Is it possible to install Solaris 10 from Hard-Disk

Linux support installation from HD, will it be possible in solaris?

I am having similar problems. It reads the x86.miniroot files, displays a copyright notice and hangs.
If Solaris cannot run in a Virtual Server, it pretty much useless to me :-(

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How to install Solaris 8 from Hard disk?

Hi.
Im downloading Solaris 8 from a free FTP server. Some body can explain me what i need to install Solaris 8 from my hard disk?

Well first if you are downloading the cd images to a non Solaris machine, they are ISO images that cd burning software and a cd burner will use to burn a bootable cd. After you create the cd's boot cd 1 of 2 and the install will begin. I read somewhere that if you download the images to a solaris machine you can mount the image as a CD and share it and then install directly from the image over a network. I am not too clear on exactly how that is done since I downloaded to W2K.
Lee

Installing solaris on 2 hard disks (not raid or mirroring)

I'm installing solaris 10 but with 2 hard disk this time. Primary IDE is 20GB and secondary is 30 GB. I want to use both the disks for one solaris installation. That is i want to distribute my /, swap, /usr, /opt, /var etc. over the two hard disk, for example making swap, / and /var on the first hard drive and /opt, /usr and other slices on the 2nd hard disk.
During installation when i select the first drive to use for solaris it deselects the other and when i select the second disk it deselects the first one. Kindly help me out on this.

I'm not asking for the best solution because i
understand it depends on the use. I was asking for
basic reasoning or logic. For example what if i make
/ partition of 20GB and make /opt only 200MB? or
/export/home only 50MB and /usr 25GB? or /var only
10MB? Will more than 90% knowlegdable experienced
system administrators will agree to that kind of
partitioning scheme?This might sound nit picky but it's not meant that way, but!, who gets to decide what is & what is not a knowlegdable experienced system administrator? Unless I've worked with you I have no idea on your reasoning or how or why you do things. On the flip side, what if I'm the dufus admin then even though you're right I think you're wrong.
truth i never undestood the logic or reasoning on how
much space each partition should have according to
the size of the space avaiable as well as the use of
system.That's why these things end up being religious.
I understand that one must learn by experience but
doesn't one should make educated well reasoned
judgements even during learning phase?In this case I never went near that.
The installer gives you a set of parameters during an initial install. You CAN take it or leave it.
docs.sun.com gives you a default scheme which you can take it or leave it.
If you search around enough you can find the rationale to support any decision that you make.
In the next version of Solaris, ZFS is reportedly going to ship.
How does this affect your question?
With ZFS specified filesystems will pull from a common storage pool. As long as the pool has space, any partition that needs space from that pool will automatically get it.
Then threads like this one should start to fade into the past.
Stated another way, if your partitioning scheme works for you then who's to say it's wrong?
alan

Install OS 9 from Hard Disk?

Hello,
Can I install OS 9 from the hard drive. I have a USB Hard Drive Caddy, so I can put the files on and stuff.
It is an iMac G3 that needs an updated firmware, but it has a broken CD-Rom.
Once I am finished installing OS 9 and upgrading the firmware, I can install OS X with NetRestore Helper... Everytime I try to isntall OS X, it won't let me proceed until I upgrade the firmware.

You have to startup from the installation disk. You can't startup from a USB device on that iMac.
I have a USB Hard Drive Caddy, so I can put the files on and stuff.
I'm not sure what that is, but does it have a 3.5-inch IDE drive inside. If so, you may be able install Mac OS 9 on it using your Power Mac G3. Then, take the drive out of the enclosure and replace the drive inside the iMac with it. Try to start up from the iMac new drive. If it works, install the firmware update. Then swap the drives again to install Mac OS X.
Or you can buy a replacement CDROM drive on eBay, or here
http://www.wegenermedia.com/imaccd.htm
and fix your iMac.

Trouble installing Solaris 8 from cd.

Hi,
I am trying to install solaris 8 from cd using remote connection. first the pc got hung and now it gave this error message.
WARNING: /pci@1f,4000/scsi@2/sd@6,0 (sd21):
Error for Command: read(10) Error Level: Retryable
Requested Block: 69440 Error Block: 1035200
Vendor: TOSHIBA Serial Number: 12/12/97
Sense Key: Media Error
ASC: 0x15 (random positioning error), ASCQ: 0x0, FRU: 0x0
Segmentation Fault
ERROR: The Solaris Distribution, :a does not exist
Exiting to shell.
i have tried many times and by changing many env setting but am still not able to install. anybody know what to do.
i am a novice in this.
Regards
Aparna

Not to put too fine a point on it, but please look at the error message next time. It says right there in the error message that the CD/DVD drive is detecting a media error.
Recreate the Solaris 8 CDs on the slowest speed possible for the CD writer. I've run into this situation far too often where CDs were created in the fastest write mode, which older drives are often not capable of reading. I have had 100% successs when creating the Solaris CDs at 4x .
If you are still getting a media error, chances are that your CD/DVD drive is either breaking/broken or it does not like the brand of media that you used.

Installing Solaris 10 From HDD .iso

How can I install Solaris 10 from the downloaded .iso file on my HDD. Is it possible at all? I currently don't have a DVD burner so it would be beneficial for me if I could skip the burning the .iso on a DVD step.
Thanks in advance.
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Asadujjaman

1) Mount the iso as a LOFS.Well, not lofs. On Solaris lofs is the filesystem loopback driver (which lets you mount a portion of a filesystem elsewhere).
For filesystems in a single file, you want LOFI via 'lofiadm'.
lofiadm -a /path/to/install_media.iso
mount -r -F hsfs /dev/lofi/1 /mnt (or whatever paths are valid...)
Darren

Installing Solaris 10 from a SCSI DVD driveand a Tekram DC-390U adapter

I'm tryng to install Solaris x86 from a SCSI DVD drive wth a Tekram DC-390U adapter (DVD version downloaded from the sun website).
When the computer boots from the DVD the Solaris Configuration Assistant is run and ask me to choose the device which I want to boot from. The problem is the list only contains my hard drive and a CD drive, but not the DVD drive.
I guess Solaris doesn't include any driver for that specific SCSI adapter, which I find quite surprising as any old Linux or *BSD works fine with it. And the card is also listed in the device list Solaris has found while probing the system.
I tried to download drivers from the Tekram webiste but they are limited to Solaris 8. I didn't try them 'cause it takes me so much time to get a floppy drive up and running...
PS : Installing on a VirtualPC 2004 guest works fine, but it's so slow...

I downloaded the latest version of Solaris 10, and that solved the problem of the continual reboots. Now the keyboard doesn't work, but that's a different problem.

Is it possible to install Oracle linux from usb?

Hi Guys,
Is it possible to install Oracle linux from usb? If yes, may I know the exact procedures to do so.
I am using linux ubuntu and I tried to make a bootable usb with the dvd iso of oracle linux 6 using Unetbootin software. The installation started well.
but after formatting the harddisk, I got an error as shown below
Missing ISO 9660 image
The installer has tried to mount image #1, but cannot find it on the hard drive.
I think ISO 9660 image is something connected with the CD image or something. But not sure...
Can anyone help me out with this situation.... Thank you..
Edited by: 839414 on Feb 24, 2011 12:47 AM

HI
I know this is an old post but has anyone resolved this issue? I am trying to install OEL 6U4 via usb with no luck. Keep getting Missing ISO 9660 Image. I have tried all the tools under the sun to write it to USB, also tried copying the iso to the Boot disk.. as stated above... no luck ....
I have checked the installation files using md5 and they are fine... just in case downloaded it again as well as 6U3 and 6U0.
I have installed almost every version of linux there is... but OEL is definitely the most difficult and after 3 days, I am ready to give up. Any idea?
BTW. I am using utilities on windows 8 to write the iso to USB.
Thanks
P

Is it possible to install solaris on unformated disk?

Hi!
Is it possible to install solaris8 on scsi unformated disk,the new purchased one?It's gonna be the only one disk in workstation,becouse the old one faild.Any ideas?
Thank you.

This is a normal problem with new disks. Since I use jumpstart I have since adjusted and the server autoformats the disks for me. Since you are on a singe platform my suggestion is that you do a boot cdrom and then when the installer gets to a stopping point (at the beginning) just open a new ternimal window and then type format. All that needs to be done is labeling the drive, nothing else. Afterword you can close the window and proceed with the installation. You MUST not proceed with the install until the drive is labeled. So the second that the desktop comes up open the 2nd terminal window by right clicking the mouse and chosing host > terminal.

Install Solaris on External Firewire Disk

Hello All,
I have a laptop running windows 2000 and I have a External Firewire Hard Disk of 60 GB. Now my question is, " Is it possible to install Solaris 8 on this external Firewire Hard Disk". When I tried installing, It did not find the external Firewire Disk, the only partition information, which solaris was displaying was from my internal Hard Disk.
Please give me clues/information, how should , I do it.
Thanks
Sanjay

First off, is any of your Macs an Intel Mac, that will complicate matters since they use a different hard drive formatting and need a different installation of Mac OS X.
Secondly, you can't directly install Mac OS X from an Intel Mac to an external hard drive, you have to do a clone with a software like Shirt-Pocket's Superduper for that.
If it isn't an Intel Mac, perhaps your Firewire hard drive isn't Mac OS X bootable? Not all are.
Here's a hint on making the Intel/PowerPC partition table:
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=2006061610374449
Also note, different Macs which came out after Tiger will only boot off the install disk which came with them, and not the retail disk. So you are best off cloning that Mac to its own partition.

Installing Photoshop CS4 from original Disk onto my new Macbook Pro. Serial number accepted but now asks for the serial number of a previous version e.g. CS3 which I no longer keep. How do I resolve ?

Installing Photoshop CS4 from original Disk onto my new Macbook Pro. Serial number accepted but now asks for the serial number of a previous version e.g. CS3 which I no longer keep. How do I resolve ?

Tina Hadley did you migrate/transfer your applications over to your new Macintosh? If so this could cause problems with your serial number being recognized. Please run the available uninstallers located in Applications/Utilities/Adobe Installers folder. Once this is done you will also want to run the CC Cleaner Tool. Details on the use of the CC Cleaner Tool can be found at Use the CC Cleaner Tool to solve installation problems | CC, CS3-CS6 - http://helpx.adobe.com/creative-suite/kb/cs5-cleaner-tool-installation-problems.html.

I did not realize Ilife was already on the new mac, and installed I life from a disk. Now Iphoto has a circle with a slash, when trying to open is says (you can open iPhoto because is may be damaged or incomplete. ?

I did not realize Iife was already on the new mac, and installed I life from a disk. Now Iphoto has a circle with a slash, when trying to open is says (you can open iPhoto because is may be damaged or incomplete. ?

This sounds different than with my IOS devices, since I am able to see the photos even with a connection to the Internet.
Do you mean without a connection to the internet? With a connection it's logical you would be able to see the PS.
The following is from iCloud: Photo Stream FAQ
Can photos be saved or downloaded from a shared photo stream?
Yes. Once photos are shared, anyone who can view the shared photo stream can download and keep the photos permanently.
On a device using iOS 6 or later, you can save photos to the Camera Roll. On a Mac, using iPhoto 9.4 or Aperture 3.4, you can save photos from the shared stream to your local Photo Library or any other location on your Mac. On a Windows PC, you can copy photos from a shared photo stream to any folder. On the web, photos can be downloaded directly to your computer from the detail view of each photo.
This tells me that the image files are not on the HD unless the subscriber chooses to download them.

Have installed elements 13 from a disk. Can run editor but organizor will not run

Have installed Elements 13 from a disk. Can run editor but organizer will not run. Have been trying to contact someone for help for an hour please help.

Hi,
Please follow the instructions mentioned in the article Elements Organizer crashes at launch and see if it helps.
Thanks,
Anwesha

Noise from hard disk

Hi, everyone.
I bought a new mackbook pro in this Jan. Recently, I hear some not continuously noise from hard disk, especially when i open a file in hard disk or verify the hard disk. Is something wrong with my hard disk?
Thanks

This hard disk clicking is a know problem for many laptops. If you search it on Google, you will find a lot of discussions about it in the Unbuntu Linux forums. In most cases, it is due to the Advanced Power Management (APM) feature of notebook hard drives. The default APM settings of these drives are aggressive so as to extend notebook battery life. As a consequence, the HD tries to park its actuator head to the ramp whenever it judges the system as idle. However, OS X or some third-party applications may access the hard disk quite often, resulting in a park/unpark cycle every few seconds.
Every of these cycles is counted as one load/unload cycle. Most notebook drives support up to 600,000 load/unload cycles. If a hard drive parks its head every few seconds, it may shorten its life by "using up" the cycles more quickly.
I had the same problem on my Powerbook with a Hitachi Travelstar 5K160 80GB PATA drive. I heard the frequent clicking sound right after I installed it into the laptop. The SMART status appeared to be Verified, and there was no problem with the drive itself. After searching on Google and Hitachi web site, I found the causes and solved the problem using the Hitachi Feature Tool. For other HD brands, I have no experience at all.
Basically, Travelstar 5K160 drives have three idle modes, from which a user can set one as the deepest idle state:
1) Active Idle: the actuator head is parked near the center of the disk, and power usage is 45-55% less than performance level. Recovery time to active mode is about 20ms.
2) Low Power Idle: this is usually the factory default idle mode. The head is UNLOADED to the ramp and the power consumption is 60-65% less than the performance level. Recovery time is about 300ms.
3) Low RPM idle: in this idle mode, the hard disk will spin down to a lower RPM speed. More power is saved but recovery time is much longer. (I can hear the disk spin down and spin up again a few times per minute. There is also a lag in system reaction time.)
To get rid of the hard disk clicking, you need to set Active Idle as the deepest APM idle mode. To do it on a Hitachi hard disk, you need Hitachi Feature Tool, and a Windows laptop with the same HD interface as your drive (PATA or SATA). Sadly, the feature tool is only for Windows and Linux.
You can download Hitachi Feature Tool 2.10 as an ISO image here: http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/download.htm#FeatureTool and burn it into a bootable CD. The userguide of the tool is available on the same page.
Then, take out your hard drive from your Macbook and install it into a Windows laptop. Boot the machine using the Feature Tool bootable CD. Choose "Change Advanced Power Mode" from the drop-down menu.
The default value is 128 (Low Power Idle). Just increase the value toward Performance, until you see the APM mode over the value bar becomes Active Idle (starting from 192). Click OK and Exit the feature tool. Switch off the Windows laptop and take out the hard disk. Install it into your Macbook. You will not hear the clicking sound again when system is idle. The lowest APM mode will be Active Idle and hence the drive will not park its head to the ramp during operions.
If your hard drive is a Hitachi Travelstar 5K160, you can find the 5K160 specifications version 1.1 from Hitachi web site. On page 69 of the document, it explains the APM idle modes. On page 145 about the register values of the APM modes.
To set Active Idle as the deepest idle mode may adversely affect battery life. (I haven't yet tested it myself) However, there seem not to be a big difference than the Low Power Idle, according to the datasheet of 5K160. For this model, power consumption of Active Idle is 0.8W, while that of Low Power Idle is 0.6W, on average.
Hope this is helpful.

VirtualBox from hard disk, nvidia glx conflict

Howdy folks, I recently started getting into arch linux and set it up for dual booting. Being a graphics engine developer for multiple platforms I began to work on adding support for linux.
What I was trying to set up was so that I can use VirtualBox to load my arch install from hard disk, which I have gotten running, so that I can use virtual box to test if things work when developing simultaneously for windows, and boot over to arch for performance optimization type stuff.
The problem I am having however is that in VirtualBox I can not get the glx extensions to load, looking at the log file it's definitely trying to load the nvidia glx extensions. My PC has an Nvidia Geforce 9600GT, so for proper support in arch I of course installed the drivers for it.
As per suggested in the wiki I removed the xorg.conf (actually just renamed it), along with a few other files in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d that were causing problems in virtual box (mainly the 20-nvidia.conf file). I have verified it does boot into arch with full 3D support as it did when the xorg.conf was in place. But still having the problems getting the glx extension to load when inside VirtualBox.
I would greatly appreciate any help ya'll can provide, being able to load my arch install from virtual box would make developing this graphics engine of mine so much easier. But I still want to be able to boot into arch. Having to use a VirtualBox instance booting from a virtual hard disk is a real pain since it add to the places I need to sync up source code.

I think you misunderstood ngoonee. Just trying to get open gl working from within virtual box, I know it's only serving as a layer over the graphics stuff.
The problem however is that to allow gpu acceleration when I boot into it, the nvidia driver will need to remain there. But it appears the glx in the nvidia driver will not play nice with what virtual box needs.
Idea is to use the same arch install for both virtual box and the dual boot.
Last edited by chronosifter (2010-07-21 04:28:54)

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