Solaris 10 Installation CDs
[282 byte] By [RHjavaa] at [2007-11-27 6:59:50] 
Hi,I have downloaded solaris 10 installation CDs from site, verified them with checksums and burnt then into 700MB CDs. When I put the first one into CD-Rom and issue "boot cdrom" it prompt smthing like:there is no executable file ...What is the problem?
# 1
Ah, yes.
Same old ...
" I won't tell you how I put the data onto the media, I just `burned` them "
This same post seems to appear weekly.
Have you searched the forums?
Have you searched Sun's documentation repository, [url=http://dosc.sun.com]Docs.Sun.Com[/url] ?
What software did you use on that blank media?
How did you use that software?
Go do it again.
http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/download_instruction.xml
http://72.5.124.61/software/solaris/howtoguides/installationhowto.jsp
rukbata at 2007-7-12 18:50:29 >
# 2
Alright,
Did you find anything about how to burn the image onto the CDs? Please tell me..
I used Nero 6 and chose "Burn Image into Disk" since after unzipping the downloaded files, they are unzipped into .iso images. Of course, before that I compared the checksums and everything was ok! The speed was relatively low just to insure it would do well on any cd-rom: 16x ad 8x.
Besides.. I had read "Solaris installation instructions" in the first place several times and there is no information about how to burn CDs.
RHjavaa at 2007-7-12 18:50:29 >
# 3
... In MS Windows ...
I double-click an ISO file.
It launches whatever program might be installed on my computer
that is associated with burning-to-disk (Nero, Roxio, Isobuster, whatever).
I pick a speed that I might want this time, such as 8x, and simply proceed.
It just works.
The program figures it all out for me.
That's how I've burned ISO files from all sorts of sources for the last eight years.
I double-click, and it just works.
Are you sure you downloaded the images for CD's
and not the five pieces of DVD that need to be joined before burning ?
rukbata at 2007-7-12 18:50:29 >
# 4
Sometimes combinations of cheap CDs and CDROM drive quality can prevent the media from being read. What brand of CDs are you using, and what is your CDROM drive model?
You should also make sure there are no special options that might be selected to burn the ISO. It should be just a straight ISO -> media burn.
-- Alan
alansta at 2007-7-12 18:50:29 >
# 5
Yes Alan,I think there might be a problem with CD's quality since they are not so good. What do you mean by straight ISO media burn?RHjavaa at 2007-7-12 18:50:29 >
# 6
I don't have any apps like Nero right now in front of me, but there might be selectable options when doing the burn. The only one I know of that is perfectly acceptable is postgap padding.-- Alanalansta at 2007-7-12 18:50:29 >
# 7
Thanks Alan.RHjavaa at 2007-7-12 18:50:29 >
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