Burning the CDs from ISO files - Solution

Question

I have just finished burning the cd images and as I type this my little baby is coming to life! he he :-)
I did try Nero but failed misrably so I offer the following as a solution that worked for me. Apologies to anyone if it appears I'm teaching 'Grandma to suck eggs'.
First you extract the files from the zips, uncorrupted zips that is, if you are using Winzip then the contents description etc will be displayed when you hover over the zip file with the mouse pointer.
Next add the .iso file extension to each of the 3 files you have just extracted
Next you need to create a Cue sheet/file. To do this go into notepad and create 1 file as shown below and save if with .cue file extension with the respective iso file.
FILE "C:\YOURDIR\sol-8-4_01-fcs-bin-ia-v1.ISO" BINARY
TRACK 01 MODE1/2048
INDEX 01 00:00:00
POSTGAP 00:02:00     
Where YOURDIR corresponds to where you have the iso file stored.
You need to create 1 cue sheet file for each of the binaries with the .iso extension changing the references shown above to match the location and the .iso filename.
I then used cdrwin to write the file images loading each of the above cue sheets. But you could use any burning software that supports cue sheets, which give it the correct information to burn the image.
Hope this helps
Skaven

Answer 1

I tried the skaven_1 recommendations using the latest (v5.5.9.9) version of Nero. This version of Nero supports .iso extensions. It also supports .cue files. skaven_1's sample cue sheet works in Nero.
Despite all this the resulting CDs are unreadable on my Ultra10. All of the Solaris 9 CDs I have burned are readable on my PC.
I have burned other OS ISO images (BSD, OpenBSD, etc...) using the same version of Nero and they are all bootable on x86 machines.
I have found that if the CD is not readable using:
dd if=/dev/rdsk/c0t2d0s2 bs=2048 | od -Ax -xc | less
(BTW, this is a handy way to check the volume label at 0x8000 for the disk type)
it is unlikely to be readable (and therefore bootable) at the PROM level.
All of the other OS ISO images I have burned have been readable on the Ultra10 using the above command. NONE of the Solaris 9 images I have burned have been readable using the above command. The drive will "spin" and "click" indefinitely until interrupted (^C or kill).
Having scoured this archive, I have determined that some people are successful in burning the Solaris [89] images while many others are not. There seems to be no clear understanding on what is necessary for success.
Has anyone successfully burned Solaris 9 SPARC iso images to a CD. If so what specifically did you do to achieve this incredible success!? Detailed information on:
- version
- media
- technique
- phase of the moon :-}
would be most helpful to the rest of the community.
It would be nice if someone at Sun would chime in and provide this information. The information provided at the download area is less than informative. I have followed those instructions and still have not met with success.
Sun...ARE YOU LISTENING? If people have difficulty with obtaining and successfully using these OSes, it makes it harder for startups (like I am working with) to lay the foudation to use your hardware. If this is hard, we are likely to make decisions to use other solutions. Much as we may not wish to do this, it is the reality. We have solutions to provide in a limited amout of time.