How to make Solaris 10 Operating System 11/06 CD install onto a PC
I have the Solaris 10 Operating System 11/06 CDs from Sun.
I am now trying to install the O/S onto a new internal HDD.
Powering up with the first CD (03-104927-01) in the drive, the monitor reports "DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER".
Is not the CD a system disk?
How do I install Solaris from the CDs?
Additional information:
BIOS Setup information:
IDE Channel 0 Master - HDD
IDE Channel 4 Slave - DVD
Thanks for the help
In your first post you discuss CDs (plural) as if you have the 4-disk or 5-disk set.
You do mention that the optical drive is a DVD.
Now you describe the optical media as being DVDs.
In the future, you need to be precise with details if you hope for `remote` assistance, such as in an Internet discussion forum.
I can only guess that your desktop computer's drive just has some occasional issues with various media.
Perhaps it is old and has issues reading the specific position where DVD boot sectors might be.
Booting from media has no relationship with what might already be installed.
Your laptop is likely newer with a fully capable drive.
That laptop optical drive might be better able to read DVD boot sectors.
I see two alternatives left to you.
Replace the drive, even if only temporarily with a borrowed drive...
else...
Download and burn the CD variety of Solaris.
[http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/releases.jsp]
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