I've just downloaded all the ISO images for Solaris 10 and I've burned them to the CD's using Roxio CD Creator, however when I try and boot from disk 1 I get an errorCan't read disk labelCan't open disk label packageCan't open boot deviceThis is happening on a Sun Blade 100 and I don't ...

Hello folks,I recently successfully downloaded and created a Sun Solaris Setup DVD and confirmed its functionality by trying to boot a PC with it.Now I want to install Solaris on a Virtual PC. I created a virtual harddisk and tried to boot the virtual PC with my Solaris Setup DVD. This didn't ...

I installed on m sun solaris 10, just the core sdistributionI installed packages:systemSUNWapch2dApache Web Server V2 DocumentationsystemSUNWapch2rApache Web Server V2 (root)systemSUNWapch2uApache Web Server V2 (usr)But when i try to enable apachesvcadm enable apache2 i get:svcadm: Pattern ...

What are the ramifications of chaning the port for the htt_server. I defaults to 9010 which is used by some ORACLE applications.Thanks,Joel Silverstein

Hi.I would very much appreciate any assistance with my problem.I have an Ultra 10 that i am trying to install Solaris on. I have tried Solaris 9 (which i used to install on another machine last week) and downloaded Solaris 10, both have shown the following problem:At ok prompt:Bootboot device ...

Hello!And here I am with a "nice" problem:I want to run Solaris on a HP Proliant 380 G4 series with SmartArray 6. HP kindly provide drivers for Solaris 10 on their homepage. Those drivers need to be extracted to a floppy disk. Now here is where the trouble starts: I do not have a ...

Hi,I used the solaris interactive mode[1] to install solaris 10 on my PC. everything went okl till it automatically detected my configuration.It detected my graphics card,graphics driver, monitor,keyboard and mouse.I pressed enter(to continue)A line appears stating "Checking for ...

How do you list out all the Kernel ParametersThanks

Hi,Hi I am new to installing Solaris on a E450 server.I place the cdrom and type boot cdromAnswering questions about network region etc.The installer starts the installation and comes with an error: One or more disks are found, but one of thefollowing problems exists: > Hardware failure > ...

Okay. I have downloaded the Solaris 9.0 9/05 version of the OS. I have four zip files that expand to create iso files on my XP Windows system. What now, how do I create the CDs necessary for installing the OS on a system from the CDs? Do I just burn the iso files to a CD?

Hello, Is there a way I can find out what date Solaris 8 was installed on the server? Is there a command to find out this information?Thanks in adavance.

Solaris 9 has been installed, and "uname -v" reported the os version as Generic-112233-12.I then installed th latest 9_Recommended patches, without any errors."uname -v" still reports the same version. I thought this number would reflected the patch cluster?Thanks! ...

Hi, i have a Ultra 5 360MHZ, all was running well with Solaris 10 when i came to use it today it had rebooted and had hung.It wont boot to Solaris or Cdrom it gets as far as.....Boot device: /<a href="mailto:pci&#64;1f" target="_blank">pci@1f</a>,0/<a ...

We are running the 5.6 SUN OSE 450 Hardware and Oracle 815 I need to apply the patch 105181-15 to 5.6 SUN OS. I did not see any conflict with other patchin patch description at sunsolve site.However, this is OBSOLETE patch.Anything I have to watch out ...sincethis patch updates /kernel dir and ...

I'm restoring a server (Sun Fire V250) using a dump tape. I did the usual steps by:1. booting from cd (sol 8 hw 7/03);2. creating and mounting the partitions;3. dumping the contents of the tape.After fsck reported that the partitions were good, I gave a "reboot -- -r"During boot-up, ...

hi I cannot create a repertory in /home.mkdir: failed to make directory "toto" ; Operation not applicable.info: log to root ls -la /home : dr-xr-xr-x# df -kFilesystemkbytesusedavail capacity Mounted on/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s01688914 492920 114532731%//proc 0000%/procfd 0000%/dev/fdmnttab ...

I have lost the root password for solaris 9.So, I tried booting the system with solaris 8 CD in single user mode(i.e, at ok prompt, boot cdrom -s)But I get the following error.rebooting with command :boot cdrom -sboot device :/<a href="mailto:pci&#64;1e" ...

Hi everybody,recently a installed some patches and when I rebooted the system (Sun Ultra 10 running Solaris 9) the system toll me:call to undefined service alloc_virtcall to undefined service alloc_virtcall to undefined service alloc_virt...call to undefined service alloc_virtcall to undefined ...

Hi,I have a question.We purchased a SUN FIRE 240, preinstalled with Solaris10.Can we install Solaris 2.6 in SUN FIRE 240? Because our existing application is running with SUNSPARC and Solaris 2.6.SunOS scn5 5.6 Generic_105181-15 sun4u sparcSUNW,UltraAX-MPSystem = SunOSNode = scn5Release = ...

Hello,I installed Solaris 9 09/04 on Sun Blade 150 with PGX64 (SUNW,m64B (display), ATY,RageXL) and met the problem.I tried to setup resolution 1024x768x75 and depth 24 and got the following results:1) If X session (Xsun) is run under dtlogin then resolution and depth are successfully ...

Hi,I'm running Solaris 2.6 and would like to install locale ISO-8859-15. Does anyone know where I can get it and how to install it?Thanks.

HI, I am running Solaris 10 on an Ultra-60, trying to get sshd working. I have run ssh-keygen -t dsa -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_keyand ssh-keygen -t rsa -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key.It does put the key and key.pub in /etc/ssh but upon running/usr/lib/ssh/sshd, I get the error:Could not load host ...

solaris 9.0 I have booted from CD and selected the CD as source and thn it moves ahead but keyboard does not respond to options for language selection.please advise.thanks

I am new to solarishow do i install patches from cd.I am running solaris 8 and cannot go to sun web site on the sunblade 150 due to old version of netscape, cannot upgrade to mozilla without patches. Please help

I'm a total Solaris and Sun newbie. (I do know my way around AIX and Linux)I just bought a Sparc Ultra 10, but it didn't come with an OS.So I downloaded Solaris 10 and have burnt my CDs.Trouble is, I don't know where to go from here. (I bet it's real simple)I put the CD in and power it up ...

I have recently recieved a SPARC Ultra10 box with Solaris 9 installed. I do not have any user access to this machine (root or generic user) as these details are not available and wish to upgrade to Solaris 10.I am wondering how to gain access to the command so I can do a fresh install of ...

Earlier today SPARCBOOK 5000 was working, but was asked to upgrade an application on it. 1. uninstalled application2. loaded latest solaris 8 recommended cluster (downloaded it yesterday).3. reboot machine after patch updateOn reboot all looks OK upto the point it attempts to run X-server..1st ...

HiCan anyone help please ....I've added a static route to an interface card using this syntax :# route add -host 10.141.90.7 10.221.54.5 0In order to make this permanent (ie survive reboots) is it simply a case a creating a file called maybe :/etc/rc2.d/s99make_static_routeand adding the ...

When I make a newfs on the root slice I do not know ifbootblock is overwrited or newfs command skips it, dueto I made a newfs on my root slice (/) and after thatrestored a backup from a tape. After doing this I could boot up without problems, that齭 the reason I do not know why on the ...

Does anyone know why :1.So few replies are posted on this forum ? Loads of people look and hardly anyone replies.On the HP forum you get a reply almost immediately.2. Should there not be a separate forum for General OS questions ? rather everyone posting under the banner of "Solaris ...

I am getting the following error:Stale NFS file handleWhen I try to remotely mount a file system. I have done this before with the same setup and things have worked well. The file system /stage exists in n1, I have shared it and put the entry in /etc/dfs/dfstab ....and the particular file ...

I recently bought a SunSPARCstaion 5 off eBay last year.Along with Solaris 7 for SPARC computers. I got a connector for it so i could use to with my monitor and a sun type 5c keybord and mouse for it. When I fired the machines up it seemed to be booting, but then it stops. At an error about not ...

Greetings,I'm having difficulty using tar in a partion called /disk6 when not root.As another user I can write and read in the partition.Whenever I use the tar command I get these message.<a href="mailto:&#91;oracle&#64;acastest&#93;tar" ...

Greatings.I've got an old Netra i (sparcstation 4) from a friend of mine. Now i want to reinstall i because he foregot his password. I'v downloded Solaris 8 from this site (ofcourse the Sparc version :D )Now he did't boot from cd-rom when i enter 'boot cdrom' I've got the message 'Can't ...

Hi,when starting smc - system information on an Solaris10 system a get the message"System Information is not able to connect to the server. Reason: CIM_ERR_FAILED. Verify that the server is runing. If it is, try stopping and restarting it."Which server should be runing?Any ...

On a fresh install of Sparc Solaris 9 - the SMC app works. Upon patching to yesterday's 9_Recommended - it fails - the applets all have red stop signs in the console, and it says someting like - 'There is no server running...' and 'No Solaris Management Console server was available on the ...

How to configure Finnish(scandinavian) KB layoutafter installing Solaris 10 to Fujitsu-Siemens ' PrimePower250 Sparc hw ?rgds,Rane

I have an E250 with 6 - 34GB SCSI drives attached to the backplane. I have looked to no avail to find a clear document that outlines how to set these up in a RAID0 configuration.Would someone point me in the right direction?Thank you.

Hi there,I have a problem with a Ultra10. Just appears a black screen. I have 2 monitors connected to Ultra10. I am using a DOME video card.The Ultra 10 has 2 hard disks, one of this its bad, and was replaced for other one.How can Reinstall the OS on this machine?I have the video card ...

Just wonder if there are ways to find out any files missing(accidently deleted) or changed on a system.Many thanks for advice!

HI,I don't know if that is the forum, because I havn't found one where I could post my problem.Here is my problem:We got 2 SOLARIS 8 server.case1:On server1 the user could login and get his customized dtwmrc (with all menus we have included)case2:On server2 the user could login, but didn't ...

Is there any version of Solaris 10 (x86) or a download tool or driver that would enable me to install the OS from an external usb CD/DVD drive? My internal CD/DVD drive on my older SONY laptop has gone bad and SONY support has been less than helpful in providing me any support for a ...

I am trying to configure the Xsun server via kdmconfig and it keeps crashing with "ddxSUNWMouse: Error opening mouse device /dev/kdmouse" /dev/kdmouse, no such file or directory. I have a very generic three button PS/2 mouse and it doesn't seem to detect it.

The AnswerBook2 software is included on several Sun product CDs, such as the Solaris 7 Documentation CD, butI didnt find the packages in the midia from Solaris 10 :SUNWab2r, SUNWab2s,SUNWab2u Are this packages the same on the Solaris 10 ? How I get this packages ?thanksVincia. ...

Who is executing the program sendmail on Solaris 10 ?Every time Its made shutdown on the server, the program sendmail is started.But I dont find whos starting this program.The process on the server:smmsp50410 10:29:13 ?0:00 /usr/lib/sendmail -Ac -q15mroot50510 10:29:13 ?0:01 ...

HiI have Solaris 9 installed. For some tests I need a HDD without any data on it. (Like a new one, you buy). As I don't have a new hard disk, I'd like to erase the data.How can I do this?Thank you in advance

Hi every body.I have just installed Solaris 10 in a Ultra 10 box. When my normal users tray to login CDE they must wait long and at the end they have a message window like this:_DtMessage FailureMessaging System InoperativeTo restart:1) Save all open data files.2) Logout.3) Login again.Note: ...

Hello Everyone,I need a small help, I am having Explorer Version 5.1 installed in my Solaris 8 Machine. Can anybody tell me if it collects the current "/etc/passwd" and "/etc/shadow" files when "explorer" is run w/o any switches by user "root".Thanks ...

Hello, all.I'm trying to install Solaris 10 on my home PC. Specs:1.3GHz Athlon20GB HD512MB RAMATI Radeon 9600 PROWhen I do an install - regardless of interactive/interactive text console/interactive text desktop, it freezes.I see the message "Use of this blah blah blah" and then it ...

The server dont recognize physical Disks.There are 8 disk SCSI in the E450, but It recognizes only 7 disks.I used the follows commands without successful:# devfsadm# boot -r# reboot-- -rI didnt find nothing in /var/adm/messages The command format, show the disks :AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:0. ...