Solaris 8 Intel setup

[12122053]

Hi all,

I want to learn Solaris 8 so I downloaded the freeware copy on sun's site. Do you need a unix based system running already to install solaris 8? I formatted my harddrive so what's next. Do i need a boot diskette? Sorry for the rookie questions i really want to learn the system, thanks who helps.

 

[aixmurderer]

A clean disk is fine.

You need to create the CD so it's bootable, set your BIOS so the PC will boot from the CD-ROM, from thereon is pretty straightforward.

I did find though that disk 1 did it's thing to a point but left me stranded, when I rebooted and restarted from scratch with disk 2 the install went fluently.

I could not figure out any possibility of dual booting with Windows, it seems Solaris wants to take over the whole HDD, so that meant a dedicated PC. But it doesn't mean it couldn't be done... IBM Certified Specialist - MQSeries
IBM Certified Specialist - AIX 5 pSeries System Administration

 

[wendigo]

I install Solaris 8 on Intel machines every month. All you need is the Installation CD, software 1, software 2 and Documentation CD's. Change the boot sequence to boot to the CDROM drive and the installation CD in the drive. Everything will happen without a hitch.

The only time you would need the Intel Boot disk is if the CDROM/BIOS did not permit you to boot from the CDROM drive. In newer machines, this would not be an issue.

 

[wendigo]

The trick about getting Solaris 8 and Windows to work together is to put the Solaris on the "c-drive". Don't partition this drive. Let Solaris take the whole HD. Next, do the installation of Windows to the second hard drive.

Theoretically, you are supposed to be able to put Solaris 8 and Windows together on the same drive, but I have had VERY BAD EXPERIENCES with corrupted MBR that it isn't worth the frustration.

Hard drives are so cheap right now, just get a second drive.

 

[12122053]

I think im burning it wrong on CD. I downloaded the file it's about 475MB. From there don't you just place burn on a CD? Or do I need to extract it, sorry for the ignorance but im lost. Thanks so far for your info

 

[630111]

Did you download a .iso file? If so, your CD Burner software may have to be "told" to create a CD with it (as opposed to just burning the file to the CD). If you downloaded a .iso file, the (correct) end result will be a CD on which you can see both files and directories. If you look at the CD and only see the .iso file, it won't work.
Hope this helps!
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