Installing iso images from CD

Very green user to Solaris, I use Linux. I've heard so much about Solaris that I wanted to try it. I burned the iso images to CD. Must I boot from CD to install or do something else?
This is Solaris 10 on the x86 platform.
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Thanks very much,

I upgraded my CD buring software today. Now I am allowed to burn ISO images. I did not get the option to burn ISO images before I upgraded the software.
I just burned one, will try the rest in the AM.
Thanks for the response,

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Hey guys, here is my ArchISO script. To download latest version of iso image from a mirror. I will add more countries/mirros ones I have time. Right now there is only "United States" mirrors. Enjoy.
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TuxLyn wrote:@Pranavg1890, I'll see what I can do. Also, I've created wiki pages at github for all the scripts I released.
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i've been following this wiki and it's been going really well (it hasn't gone wrong...). but the wiki page just sort of stops halfway through the configuration bit
a google search brought me to this page which suggests using the "build.sh" script located in my chroot environment's /tmp/releng/ directory.
running this script returns the error "build.sh: line 207: syntax error near unexpected token '('
line 207 of the file reads:
paste -d"\n" <(sed "s|%ARCH%|i686|g" ${script_path}/aitab.${_iso_type}) \
i don't really know much about scripts so i can't see what's wrong
any advice?
sorry if i've missed a wiki or something n00bish like that. also i'm aware that someone who doesn't know what they're doing shouldn't be attempting archiso but i thought it would be a fun learning experience
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#!/bin/bash
set -e -u
iso_name=archlinux
iso_label="ARCH_$(date +%Y%m)"
iso_version=$(date +%Y.%m.%d)
install_dir=arch
arch=$(uname -m)
work_dir=work
out_dir=out
verbose=""
script_path=$(readlink -f ${0%/*})
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make_setup_mkinitcpio() {
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local _hook
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if [[ ! -e ${work_dir}/build.${FUNCNAME} ]]; then
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local _dst_boot=${work_dir}/iso/${install_dir}/boot
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if [[ ! -e ${work_dir}/build.${FUNCNAME} ]]; then
local _src_syslinux=${work_dir}/root-image/usr/lib/syslinux
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sed "s|%ARCHISO_LABEL%|${iso_label}|g;
s|%INSTALL_DIR%|${install_dir}|g;
s|%ARCH%|${arch}|g" ${_cfg} > ${_dst_syslinux}/${_cfg##*/}
done
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cp ${_src_syslinux}/*.0 ${_dst_syslinux}
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if [[ ! -e ${work_dir}/build.${FUNCNAME} ]]; then
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if [[ ! -e ${work_dir}/build.${FUNCNAME} ]]; then
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chmod 440 ${work_dir}/root-image/etc/sudoers.d/g_wheel
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if [[ ! -e ${work_dir}/build.${FUNCNAME} ]]; then
mv ${work_dir}/root-image/lib/modules ${work_dir}/lib-modules
: > ${work_dir}/build.${FUNCNAME}
fi
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if [[ ! -e ${work_dir}/build.${FUNCNAME} ]]; then
mv ${work_dir}/root-image/usr/share ${work_dir}/usr-share
: > ${work_dir}/build.${FUNCNAME}
fi
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if [[ ! -e ${work_dir}/build.${FUNCNAME} ]]; then
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mkdir -p ${work_dir}/repo-core-any
mkdir -p ${work_dir}/repo-core-${arch}
pacman -Sy
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<(grep -v ^# ${script_path}/core.exclude.${arch} | sort | sed 's@^@core/@'))
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pacman -Swdd --noprogressbar --noconfirm ${_pkgs}
for _url in ${_urls}; do
_pkg_name=${_url##*/}
_cached_pkg=/var/cache/pacman/pkg/${_pkg_name}
_dst=${work_dir}/repo-core-${arch}/${_pkg_name}
cp ${_cached_pkg} ${_dst}
repo-add -q ${work_dir}/repo-core-${arch}/core.db.tar.gz ${_dst}
if [[ ${_pkg_name} == *any.pkg.tar* ]]; then
mv ${_dst} ${work_dir}/repo-core-any/${_pkg_name}
ln -sf ../any/${_pkg_name} ${_dst}
fi
done
: > ${work_dir}/build.${FUNCNAME}
fi
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# args: $1 (core | netinstall)
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local _iso_type=${1}
if [[ ! -e ${work_dir}/build.${FUNCNAME}_${_iso_type} ]]; then
sed "s|%ARCH%|${arch}|g" ${script_path}/aitab.${_iso_type} > ${work_dir}/iso/${install_dir}/aitab
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local _iso_type=${1}
mkarchiso ${verbose} -w "${work_dir}" -D "${install_dir}" checksum
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make_dual() {
local _iso_type=${1}
if [[ ! -e ${work_dir}/dual/build.${FUNCNAME}_${_iso_type} ]]; then
if [[ ! -d ${work_dir}/i686/iso || ! -d ${work_dir}/x86_64/iso ]]; then
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_src_two=${work_dir}/x86_64/iso
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_src_one=${work_dir}/x86_64/iso
_src_two=${work_dir}/i686/iso
fi
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cp -a -l -n ${_src_two} ${work_dir}/dual
rm -f ${work_dir}/dual/iso/${install_dir}/aitab
rm -f ${work_dir}/dual/iso/${install_dir}/boot/syslinux/*.cfg
if [[ ${_iso_type} == "core" ]]; then
if [[ ! -e ${work_dir}/dual/iso/${install_dir}/any/repo-core-any.sfs ||
! -e ${work_dir}/dual/iso/${install_dir}/i686/repo-core-i686.sfs ||
! -e ${work_dir}/dual/iso/${install_dir}/x86_64/repo-core-x86_64.sfs ]]; then
echo "ERROR: core_iso_single build is not found."
_usage 1
fi
else
rm -f ${work_dir}/dual/iso/${install_dir}/any/repo-core-any.sfs
rm -f ${work_dir}/dual/iso/${install_dir}/i686/repo-core-i686.sfs
rm -f ${work_dir}/dual/iso/${install_dir}/x86_64/repo-core-x86_64.sfs
fi
paste -d"\n" <(sed "s|%ARCH%|i686|g" ${script_path}/aitab.${_iso_type}) \
<(sed "s|%ARCH%|x86_64|g" ${script_path}/aitab.${_iso_type}) | uniq > ${work_dir}/dual/iso/${install_dir}/aitab
for _cfg in ${script_path}/syslinux.dual/*.cfg; do
sed "s|%ARCHISO_LABEL%|${iso_label}|g;
s|%INSTALL_DIR%|${install_dir}|g" ${_cfg} > ${work_dir}/dual/iso/${install_dir}/boot/syslinux/${_cfg##*/}
done
mkarchiso ${verbose} -w "${work_dir}/dual" -D "${install_dir}" checksum
mkarchiso ${verbose} -w "${work_dir}/dual" -D "${install_dir}" -L "${iso_label}" -o "${out_dir}" iso "${iso_name}-${iso_version}-${_iso_type}-dual.iso"
: > ${work_dir}/dual/build.${FUNCNAME}_${_iso_type}
fi
purge_single ()
if [[ -d ${work_dir} ]]; then
find ${work_dir} -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 \
! -path ${work_dir}/iso -prune \
| xargs rm -rf
fi
purge_dual ()
if [[ -d ${work_dir}/dual ]]; then
find ${work_dir}/dual -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 \
! -path ${work_dir}/dual/iso -prune \
| xargs rm -rf
fi
clean_single ()
rm -rf ${work_dir}
rm -f ${out_dir}/${iso_name}-${iso_version}-*-${arch}.iso
clean_dual ()
rm -rf ${work_dir}/dual
rm -f ${out_dir}/${iso_name}-${iso_version}-*-dual.iso
make_common_single() {
make_basefs
make_packages
make_setup_mkinitcpio
make_boot
make_syslinux
make_isolinux
make_customize_root_image
make_lib_modules
make_usr_share
make_aitab $1
make_prepare $1
make_iso $1
_usage ()
echo "usage ${0} [options] command <command options>"
echo
echo " General options:"
echo " -N <iso_name> Set an iso filename (prefix)"
echo " Default: ${iso_name}"
echo " -V <iso_version> Set an iso version (in filename)"
echo " Default: ${iso_version}"
echo " -L <iso_label> Set an iso label (disk label)"
echo " Default: ${iso_label}"
echo " -D <install_dir> Set an install_dir (directory inside iso)"
echo " Default: ${install_dir}"
echo " -w <work_dir> Set the working directory"
echo " Default: ${work_dir}"
echo " -o <out_dir> Set the output directory"
echo " Default: ${out_dir}"
echo " -v Enable verbose output"
echo " -h This help message"
echo
echo " Commands:"
echo " build <mode> <type>"
echo " Build selected .iso by <mode> and <type>"
echo " purge <mode>"
echo " Clean working directory except iso/ directory of build <mode>"
echo " clean <mode>"
echo " Clean working directory and .iso file in output directory of build <mode>"
echo
echo " Command options:"
echo " <mode> Valid values 'single' or 'dual'"
echo " <type> Valid values 'netinstall', 'core' or 'all'"
exit ${1}
if [[ ${EUID} -ne 0 ]]; then
echo "This script must be run as root."
_usage 1
fi
while getopts 'N:V:L:D:w:o:vh' arg; do
case "${arg}" in
N) iso_name="${OPTARG}" ;;
V) iso_version="${OPTARG}" ;;
L) iso_label="${OPTARG}" ;;
D) install_dir="${OPTARG}" ;;
w) work_dir="${OPTARG}" ;;
o) out_dir="${OPTARG}" ;;
v) verbose="-v" ;;
h|?) _usage 0 ;;
_msg_error "Invalid argument '${arg}'" 0
_usage 1
esac
done
shift $((OPTIND - 1))
if [[ $# -lt 1 ]]; then
echo "No command specified"
_usage 1
fi
command_name="${1}"
if [[ $# -lt 2 ]]; then
echo "No command mode specified"
_usage 1
fi
command_mode="${2}"
if [[ ${command_name} == "build" ]]; then
if [[ $# -lt 3 ]]; then
echo "No build type specified"
_usage 1
fi
command_type="${3}"
fi
if [[ ${command_mode} == "single" ]]; then
work_dir=${work_dir}/${arch}
fi
case "${command_name}" in
build)
case "${command_mode}" in
single)
case "${command_type}" in
netinstall)
make_common_single netinstall
core)
make_core_repo
make_common_single core
all)
make_common_single netinstall
make_core_repo
make_common_single core
echo "Invalid build type '${command_type}'"
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esac
dual)
case "${command_type}" in
netinstall)
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core)
make_dual core
all)
make_dual netinstall
make_dual core
echo "Invalid build type '${command_type}'"
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esac
echo "Invalid build mode '${command_mode}'"
_usage 1
esac
purge)
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single)
purge_single
dual)
purge_dual
echo "Invalid purge mode '${command_mode}'"
_usage 1
esac
clean)
case "${command_mode}" in
single)
clean_single
dual)
clean_dual
echo "Invalid clean mode '${command_mode}'"
_usage 1
esac
echo "Invalid command name '${command_name}'"
_usage 1
esac
Last edited by gav989 (2012-02-12 10:59:11)

thanks for that, according to this it should be run like
/path/to/build.sh build single netinstall
from inside the chroot
posting this for my own reference and in case it helps others, will mark as solved
thanks again for your help
Last edited by gav989 (2012-02-12 10:58:04)

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Macbook Airs have no optical drives, and I can't buy one. I do, however, have the Windows 7 ISO image. And I also have access to a Windows 7 PC. I found an article on CNET on installing from a Flash Drive, but that requires the CD. I also have a hard drive (120GB) and Flash USB (4GB), if they could help. Please help me as many programs I am familiar with are only windows-based. I am tried using open-source software like Wineskin Winery and WineBottler, but to no avail, I always end up confused with them.Please help me.

Acius wrote:
Crjohnson, I think you can really help me!
Okay, how do you use Wine? I don't want to install lots of software like MacPorts, just want the minimal software. So there are many things like Wine, WineBottler, and Wineskin Winery. What do I use for what? For example, I want to turn a windows game (Age of Empires 2 for example) into a full Mac App. How would I go about this?
I tried researching but it is so in-depth with terminal commands and all(i dont want to risk ruining my computer)
What is crossover? Is it another wine app?
Oh, and I tried Winery Wineskin...why doesn't it work? It keeps installing random things like Gecko, or Mono, but in the end, it doesn't work. Do I need the windows app's executable, or the window's apps's installation executable??
What are engines, and how many do I need to create? I think the best thing for me is to learn wine, because installing windows with bootcamp isn't worth the effort, I think, with me having only a few apps i need to run.
As for learning mac apps only, well, Windows apps dominate the market with most of applications being made for windows, especially games, with 90% market. So for some apps, there just isn't a mac version available, or if there is, it's costly. (Which you already know I can't buy things)
You probably cannot afford to buy Crossover either. It is designed for user friendliness though, but of course Wine cannot run everything.
Yes you have to learn some things to use Wineskin. Normally on Gecko and Mono prompt, just cancel them. Gecko is needed if you have a program using mshtml (its basically a replacement for Internet Explorer for programs that use parts of it). Mono is a replacement for .NET if your program requires that. You do not want to install them if you don't need them as they will just waste space. You can always refresh the wrapper later on and get the same prompts if you find out you need them later.
You can copy the full installed version of a game inside the Wineskin wrapper and try to set it up that way, but its usually easier to just run the installer and install it inside the wrapper just like you'd install it in Windows.
An Engine is something you download... its basically a specific Wine build made for a Wineskin wrapper.
If you do not want to learn Wineskin enough to get in and port your programs yourself, you can often find other people who have done so (at least with games).
Check out sites like PaulTheTall.com who has tons of Wineskin wrappers already made and ready to go for many games... you just download the wrapper, install the game you want in it using the normal Installer, then its ready to go. Many you'll need to manually update yourself to Wineskin 2.5.8 though since all the older versions broke ok the OS X 10.8.2 and 10.7.5 update, and Paul hasn't gotten to all of them yet since he has hundreds (including AoE 2 i think).
There is also Portingteam.com which has tons of pre-made wrappers for games (Including Cider hacks from official games).
If your talking about non-Game apps though, you can normally find an alternative... many of which are free.

Can you install Windows 7 from an *.iso file on the Bootcamp partition?

G'Day Everyone,
I have an ISO disk image on my Mac hard drive. (en_windows_7_professional_with_sp1_x86_dvd_631025.iso)
Has anyone had a successful experience installing Windows 7 from an ISO disk image rather than from an installer disk?
If so, what's the process?
Thanks and Cheers,
Rich

I'm running Boot Camp 3.0.4 on Mac OS 10.6.8
Here's what I see:
Screen One
Screen Two:
Screen Three:
I don't see the screen you shared!! :-(
What version of Boot Camp Assistant are you running? What Mac O?
Thanks & Cheers,
Rich

Problem in unattended installation of Windows 10 OS image from its ISO

Hi There,
I am trying to install unattended Windows 10 OS image from its ISO by unattended.xml. While doing it windows boot screen get stuck at windows setup screen where it ask input for Language, TIme format and Keyboard input method. For same
process if I use windows 8.1 ISO for installation it works fine. From technet I come to know that Windows 10 has NT DISM version as 6.4 and 8.1 has 6.3. But I am not getting how I can make these change in my automation..
We are creating a FLP file which includes (unattended.xml and few other files)and then specify that file to Vmware workstation Windows 10 image floppy drive and Windows 10 iso to DVD drive and then booting the VM.
Same process works for Windows 8.1 OS unattended installation but it is getting failed for Windows 10.
Please help.
Regards,
Nortonboy

Hi Alex,
I am using ISO :- 9841.0.140912-1613.FBL_RELEASE_CLIENTPRO-CORE_OEMRET_X64FRE_EN-US.ISO
Answer file :- autounattend.xml.
Yeah same answer file works for Win 8.1 but when I am useing above ISO which is same what you mentioned but still it stuck.
I am using below content in autounattend.xml
##################################3
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State">
<settings pass="windowsPE">
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core-WinPE" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" processorArchitecture="amd64">
<SetupUILanguage>
<UILanguage>en-us</UILanguage>
</SetupUILanguage>
<InputLocale>en-us</InputLocale>
<SystemLocale>en-us</SystemLocale>
<UILanguage>en-us</UILanguage>
<UserLocale>en-us</UserLocale>
</component>
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Security-SPP-UX" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<SkipAutoActivation>true</SkipAutoActivation>
</component
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Setup" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" processorArchitecture="amd64">
<UserData>
<AcceptEula>true</AcceptEula>
<ProductKey>
<WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>
<Key></Key>
</ProductKey>
</UserData>
<Display>
<ColorDepth>32</ColorDepth>
<HorizontalResolution>1024</HorizontalResolution>
<VerticalResolution>768</VerticalResolution>
</Display>
<ComplianceCheck>
<DisplayReport>OnError</DisplayReport>
</ComplianceCheck>
<DiskConfiguration>
<WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>
<DisableEncryptedDiskProvisioning>true</DisableEncryptedDiskProvisioning>
<Disk>
<DiskID>0</DiskID>
<WillWipeDisk>true</WillWipeDisk>
<CreatePartitions>
<CreatePartition>
<Extend>true</Extend>
<Order>1</Order>
<Type>Primary</Type>
</CreatePartition>
</CreatePartitions>
<ModifyPartitions>
<ModifyPartition>
<Active>true</Active>
<Format>NTFS</Format>
<Label>Windows</Label>
<Order>1</Order>
<PartitionID>1</PartitionID>
</ModifyPartition>
</ModifyPartitions>
</Disk>
</DiskConfiguration>
<ImageInstall>
<OSImage>
<InstallTo>
<DiskID>0</DiskID>
<PartitionID>1</PartitionID>
</InstallTo>
<WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>
<InstallToAvailablePartition>false</InstallToAvailablePartition>
</OSImage>
</ImageInstall>
</component>
</settings>
<settings pass="specialize">
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Security-SPP-UX" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" processorArchitecture="amd64">
<SkipAutoActivation>true</SkipAutoActivation>
</component>
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-LUA-Settings" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" processorArchitecture="amd64">
<EnableLUA>false</EnableLUA>
</component>
<component name="Security-Malware-Windows-Defender" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" processorArchitecture="amd64">
<DisableAntiSpyware>true</DisableAntiSpyware>
</component>
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-SystemRestore-Main" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" processorArchitecture="amd64">
<DisableSR>1</DisableSR>
</component>
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-SQMAPI" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" processorArchitecture="amd64">
<CEIPEnabled>0</CEIPEnabled>
</component>
<component name="Networking-MPSSVC-Svc" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" processorArchitecture="amd64">
<DomainProfile_EnableFirewall>false</DomainProfile_EnableFirewall>
<PrivateProfile_EnableFirewall>false</PrivateProfile_EnableFirewall>
<PublicProfile_EnableFirewall>false</PublicProfile_EnableFirewall>
<DomainProfile_DisableNotifications>true</DomainProfile_DisableNotifications>
<PrivateProfile_DisableNotifications>true</PrivateProfile_DisableNotifications>
<PublicProfile_DisableNotifications>true</PublicProfile_DisableNotifications>
</component>
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" processorArchitecture="amd64">
<UserAccounts>
<AdministratorPassword>
<Value>password</Value>
<PlainText>true</PlainText>
</AdministratorPassword>
<LocalAccounts>
<LocalAccount wcm:action="add">
<Password>
<Value>symantec</Value>
<PlainText>true</PlainText>
</Password>
<Description>Automation Account</Description>
<DisplayName>Automation Account</DisplayName>
<Group>Administrators;Power Users</Group>
<Name>Automation</Name>
</LocalAccount>
</LocalAccounts>
</UserAccounts>
<OOBE>
<HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage>
<HideWirelessSetupInOOBE>true</HideWirelessSetupInOOBE>
<ProtectYourPC>3</ProtectYourPC>
<NetworkLocation>Other</NetworkLocation>
</OOBE>
<Display>
<ColorDepth>32</ColorDepth>
<HorizontalResolution>1024</HorizontalResolution>
<VerticalResolution>768</VerticalResolution>
</Display>
<TimeZone>Pacific Standard Time</TimeZone>
</component>
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" processorArchitecture="amd64">
<InputLocale>en-US</InputLocale>
<SystemLocale>en-US</SystemLocale>
<UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage>
<UserLocale>en-US</UserLocale>
</component>
</settings>
</unattend>
Do you guys have any inputs on this issue
Nortonboy

How to install from a Solaris 8 install .iso?

I want to try to install Solaris 8 in an LDOM. I know that it is "not supported" - but it may be possible, according to some discussions I have had, so I want to try.
Unfortunately, when I try the naive approach and add the iso image of the CD as a virtual disk to the domain and try to boot from it, it tells me the file isn't executable. The explanation, it seems, is that the CD actually contains several slices, and only the first one is visible when you look at it as an iso file. So, I guess my question is: Is it actually possible to get to a point where I can try to install from this CD image into an LDOM?

Well, if it was supported you would be able to ;)
The thing with the SPARC installation CD's is that they are indeed sliced, i think the reason for it to be sliced is that different slices supports different CPU architectures, so that slice 2 (or slice :b when you boot it from an OK prompt) was originally, long time ago, used for the sun4c CPU's, slice 3 (or :c) was used for sun4m and slice 4 (:d) was used for sun4d.
Then came sun4u which used slice 5/:e
Then slice 0 would contain a HSFS filesystem which actually contained the packages and the installation program.
You can get the vtoc with dd, and then extract the slices you want with dd and access them using LOFS. But yet again this is probably futile. I don't think there is a single chip in the T4 hardware which is supported with Solaris 8.
Given how powerful the T4 seems, and how ineffective Solaris 8 could sometimes be at utilizing resources, it would also seem like a waste..
Have you had a look at native zones? that way you can run Solaris 8 / 9 in zones under Solaris 10..
.7/M.

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