Dual Boot - Solaris 8 intel under system commander

I am interesting in installing Solaris 8 for intel on my PC but need to keep my existing operating environments (98 and NT). I would like to install solaris on either a spare partition or spare disk drive.
Has anyone managed to configure solaris 8 to boot from system commander deluxe. I know it is possible with Solaris 7 but I have no documentation on for Solaris 8. I cant seem to get through to the System Commander people.

hi phil_xxx
I am using a dell dimension 4100 machine. I already have win200,win98 in the primary drive(10GB) using using 'System Commander' as boot manager to select the OS( to boot into).
I installed slave disk(30GB-IBM)and have been trying with all the possibilities to get the solaris(version-6/00)installed on the slave disk. I used "Solaris 8 Software 1/2" CD. I was not able to get solaris installed on second(slave) disk evenwitth the single user mode.
Looking for ur help badly if u have got any result.
-Nalla ([email protected])

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