complete newbie here
have a clean, wiped hdd....not formatted or partitioned at all...
x86 system, dell gx280, p4, 1gig ram...
i downloaded the five zip files, extracted the isos and burned a dvd w the five iso's on it.
inserted into the dvd rom on the clean system and it won't boot...
question: do i need to fdisk w 98 boot disk to create a primary partition? i want a dual boot system here...would like to put xp pro on a partition & solaris on another...
how many partitions should i have total? primary is xp? solaris will be on a logical in the extended? vice versa?
i thought the grub boot loader would launch when i set the dvd/cd rom to boot but it wouldn't go. any tips would be appreciated. thanks!
[739 byte] By [
drisnya] at [2007-11-26 10:45:59]
# 2
I suggest that instead of just plowing forward and trying to do something
that is completely new to you, that you spend some time preparing for the task.
Read the posts in this forum.
Read every thread from the past year.
Do not post anything, but just read and read and read.
You may not understand every discussion, but you will actually learn
procedures, methods, terminology, and more.
Then go read the posts in the Solaris-on-x86 forum and the Solaris-10 forum, as well.
Next, compare your system to the Hardware Compatibility List.
http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl/
Many system components will have native functionality in Solaris,
but some of your system components may require third-party drivers,
and there is a possibility you may need to replace one or more with compatible hardware.
Third, read the Download And Burning Instructions web page that you may have
bypassed when you got the OS zipfiles.
http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/download_instruction.xml
When you finally get around to installing Solaris, expect to do it
at least five or six times, over and over again.You will learn something new
each time you do that.Don't complicate the issue by wondering about
dual-boot or multi-boot with other OS's.Just install Solaris to the primaty disk,
using the entire drive for the installation.Get comfortable with this OS and you
will acquire competency..
( Were you competent with MS Windows on the very first day you ever touched it ? )
