Installing Solaris 8 on a Compaq Deskpro EN

I'm having trouble just getting started. After selecting which drive to boot from (IDE), I get the error:
/pci@0,0/pci-ide@7,1/ide@1/cmdk@0,0:a: can't open - no VTOC
Help!!!!

Hello,
I just wanted to point you to the Sun System Handbook page for the F280R, but to my surprise the note is lacking from the current <b>public/free</b> version !!!
This is a quote from the <b>Quick Facts</b> of a formerly public SSH
<table border="0" align="center" width="90%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td class="SmallText"><b>Quote:</b></td></tr><tr><td class="quote">
Solaris 8 1/01requires specific patch installations. See 816-1712 for details.
Solaris 8 10/01 is the minimum OS for 900MHz Cu modules.
</td></tr></table>
<b>READ ME: Important Patch Installation Required Sun Blade 1000 Sun Enterprise 280R</b> is available from docs.sun.com.
The Blade 1000 and the Sun Fire 280R use the same systemboard, but a Enterprise 280R doesn't exist.
Either get Solaris 8 7/01 or Solaris 8 10/01 (for 900Mhz Cu) or a more current version of Solaris 8.
If you have a service contract, you can notify Sun (ssh-feedback@sun.com) about this omission. It's your time and money you have spent when you got stuck ...
Michael

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