Re: [s-x86] Installation Failure

["[ Muliawan Sjarif ]" <maumul@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

choose cd as the boot device since u're using cd.
.iso is the file u should burn onto cd
there'll be no .iso file on the cd after burnt..

I noticed that installing solaris on intel platform is very troublesome..
since solaris itself doesn't really support intel..
if u wanna use solaris for urself, why dont u consider linux? it's just the 
same.. architecturaly.. and it supports intel..

I just left solaris behind few days ago.. coz I got this silly problem with 
kybd.. I dunno, maybe that bcoz of the laptop.. but.. u know.. solaris was 
designed for sparc.. and I believe its most performance can only be on 
sparc.. not intel..

good luck.

>From: Chris Hax <chax@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: "Solarisonintel (E-mail)" <solarisonintel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: [s-x86] Installation Failure
>Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 22:57:44 -0400
>
>Hello,
>
>I am attempting to install Solaris 8 onto a Dell Optiplex.
>I have placed the downloaded installation image on a CD
>and have downloaded the boot image and copied it onto a
>floppy with dd.
>With the floppy and CD in place, I boot the computer to the
>floppy and the installation starts.  After it successfully recognizes
>the hardware it appears to attempt to boot but I get an error message
>as follows:
>
>Unable to mount a Solaris root file system from device
>/pci@0,0/pci-ide@7,1/ide@0/cmdke0,0:a: can't open - no VTOC.
>
>Does anyone have an idea what this message is telling me.
>I assume that when I am asked from which device to boot to
>I should select the CD and not the hard drive?  But am unsure.
>
>Any help would be appreciated.
>
>Regards,
>
>Chris Hax
>
>
>PS:  Is it critical that the file name on the install CD have an "iso"
>extension?

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