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Huub

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Dec 28, 2009, 4:11:40 AM12/28/09
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Hi,

I have Solaris 5.10 running on an UltraSparc-III+. I want to upgrade it
to the newest version, and have burnt a bootable DVD. Now I have the
problem that when I reboot using "boot cdrom", it says it can't access
boot device, but when I'm on my desktop, the DVD is mounted and
accessible.
What can be wrong?

Thanks

Dr. David Kirkby

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Dec 28, 2009, 5:48:38 PM12/28/09
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Did you burn the file you downloaded as an ISO image, or simply copy
it to a DVD as a file, then burn the DVD? The latter will not work.

A more complete error message might be helpful, so one could see what
device it is trying to boot.

Huub

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Dec 29, 2009, 4:26:16 AM12/29/09
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>
> Did you burn the file you downloaded as an ISO image, or simply copy it
> to a DVD as a file, then burn the DVD? The latter will not work.
>
> A more complete error message might be helpful, so one could see what
> device it is trying to boot.

I did it the right way: downloaded the ISO, then burned the ISO to DVD
using gnome-baker.

Complete error message:

boot device: /pci@8,700000/scsi@6/disk@6,0:f File and args:
Evaluating: boot cdrom

Can't open boot device


Thanks for helping out.

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Huub

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Dec 29, 2009, 12:54:58 PM12/29/09
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On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 06:51:10 -0800, Michael Vilain wrote:


>
> SCSI disk target ID=6 is usually the DVD/CDROM.

DVD-ROM to be precise..

>
> Either yours is misconfigured, there's a problem with the cabling, or
> your drive doesn't work or can't read the disk.
>
> Can you pull it and put it in another system where it works?
>
> Could it be you have a CD Reader rather than a DVD reader, whereby your
> carefully burned DVD won't work?

If I boot the computer normally and put the DVD in, it is being mounted
and an icon appears on the JDS desktop. I can read and access the DVD. At
the moment I can just not boot from it. And I have installed Solaris from
self-burned DVD's using this DVD-drive before.

>
> What happens if you put in a SUN-sourced DVD?

I don't have an original SUN SPARC DVD. It came second(?) hand pre-
installed.
>
> Some directions to investigate...

Appreciated.

Michael Laajanen

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Dec 31, 2009, 4:09:11 AM12/31/09
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Hi,

Unless you are dead sure about gnome-baker, can you write the DVD from
the Sparc,does it have a DVD burner?

If, you just do cdrw -i <ISOFILE>


/michael

Nemo ad Nusquam

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Jan 1, 2010, 3:03:53 PM1/1/10
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Huub wrote:
[...]

> If I boot the computer normally and put the DVD in, it is being mounted
> and an icon appears on the JDS desktop. I can read and access the DVD. At
> the moment I can just not boot from it. And I have installed Solaris from
> self-burned DVD's using this DVD-drive before.
>
>> What happens if you put in a SUN-sourced DVD?
>
> I don't have an original SUN SPARC DVD. It came second(?) hand pre-
> installed.

I know my tale is not of much help but I had an odd problem last year
with a Sun Solaris 10 install DVD. I could mount and read it in my
SB2000 but it would not boot. I never had the time to resolve the
problem but the next DVD release booted without incident.

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Richard B. Gilbert

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Jan 1, 2010, 6:55:57 PM1/1/10
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Many CD and/or DVD drives have difficulty bootin home made CDs or DVDs.
Many reports over the years suggest that burning a disk at the lowest
possible speed increases the probability that it will be bootable.

Huub

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Jan 2, 2010, 6:47:52 AM1/2/10
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I have burned many bootable DVD's and CD's over the years using gnome-
baker, so I can be very sure indeed that it works. Unfortunately, the
Sparc only has a DVD-ROM.

Michael Laajanen

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Jan 2, 2010, 8:17:42 AM1/2/10
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Hi,

I have never had any problem booting homemake CD's, have you checked the
checksum of the ISO?

/michael

Huub

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Jan 3, 2010, 2:38:00 PM1/3/10
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On Fri, 01 Jan 2010 18:55:57 -0500, Richard B. Gilbert wrote:


> Many CD and/or DVD drives have difficulty bootin home made CDs or DVDs.
> Many reports over the years suggest that burning a disk at the lowest
> possible speed increases the probability that it will be bootable.

I took another DVD-writer and burned at 2.5 speed; no problem this time.
Thank you for the advise.

Huub

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Jan 3, 2010, 2:39:57 PM1/3/10
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> I have never had any problem booting homemake CD's, have you checked the
> checksum of the ISO?
>
> /michael

Neither had I, but now my problem is solved. Lower burn speed and other
DVD-writer did the trick (for now).

Nemo ad Nusquam

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Jan 3, 2010, 3:08:51 PM1/3/10
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Richard B. Gilbert wrote:
> Nemo ad Nusquam wrote:
[...]

>>
>> I know my tale is not of much help but I had an odd problem last year
>> with a Sun Solaris 10 install DVD. I could mount and read it in my
>> SB2000 but it would not boot. I never had the time to resolve the
>> problem but the next DVD release booted without incident.
>
> Many CD and/or DVD drives have difficulty bootin home made CDs or DVDs.
> Many reports over the years suggest that burning a disk at the lowest
> possible speed increases the probability that it will be bootable.

Noted (and something that I will keep in mind) but the problem DVD came
from Sun.

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