Solaris 8 Instillation ISO

I downloaded the Solaris 8 instillation and 2 software images and burned them to CDs. The 2 software images worked fine, but when I burned the instillation image (a 550 meg file) the resulting CD only had 5 files (.VOLUME, ADD_INSTALL_CLIENT, BOOT, COPYRIGHT, and MODIFY_INSTALL_SERVER) totalling 63k. Physically the CD looks like it is full (when you look at the bottom there's data almost to the edge), and I can boot to the CD and start the installation (but I'm at work right now so I didn't go beyond the first screen). Since it was a 550M image how could it only have 5 small files in it? I tried burning it again onto a different CDR and it did the same thing. We've used this PC to burn tons of stuff and it works fine. Can anyone help?

IanDunn,
Your MS Windows machine will not recognize the other files on the CD.
If your system is able to boot from the CD, it means your the CD you created is fully functional and you will have no problems installing Solaris using that CD.
Thanks for choosing Solaris.
Allen
Sun Developer Support

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Download Solaris 9 ISO image

hi,
Does somebody know where I can download Solaris 9 ISO images?
BR
Marcel

Solaris 9 is no longer available as a free download.
Older releases of Solaris 10 are no longer available as free downloads, either.
If you want it directly from the company, your only recourse is if you happen to have any support contract credentials with Oracle. You could then log a Support Request (S.R.) that asks for the company to send you the software on CD media. They would pull it out from their internal archives and eventually get it to you.
I can think of another alternative, but it's not a free alternative:
You can haunt your favorite online auction web site (for example, eBay) and purchase a full original media kit of CD's and manuals. As I type this, there are a few such kits avaiable at eBay, various Sol9 releases, both for SPARC and for x86.

Where can I download the Solaris 11 ISO's via wget?

Where can I download the Solaris 11 ISO's via wget?

PascalK wrote:
Please check this thread :
https://communities.oracle.com/portal/server.pt/community/view_discussion_topic/216?threadid=271855
Pascal,
That link requires login credentials to MOS.
Please find an additional resource for "freebies" to read.

Solaris 10 iso

We are wanting to download Solaris 10 (actually wanting update 7 since that's what our client has, but can't find it).
We found the "download" site for sol-10-u10-ga2-sparc-dvd.iso, but when we downloaded it, we were unable to get it to boot from the iso. The error we got was "Operating System not found".
What else needs to be done to the iso to make it bootable. I had thought -- incorrectly it would appear -- that an iso is bootable...

sol-10-u10-ga2-sparc-dvd.iso, but when we downloaded it, we were unable to get it to boot from the isoA couple of comments/questions:
You were attempting to install that SPARC software to a SPARC system?
... or were you attempting to install it to a system with an Intel or AMD cpu architecture?
Also, I don't think that file is directly bootable - you need to create the DVD from that ISO file.

Why is Solaris 11 iso so small ?

This post is not about Solaris 11 express. This is about Solaris 11 released on November 9, 2011
I remember download Solaris 10 (august 2011) release for x86_64. It was just above 2gb. Why the newly released Solaris 11's text based Installer is only 430 mb ?
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/solaris11/downloads/index.html
Isn't this the fully functional Solaris 11 ?
Doesn't Solaris 11 have a GUI based installer ?

Getting the .iso image that you want to publish is the first step.
The documentation is here:
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E23824_01/html/E21803/copyrepo2.html#scrolltoc
Here's what we did as a lab scenario with b.174:
(create zfs file system)
zfs create -o compression=on rpool/export/myrepository
(copy iso image to ZFS f/s)
lofiadm -a /<full path>/sol-11full.iso /dev/lofi/1
mount -F hsfs /dev/lofi/1 /mnt
rsync -aP /mnt/repo /export/myrepository
(create repository on local machine)
svccfg -s application/pkg/server setprop pkg/inst_root=/export/myrepository/repo
svccfg -s application/pkg/server setprop pkg/readonly=true
svcprop -p pkg/inst_root application/pkg/server /export/myrepository/repo
svcadm refresh application/pkg/server
svcadm enable application/pkg/server
(refresh pkg repository catalog)
pkgrepo refresh -s /export/myrepository/repo
(assign preferred publisher name to the machine)
pkg set-publisher -P -g http://my-machine.mydomain.com/ solaris
(remove the old publisher name)
pkg set-publisher -G http://pkg.oracle.com/solaris/release solaris
(test)
pkg publisher
pkg search <what you are looking for>
(on your client, remove the current publisher and add newly created publisher)
pkg set-publisher -G http://pkg.oracle.com/solaris/release -g http://my-machine.mydomain.com/ solaris
(test as before)
the pkg command has more options than can be listed here. It will take some getting used to. Hope this gets you started.

Solaris 8 ISOs

Hi All,
Our Sun Solaris 8 Server crashed. Where can I download the installer please.
Thanks a lot,

KinsaKaUy? wrote:
Thanks rukbat, :)
So even if it was already acquired by Oracle it was not place on OTN downloads?
Thanks again.Oracle acquired Sun in 2009. Sun Microsystems had already put Solaris 8 to end-of-life (EOL) status in 2007.
I have observed that Oracle retires all products in what can be described as a very assertive or aggressive manner, so as to only present current products to customers and potential customers. The company never goes backward to "what once was".
As for Solaris 8, they would have had to assign a person or a department to go through what essentially is a remanufacturing/re-marketing/re-packaging process to create ISO's from existing (but no longer sold) media, validate that the electronic files were viable, and place them onto a delivery channel. That would have been a counter-productive exercise.

How do I burn CDs of the Solaris 9 ISO Images

Hello All!
I have downloaded the Solaris 9 (SPARC) ISO Images, from sun.com. Now the issue is how do I use them, i.e. burn them on a CDR. First I have unzipped the images using WinZIP, and then used the ISO Buster to unpack the image files. But when I do that, I get only a few hundred kilobytes, whereas the ISO image itself are of 637 MBs.

I don't know if it is help You, because i am in a the same phase as You, but i have had similar problem, whan i used the Windows download software for TAR-s, You must use Sun Download Manager or the other certified SW or download (if it is possible) from machine, where is Solasis installed. SDM is able unzip the image into .iso file. I am afraid, that in .zip files are some sequences of data (bytes or bits) unsupported on Windows, who confuses the programs.

Solaris 9 iso

Hi,
I wonder why when I try to mount an iso file of solaris 9 for Sparc (safe and verified) under linux (mount -t iso9660 "isofile" "isodir" -o loop=/dev/loop1,blocksize=512|1024|2048), I found one file "Boot" (link unresolved) and 3 script shell for a global size 95k... ??? where is the rest ???
I forgot for sure one option for mount but which one ?
thanks

I have the simlar problems when I burn the downloaded Solaris9 CD. what should to find the Boot media for Solaris 9.
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Solaris 8 for SPARC ISOs anyone?

Hello, I am new to this forum, but I am really trying to get my hands on Solaris 8 ISOs, CDs, etc. My company needs to support our products on Solaris 8.
Thanks in advance!
Sky

Hi
Ebay? Or perhaps from Sun by special order.
Solaris 8 entered end of life last February. In just over a year it will enter phase 2 eol - no more patches, and access to existing patches only to customers with support contracts.
You should also be aware that no current SPARC hardware supports Solaris 8 (at least, not that I'm aware of). This might not be a problem if you have support contracts for your hardware. If, on the other hand, you don't have such a contract and your hardware fails, or you need extra hardware, then again you'll have to look for second hand sources like Ebay.
Perhaps you should consider moving to Solaris 9 or 10?
Paul

Installing Solaris 10 from another hard drive

I do more reading and digesting than actually adding content. But I wanted to share my recent experience with a recalcitrant server.
I have a V440 server remote to my home location. We needed to rebuild it from scratch - wipe and reload the OS, patch it, secure it, and then release back to the customer to reload their data.
First, as per usual, we tried a Sol 10 DVD. Failed. We tried another DVD. Failed. We tried booting a DVD on a local machine here, which succeeded here, and then shipped it out to the site, where it again failed.
I updated the firmware. Tried to boot again - failed.
I've done Jumpstarts before, but only on a local network and definitely without any firewalls or internet between them. So I looked for WAN Jumpstart solutions. I found some, and tried it on a couple of servers. I got fairly far with it, but because I don't have complete control of the network or the servers, I couldn't get it to work.
VM builds are easy. And sometimes USB thumbdrives are easy - at least among the X86 world.
I didn't even want to try the thumbdrive approach - too much work on a machine that is barely physically seen.
I read up on dd, iso's, and hard drives - dd an ISO install image to a hard drive and then BOOT from it. In theory it seemed like it would work, and I looked for examples. I only found very lite examples, so I figured if I got it working, I'd give some more concrete experience.
My machine was a V440 with 3 hard drives. My boot drive (c1t0) wasn't mirrored, but the other two were (c1t1 and c1t2). I broke the mirror and used the last drive for the install boot (c1t2):
YMMV - IMHO, etc, etc...
1) Copied Solaris 10 ISO to this server and placed it on c1t0.
2) Broke my mirror
[root]$ metastat -p
d10 -m d11 d12 1
d11 1 1 c1t1d0s0
d12 1 1 c1t2d0s0
[root]$ metadetach d10 d12
[root]$ metadb -d /dev/dsk/c1t2d0s7
3) Mount and copy the DVD to the freed broken mirror:
[root]$ lofiadm -a /local/solaris10-sparc-boot.iso /dev/lofi/1
[root]$ dd if=/dev/lofi/1 of=/dev/rdsk/c1t2d0s0 bs=4k
dd: unexpected short write, wrote 0 bytes, expected 4096
565041+0 records in
565041+0 records out
4) Verify that I can still boot (??)
/usr/sbin/installboot /usr/platform/`uname -i`/lib/fs/ufs/bootblk /dev/rdsk/c1t0d0s0
/usr/sbin/installboot /usr/platform/`uname -i`/lib/fs/ufs/bootblk /dev/rdsk/c1t2d0s0
5) Connect to console. Boot and install!
[root]$ init 0
[root]$ svc.startd: The system is coming down. Please wait.
svc.startd: 22 system services are now being stopped.
[root]$ syncing file systems... done
Program terminated
{1} ok boot disk2 - install
SC Alert: Host System has Reset
Probing system devices
Probing memory
Probing I/O buses
screen not found.
keyboard not found.
Keyboard not present. Using ttya for input and output.
Probing system devices
Probing memory
Probing I/O buses
Sun Fire V440, No Keyboard
Copyright 2010 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
OpenBoot 4.30.4.a, 4096 MB memory installed, Serial #############
Ethernet address ###############, Host ID: #############.
Rebooting with command: boot disk2 - install
Boot device: /pci@1f,700000/scsi@2/disk@2,0 File and args: - install
SunOS Release 5.10 Version Generic_147147-26 64-bit
Copyright (c) 1983, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
Hardware watchdog enabled
Configuring devices.
Using RPC Bootparams for network configuration information.
Attempting to configure interface ce1...
Skipped interface ce1
Attempting to configure interface ce0...
Skipped interface ce0
Setting up Java. Please wait...
svc:/system/filesystem/local:default: WARNING: /usr/sbin/zfs mount -a failed: one or more
file systems failed to mount
Serial console, reverting to text install
Beginning system identification...
Searching for configuration file(s)...
Search complete.
Discovering additional network configuration...
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Please comment, correct, append, amend. Thanks.
Derek Williams

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

Ultra 1E & OBP 3.33: solaris cd not booting.

Hi,
I got an Ultra 1E 167. It came loaded with Solaris 8 booting the 32bits kernel.I didn't know details about the way the previous owner installed and configured it.
I tried to boot the 64bit kernel and got the message: "needs OBP 3.11.1 at least to boot and run Solaris 8".
Well the OBP was at version 3.7.1
So I went to the patch portal, downloaded the PROM update 104288 for ultra 1E (not ultra 1), burned it on a cdrom,switched the jumper on the board to writable, booted and flashed the PROM successfully.The box rebooted with OBP 3.33.0.
(detail: the new banner shows now: "Sun Ultra 1UPA/SBUS (UltraSPARC???? 167 mhz") : the cpu version is gone).
From now trying to boot failed:
Boot device: /sbus/SUNW,fas@e,8800000/sd@0,0
krtld: load_exec: fail to expand cpu/$CPU
krtld: error during initial load/link phase
panic - boot: exitto64 returned from client program
I took an OpenBSD 3.4 sparc64 iso. It booted and installed, and the box runs it like a charm.
I took a NetBSD 1.6.1 sparc64 iso.It booted and installed, and runs just fine.
I took a Linux-sparc iso. It booted and installed and it turns the box into a nice desktop.
I took a Solaris 8 iso, then a Solaris 9, then the last Solaris 10 Express, setting OBP:
set-default boot-file
set-default boot-device
I use the CD#1, not the "Installer" one.
and I boot giving the kernel path: /platform/sun4u/kernel/sparcv9/unix
then the modules path /platform/sun4u/kernel.
Fails allways:
(trying to boot the 32bit sparcv8 solaris 8 kernel fails too).
"Alloc of 0x400000 bytes at 0x1000000 refused" (memory alignment issue ?) in case of solaris 9 or 10, and fail to expand cpu/$CPU in case of solaris 8.
It seems solaris doesn't support ultra 1e with the last PROM.I will not try to downgrade the OBP, as they warn on sunsolve to not do that at all.
So I keep running OpenBSD and Linux on the box.
But maybe I miss something about solaris ??

Hello,
this is a problem that is not acknowledged by Sun !
Please review the following thread on the Sun Support Forum (posted Thu, 12 February 2004 03:47)
Either go to http://supportforum.sun.com and select the Forum (last is the topic)
Hardware ? Ultra/SunBlade ? Upgraded OBP on Ultra 1 - now can't boot
or use the link
http://supportforum.sun.com/hardware/index.php?t=msg&th=1267&start=0&rid=23&S=a533bb4719fbfe75ac9083e444cf19d1
You have to downgrade the OBP. Unfortunately the previous patch is no longer available (from Sun) for download.
You can either take one of the 'SUN4U SYSTEM FLASH PROM UPDATE' cd's (e.g. 2.3) or download it from the alternate location given in the thread.
It's very interesting that the error does only appear when Solaris is involved. I will post this as an update to the original thread.
Michael

Dir 5.1 on Solaris 8 simply crashes

Our 5.1 DS crashed twice this day without putting any information in the access and error logfiles.
Also /var/adm/messages showed nothing.
When I run /distr/idir/5.1/bin/slapd/server/idsktune
I get the following output below.
=======output idstune===============
Sun ONE Directory Server system tuning analysis version 22-MAY-2002. Copyright 2002 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
NOTICE : System is usparc-SUNW,Ultra-60-solaris5.8_s28s_u7wos_08a (1 processor).
NOTICE : Patch 108919-14 (CDE 1.4: dtlogin patch) is not installed.
NOTICE : Patch 108949-07 (CDE 1.4: libDtHelp/libDtSvc patch) is not installed.
NOTICE : Patch 109470-02 (CDE 1.4: Actions Patch) is not installed.
NOTICE : Patch 110943-01 (SunOS 5.8: /usr/bin/tcsh patch) is not installed.
NOTICE : Patch 111548-01 (SunOS 5.8: catman, man, whatis, apropos and makewhatis patch) is not installed.
NOTICE : Patch 111596-02 (SunOS 5.8: /usr/lib/netsvc/yp/rpc.yppasswdd patch) is not installed.
NOTICE : Patch 111626-01 (OpenWindows 3.6.2: Xview Patch) is not installed.
NOTICE : Patch 111879-01 (SunOS 5.8: Solaris Product Registry patch SUNWwsr) is not installed.
NOTICE : Patch 108921-13 (CDE 1.4: dtwm patch (required for JRE 1.4)) is not installed.
NOTICE : Patch 108773-12 is present, but 108773-14 (SunOS 5.8: IIIM and X Input & Output Method patch required for JRE 1.4) is a more recent version.
NOTICE : Patch 112003-02 (SunOS 5.8: Unable to load fontset in 64-bit Solaris 8 iso-1 or iso-15) is not installed.
NOTICE : Solaris patches can be obtained from http://sunsolve.sun.com or your Solaris support representative. Solaris patches listed as required by the JRE are located at http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/jre/download.html or can be obtained from your Solaris support representative.
WARNING: There are only 1024 file descriptors available, which limits the number of simultaneous connections. Additional file descriptors, up to 65536, are available by adding to /etc/system lines like set rlim_fd_max=4096
set rlim_fd_cur=4096
NOTICE : The tcp_conn_req_max_q value is currently 128, which will limit the value of listen backlog which can be configured. It can be raised by adding to /etc/init.d/inetinit, after any adb command, a line similar to: ndd -set /dev/tcp tcp_conn_req_max_q 1024
NOTICE : The tcp_rexmit_interval_initial is currently set to 1500 milliseconds (1 seconds). This may cause excessive retransmission on the Internet. However, if clients are using Solaris 2.5.1 or earlier on the LAN, increasing this value can result in packet loss due to a bug in that version of Solaris. Upgrading any Solaris clients to 2.6 or later is recommended.
NOTICE : The NDD tcp_ip_abort_cinterval is currently set to 180000 milliseconds (180 seconds). This may cause long delays in establishing outgoing connections if the destination server is down.
NOTICE : If the directory service is intended only for LAN or private high-speed WAN environment, this interval can be reduced by adding to
/etc/init.d/inetinit:
ndd -set /dev/tcp tcp_ip_abort_cinterval 10000
NOTICE : The NDD tcp_ip_abort_interval is currently set to 180000 milliseconds (180 seconds). This may cause long delays in detecting connection failure if the destination server is down.
NOTICE : If the directory service is intended only for LAN or private high-speed WAN environment, this interval can be reduced by adding to
/etc/init.d/inetinit:
ndd -set /dev/tcp tcp_ip_abort_interval 60000
NOTICE : The NDD tcp_smallest_anon_port is currently 32768. This allows a maximum of 32768 simultaneous connections. More ports can be made available by adding a line to /etc/init.d/inetinit: ndd -set /dev/tcp tcp_smallest_anon_port 8192
WARNING: tcp_deferred_ack_interval is currently 100 milliseconds. This will cause Solaris to insert artificial delays in the LDAP protocol. It should be reduced during load testing. This line can be added to the /etc/init.d/inetinit file: ndd -set /dev/tcp tcp_deferred_ack_interval 5
======end output============
Could the missing patches or the low amount of file descriptors be the reason ?
The DS ran two weeks without any problems.
FYI on the server three DS instances are running.
The server is anE220R and it has 1 Gb memory, 2 Gb swap and 1 CPU.
Any help would be nice......

I checked the error and accesslogfile.
Nothing there only a gap in time !!!!
You only see something in the error logfile during the startup again :
[09/Apr/2003:13:00:21 +0200] - iPlanet-Directory/5.1 Service Pack 1 20020606 B2002.161.2234 starting up
[09/Apr/2003:13:00:21 +0200] - Detected Disorderly Shutdown last time Directory Server was running, recovering database.
[09/Apr/2003:13:00:43 +0200] - slapd started. Listening on all interfaces port 2389 for LDAP requests
[09/Apr/2003:13:03:31 +0200] - cos_cache_getref: no cos cache created

Solaris 2.5.1 download

I need to change the frame buffer on a Sparc 5 system running 2.5.1 OS (8 bit to a 24 bit card). I have misplaced the original media and would like someone to point me to an archive site that would allow me to download an ISO file and burn a bootable CD. I have done this with Solaris 7, 8, and 9. 2.5.1 seems to be too old to be on the Sun download page. Does anyone know where it can be found.
Thanks, Paul E

Hello Paul,
I'm not aware of any site that legally offers or offered Solaris 7 iso-images for download. With Solaris 2.5.1 this is much more unlikely.
Have called your Sun representative, maybe he is able to help you ?
The other choice is to post your inquiry on comp.unix.solaris.
Michael

Solaris installation error

I got error trying to install Solaris from ISO image.
Error is "Path is not absolute".
What I did:
primary# ldm add-vdsdev /var/spool/pkg/sol-10-u11-ga-sparc-dvd.iso iso_vol@primary-vds0
primary# ldm add-vdisk iso_disk iso_vol@primary-vds0 etleai
/var/spool/pkg/sol-10-u11-ga-sparc-dvd.iso - path to iso file
etleai - guest domain
Need help.

Hello
When did you got the error "Error is "Path is not absolute"." after what command?
I found this but points to a bad data entries in the installation process, it is close as not a bug.
Bug 16559051 - Solaris 10 1/13 (Update 11) dvd text installation issue
regards
Eze

Character encoding problem

          We are using WebLogic 7.0 SP4 on Solaris 8 w/ jdk131_10. By default we don't specify
          the "encoding" jsp-param of the jsp-descriptor in the weblogic.xml. The BEA documentation
          says "If not set, this parameter defaults to the encoding for your platform."
          Without setting this value, certain characters in our JSPs are converted just
          fine in our test environment but become "weird" characters in our production environment.
          Question 1: Where exactly is the encoding of the "platform" specified?
          So I figured we just had to specify the encoding to be UTF8, right? Well when
          we do that, everything is still fine in test but in production we get the following
          exception when WebLogic tries to compile a JSP.
          weblogic.utils.ParsingException: nested TokenStreamException: antlr.TokenStreamIOException
          at weblogic.servlet.jsp.JspLexer.parse(JspLexer.java:964)
          at weblogic.servlet.jsp.JspParser.doit(JspParser.java:90)
          at weblogic.servlet.jsp.JspParser.parse(JspParser.java:213)
          at weblogic.servlet.jsp.Jsp2Java.outputs(Jsp2Java.java:119)
          at weblogic.utils.compiler.CodeGenerator.generate(CodeGenerator.java:258)
          at weblogic.servlet.jsp.JspStub.compilePage(JspStub.java:356)
          at weblogic.servlet.jsp.JspStub.prepareServlet(JspStub.java:214)
          at weblogic.servlet.jsp.JspStub.prepareServlet(JspStub.java:164)
          at weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletStubImpl.getServlet(ServletStubImpl.java:534)
          at weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletStubImpl.invokeServlet(ServletStubImpl.java:364)
          at weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletStubImpl.invokeServlet(ServletStubImpl.java:462)
          at weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletStubImpl.invokeServlet(ServletStubImpl.java:306)
          at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext$ServletInvocationAction.run(WebAppServletContext.java:5517)
          at weblogic.security.service.SecurityServiceManager.runAs(SecurityServiceManager.java:685)
          at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext.invokeServlet(WebAppServletContext.java:3156)
          at weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletRequestImpl.execute(ServletRequestImpl.java:2506)
          at weblogic.kernel.ExecuteThread.execute(ExecuteThread.java:234)
          at weblogic.kernel.ExecuteThread.run(ExecuteThread.java:210)
          Question 2: Any ideas why this exception is happening?


Conrad Armstrong wrote:
          >
          > We are using WebLogic 7.0 SP4 on Solaris 8 w/ jdk131_10. By default we
          > don't specify the "encoding" jsp-param of the jsp-descriptor in the
          > weblogic.xml. The BEA documentation says "If not set, this parameter
          > defaults to the encoding for your platform." Without setting this value,
          > certain characters in our JSPs are converted just fine in our test
          > environment but become "weird" characters in our production environment.
          >
          > Question 1: Where exactly is the encoding of the "platform" specified?
          >
          > So I figured we just had to specify the encoding to be UTF8, right? Well
          > when we do that, everything is still fine in test but in production we get
          > the following exception when WebLogic tries to compile a JSP.
          >
          > weblogic.utils.ParsingException: nested TokenStreamException:
          > antlr.TokenStreamIOException
          > at weblogic.servlet.jsp.JspLexer.parse(JspLexer.java:964)
          > at weblogic.servlet.jsp.JspParser.doit(JspParser.java:90)
          > at weblogic.servlet.jsp.JspParser.parse(JspParser.java:213)
          > at weblogic.servlet.jsp.Jsp2Java.outputs(Jsp2Java.java:119)
          > at
          >
          weblogic.utils.compiler.CodeGenerator.generate(CodeGenerator.java:258)
          > at weblogic.servlet.jsp.JspStub.compilePage(JspStub.java:356) at
          > weblogic.servlet.jsp.JspStub.prepareServlet(JspStub.java:214) at
          > weblogic.servlet.jsp.JspStub.prepareServlet(JspStub.java:164) at
          >
          weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletStubImpl.getServlet(ServletStubImpl.java:534)
          > at
          >
          weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletStubImpl.invokeServlet(ServletStubImpl.java:364)
          > at
          >
          weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletStubImpl.invokeServlet(ServletStubImpl.java:462)
          > at
          >
          weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletStubImpl.invokeServlet(ServletStubImpl.java:306)
          > at
          >
          weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext$ServletInvocationAction.run(WebAppServletContext.java:5517)
          > at
          >
          weblogic.security.service.SecurityServiceManager.runAs(SecurityServiceManager.java:685)
          > at
          >
          weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext.invokeServlet(WebAppServletContext.java:3156)
          > at
          >
          weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletRequestImpl.execute(ServletRequestImpl.java:2506)
          > at weblogic.kernel.ExecuteThread.execute(ExecuteThread.java:234)
          > at weblogic.kernel.ExecuteThread.run(ExecuteThread.java:210)
          >
          > Question 2: Any ideas why this exception is happening?
          The platform encoding is the one returned by the system property
          file.encoding => System.getProperty("file.encoding")
          Probably you are developing on windows and deploying ('production') on
          solaris? In that case the default file encodings on each os are different
          and that may be causing the problem here. (On windows the default is cp1252
          i think)
          Typically, are all your jsps more or less iso-8859-1? then you can set this
          encoding in weblogic.xml. I believe the default encoding on solaris is
          "ISO-8859-1" (You can check this by writing a simple jsp which prints out :
          Encoding : <%= System.getProperty("file.encoding") %>
          Hope that helps.
          Do let me know what you find
          --Nagesh

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