Install on PC -> Help me

[harnaud]

Hi, I'm a newbie in Solaris' World.
I downloaded the 4 Cds (from sun site) in order to install Solaris 9 on my PC.
But, since, I don't know what to do.
Reading many and many docs, and nothing at all.
-Type Ok "boot cdrom"
- Make a directory for install.
I'm smoked.
I hoped Bootable Cds, put then in my machin and go on, and it's not so easy.
Can you help me.
Thx for your support.
Harnaud

 

[jad]

the 'boot cd' thing is for sparc ...

insert the 'installation cd disk 1'

not the 'web start' ... you'll want the interactive install.

it should automatically boot ... if you still have problems:

http://wwws.sun.com/software/solaris/x86/index.html

and

http://www.bolthole.com/solaris/x86.html

if you need a boot floppy disk, not sure if they'll work properly for Solaris 9, but the address is:

http://soldc.sun.com/support/drivers/dca_diskettes/

 

[harnaud]

Thx for your reply.
And what about Solaris for Pcs?
I'm looking for a UNIX system, free if possible, who can be installed on PCs.
Except linux ( ~ UNIX), there's anything else.
Thx

 

[jad]

IMHO, Solaris is the best Unix OS ... yeah it costs to get the media, but they have the free license scheme going, so that it's free for a large number of single processor systems.

for the amount of effort into creating a good OS, surely it's worth the $25 download, or the $45 for the shipped stuff with nice plastic covers and all the extra CD's ...

I tried BSD, i tried MacOS (or whatever it's x86 name), i use linux (2.0 kernel) for any small machines (386's, 486's) that need an OS on a small disk, but generally not with graphics support, i've tried a couple of others, i have the CD's around here somewhere ...

but i have to say they all suck.

could be the versions i tried at the time, but there was no automount in BSD, i couldn't get floppies to work as normal users, couldn't mount home directories, couldn't talk NIS+ (which our server was), even in compatibility mode ... devices were in fact less supported from the off, yes i know it's actually easier to get the devices off the web than for solaris, but they don't necessarily work ...

after playing with other Unix OS's i've just come to the conclusion that i _need_ a grown-up OS if it is going anywhere near any of our users

 

[ady2k]

You can try solaris 8 for Intel.For your information,install solaris for intel will not come out ok> prompt.Because the first cd from solaris 8 is bootable.
If you got experience to install Linux.You should not problem to install solaris 8 for intel.
Good Luck....

 

[jad]

umm ... quick warning though ... when it comes to setting up hard disk slices ('partition' like things for solaris disks) make sure you have a fair amount in /var and /opt ...

/opt is 'optional packages' like the companion cd, and a whole load of useful stuff ... if you have 1Gb to give it, i'd do that ... otherwise 200Mb and choose your applications

/var is mail directories, logs and printing/spooling ... i'd set this to at least 200Mb on a machine requiring any of these facilities ... 300Mb and more if it's doing them a lot ...

you unfortunately cannot change these partitions after the install (at least not easily)

Jon

 

[harnaud]

Thx to Everybody.
A last question.
Who can send me Solaris Cds (8.0 or above) who works on Personal Computer.
Thx a lot.
dillonais@wanadoo.fr

 

[jad]

i've got them, but for the cost of shipping, you're possibly better off getting them from a supplier, as i said they come with nice plastic covers and they have all the bonus CD's and a copy of the oracle 8i server for personal/development use ...

...

if i was round the corner it might be different