Yet Another CD-ROM problem Sun ultra 10

Hello There.

I just got a Sun ultra 10 and I am trying to install Solaris 10 on it using the original DVD that I got from sun.

However when i try running a boot cdrom at the ok prompt I see that it cannot read the label.

Im sure it is because it is a DVD and not a CD. Isn't it?

Can the sun ultra 10's CD reader read a DVD..i dont think so.

By the way is there a work around for this.

Is there a way to boot from the network. I am pretty new to the sparc platform and id love to have a simple How-to about booting from the network.

I have a 10 Mbps LAN connection at home with Dynamic IP addressing.

Hope to hear from you,

Aijaz.

[692 byte] By [Aijaza] at [2007-11-27 8:23:33]

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# 1

Ultra-10 systems never shipped with DVD drives.If you've replaced the original CD reader with a non-Sun drive,perhaps it needs to be replaced again.

rukbata at 2007-7-12 20:12:24 >

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# 2

Hi Rukbat.Did not replace the original CD ROM as of yet. I was just trying to see if it could read a DVD which was foolish i know.I guess I will have to try to burn my own iso files with a very low speed like 4x or something and then try it.I hope that would work.

Aijaza at 2007-7-12 20:12:24 >

# 3

I just put in a DVD drive from an old IBM PL300 or PC300, not sure, but it was from circa 2000 into an Ultra 10 and it worked fine with the Solaris 10 install DVD.

I'm not sure if the firmware of the box needs to be at a certain level. I could try and figure out what mine is and post if that would be helpful.

kevin

kkhensona at 2007-7-12 20:12:24 >

# 4

hmmm..interesting.

I do not seem to have a spare DVD drive at the moment. Can i not connect an xternal DVD drive to that machine?

Additionally it says that the openboot version of the box is 3,19 and I wonder if it shud be at 3,3 inorder to have the proper install of the solaris 10.

Hope to hear from you soon,

regards

Aijaz.

Aijaza at 2007-7-12 20:12:24 >

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