0600, Jeff Feller wrote:
>  
>
>>I tried searching on groups.google.com for a reason my Ultra 2 would be giving
>>me the problems it is, but found no reason.  First of all, the machine is a
>>Sun Ultra 2 (dual processor), 256 RAM, and dual 9 GB 10,000 RPM hard drives.
>>I'm trying to install Solaris 9 (even tried Solaris 8 afterwards, same
>>problem) and I get as far as the point where I have to create my swap slice...
>>I answer the questions and tell it to use the default 512 MB and that it can
>>start at the front of the disk and ya-da ya-da ya-da.. After that, it gives me
>>the confirmation and warns me all info will be lost (not a problem, the drives
>>have been formatted)..
>>
>>Once I hit yes, it tells me --
>>
>>-------------
>>
>>Format of Disk c0t0d0 failed.
>>Format of Disk c0t0d0 failed.
>>    
>>
>
>Have you tried the installer program that is on the Solaris 8 1 of 2 disc
>(probably the same sort of thing on the Solaris 9 1 of 2 disc)?
>
>best wishes,
>Chris
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