Please HELP!!! Solaris 8 installation problem

[Guest_imported]

Hi there,
I am trying to install Solaris 8 on Intel P4 machine which already has windows 2000 Server. I partitioned well with 12GB for W2K and 8Gb for Solaris.

I prepared the DCA (Device Configuration Assistant) boot disk and rebooted the system with Solaris Disk 1. The procedure went on smoothly viz.,

1. scanning and identifying my hardware for installation.
2. Setting the default boot device thru boot-task screens, view/edit autoboot settings screen etc.,.
3. Finally it returns to Boot solaris screen with CD option highlighted.

Now the actual problem started, it prompted me well by showing the installation choices:

1. Solaris Interactive
2. Custom Jumpstart

and when I enter "1" and hit "enter" it reboots again with DCA and repeats the process. I am not sure WHY AM I HAVING A HARD TIME INSTALLING THIS SOLARIS OS?

I would really appreciate if anyone could help me with a solution. If possible forward me a detailed list of instructions about the installation with your valuable suggestions.

Thanks in advance,

Regards,

Ram

 

[Guest_imported]

I have had the same problem. It could be your machine can not run Solaris. Their documentation says to turn off the CPU cache and try to install again. (I tried doing this on a Dell GX50 and it still couldn't get through the install).

Does anyone have more/better info?

 

[aixmurderer]

Did an install quite a while ago, had something similar to this, but cannot remember exactly how it went.

In the end I booted (yes, it booted from it!) with disk 2 and the install went ahead as it should have with disk 1.

Confusing.... IBM Certified Confused - MQSeries
IBM Certified Flabbergasted - AIX 5 pSeries System Administration

 

[jad]

could be your machine will never run solaris ... solaris does a load of checks at the point of booting, checking the memory, cpu, keyboard etc ... been known on a few occasions for it to fail because it didn't understand the funny keyboard i was using ...

 

[Guest_imported]

Hi,

The Latest version of the solaris, which shipped after Feb-2002 is compatible with the Intel P-IV series

we had the same problem... it's fixed now

Cheers,
Ashok