USB Cdrom/DVDrom installation of Solaris 10

I am trying to install Solaris 10. The computer I'm installing to has no CDROM built in. Is it possible to boot from a USB CDROM at the ok prompt to install solaris 10? If so, please provide me the how to steps because I cannot get it to work for me.

I don't believe its possible.
Your best option is to install on another computer, setup a jumpstart server and netboot from there.

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How to mount USB & CDROM drives from single user mode - Solaris boot disk?

Hi All,
I need to carry out ufsrestore on a single newly replaced system disk (no redundancy / mirroring) from either USB or CDROM drives from the following steps:
( i ) GRUB => e, e, cdrom –s, Enter, b (boot from Solaris 10 x86 media).
( ii ) Choose menu 1 for Install Solaris Interactive Mode to reach single user mode.Below are the commands that I have tried in single user mode without success:
mount –r –F pcfs /dev/dsk/c1t0d0p0 /cdrom (after unmount Solaris CD)
mount: /dev/dsk/c1t0d0p0 is not a DOS filesystem.
svcadm –v enable smserver
svcadm: Pattern ‘smserver’ doesn’t match any instances
svcadm enable autofs
svcadm: Pattern ‘autofs’ doesn’t match any instances
devfsadm
devfsadm: mkdir failed for /dev 0s1ed: Read-only file system
mkdir /mnt
mkdir: Failed to make directory “/mnt”; Read-only file systemPart of the problem is due to the current READ ONLY filesystems which does not allow the creation of mount point such as /mnt.
I have been able to create both / root (/dev/dsk/c1t0d0s0) and /export/home (/dev/dsk/c1t0d0s0) filesystems with newfs that are awaiting for restore using ufsrestore.
The only option I am left with is to attach a secondary disk to install Solaris 10 on either of them before bring the system to multi-user mode so that service such as volmgt, autofs, volfs are available to access USB & CDROM drives.
Any suggestion on how to resolve this issue?
Many thanks,
Jack

Hi JKGN,
Is the directory a located under the root filesystem. ie /a? Are there any other mount point for say USB drive as well? I am not in a position to try it out right now but will get back
to you soon on whether /a exist or not.
Btw, the last thing I managed to do on this system at the time was added a secondary 1TB internal disk with the intention to restore both / and /export/home data onto this disk while
making use of all the disk device management services such as the following services only available in a fully installed Solaris system (both single & multi-user modes) installed on the
primary disk:
# svcs smserver
STATE          STIME    FMRI
online         Jun_08   svc:/network/rpc/smserver:default
# svcs autofs
STATE          STIME    FMRI
online         Jun_08   svc:/system/filesystem/autofs:default
# devfsadm
# iostat -En
c1t0d0           Soft Errors: 0 Hard Errors: 0 Transport Errors: 0
Vendor: ATA      Product: SAMSUNG HD321KJ Revision: 0-11 Serial No:
Size: 320.07GB <320072932864 bytes>
Media Error: 0 Device Not Ready: 0 No Device: 0 Recoverable: 0
Illegal Request: 41 Predictive Failure Analysis: 0
c0t0d0           Soft Errors: 0 Hard Errors: 5 Transport Errors: 0
Vendor: PHILIPS Product: DVD+-RW DVD8801 Revision: AD21 Serial
Size: 17.54GB <17538875392 bytes>
Media Error: 0 Device Not Ready: 5 No Device: 0 Recoverable: 0
Illegal Request: 10 Predictive Failure Analysis: 0
c2t0d0           Soft Errors: 0 Hard Errors: 0 Transport Errors: 0
Vendor: JetFlash Product: Transcend 16GB   Revision: 1100 Serial No:
Size: 0.00GB <0 bytes>
Media Error: 0 Device Not Ready: 0 No Device: 0 Recoverable: 0
Illegal Request: 7 Predictive Failure Analysis: 0
# rmformat
Looking for devices...
     1. Volmgt Node: /vol/dev/aliases/cdrom0
        Logical Node: /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s2
        Physical Node: /pci@0,0/pci-ide@1f,1/ide@0/sd@0,0
        Connected Device: PHILIPS DVD+-RW DVD8801 AD21
        Device Type: DVD Reader/WriterHowever, I was disappointed that "iostat -En" has not found the secondary disk (1 TB) even though it was available earlier, for Solaris installation as the only disk on the same system.
As a result, I am left with no option but the need to rebuild this system with only a single primary disk while in single user mode. However, the single user mode that I am in is the
one from Solaris installation disk with restrictive (_cannot create folder for mount point or running disk management utilities_) capability such as those services just covered, compared to one from a completed Solaris installation system with full access to all filesystems and utilities / commands in general.
I would very much value your assistance on how to mount both CD & USB in this restrictive limited Read Only OS (assume that it is running from memory) in order to get complete access to
the blank primary disk so that full restore with ufsrestore could take place.
Thanks in advance,
Jack
Edited by: 797805 on 9/06/2012 04:15

1) How to Boot from SAN for T4-1 Server with Solaris 11.1 OS on the disk? 2) How to SMI Label/Format a disk while OS Installation in Solaris 11.1?

FYI....boot from SAN is required for physical server (T4-1) (not OVM).
1) How to Boot from SAN for T4-1 Server with Solaris 11.1 OS on the disk?
The SAN disks allocated are visible in ok prompt. below is the output.
(0) ok show—disks
a) /pci@400/pci@2/pci@0/pci@f/pci@0/usb@0, 2/hub@2/hub@3/storage@2/disk
b) /pci@400/pci@2/pci@0/pci€a/SUNW, ezalxs@0, l/fp@0, 0/disk
e) /pci@400/pci@2/pci@0/pci@a/SUNW, ealxs@0/fp@0, 0/disk
d) /pci@400/pci@2/pci@0/pci@8/SUNW, emlxs@0, l/fp@0, 0/disk
e) /pci@400/pci@2/pci@0/pci@8/SUNW,enlxs@0/fp@0,0/disk
f) /pci@400/pci@2/pci@0/pci@4/scsi@0/disk
g) /pci@400/pci@1/pci@0/pci@4/scsi@0/disk
h) /iscsi—hba/disk
q) NO SELECTION
valid choice: a. . .h, q to quit c
/pci@400/pci@2/pci@0/pci@a/SUNW, ealxs@0/fp@0, 0/disk has been selected.
Type “Y ( Control—Y ) to insert it in the command line.
e.g. ok nvalias mydev “Y
for creating devalias mydev for /pci@400/pci@2/pci@0/pci@a/SUNW,emlxs@0/fp@0,0/disk
(0) ok set—sfs—boot
set—sfs—boot ?
We tried selecting a disk and applying sfs-boot at ok prompt.
Can you please help me providing detailed pre-requesites/steps/procedure to implement this and to start boot from SAN.
2) How to SMI Label/Format a disk while OS Installation in Solaris 11.1?
As we know that ZFS is the default filesystem in Solaris 11.
We have seen in the Oracle documentation that for rpool below are recommended:
- A disk that is intended for a ZFS root pool must be created with an SMI label, not an EFI label.
- Create root pools with slices by using the s* identifier.
- ZFS applies an EFI label when you create a storage pool with whole disks.
- In general, you should create a disk slice with the bulk of disk space in slice 0.
I have seen the solution that using format -e, we change the labelling but all the data will be lost, whats the way to apply a SMI Label/Format on a rpool disks while OS Installation itself.
Please provide me the steps to SMI Label a disk while installaing Solaris 11.1 OS.

Oracle recommends below things on rpool: (thats reason wanted to apply SMI Label)
I have seen in the Oracle documentation that for rpool below are recommended:
- A disk that is intended for a ZFS root pool must be created with an SMI label, not an EFI label.
- Create root pools with slices by using the s* identifier.
- ZFS applies an EFI label when you create a storage pool with whole disks.
- In general, you should create a disk slice with the bulk of disk space in slice 0.

Problem with ana 3.6 Installation on solaris 10

Hi,
I'm going to install Cisco Ana 3.6.5 on Solaris 10 and this is my first experience.
here are the information about my installation:
OS: Solaris 10 64-bit
Oracle 10g 10.2.0.3
I have installed Oracle and now when i try to install ana gateway , i get this Error Message:
- sheer doesnt exist, creating in /export/home/oracle/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/oradata/sheer_DATA.dbf table space...
*** ERROR: Can not create table space /export/home/oracle/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/oradata/sheer_DATA.dbf. ABORTING. ***
could you please help me?
Thanks in advance

I've solved the problem by setting password for scheme sheer to cisco !
- Enter the Oracle sid: MCDB
- Enter the Oracle admin username: system
- Enter the Oracle admin password: ********
- Enter the password for the scheme sheer: cisco
- Enter the location of the data files: /export/home/oracle/product/db_10g/oradata
- Enter the Oracle Listener port: 1521

Installing from an external usb cdrom drive

I am able to boot an external usb cdrom drive but I cannot figure out how to mount that usb cdrom drive to complete the install.
My boot command is:
arch-scsi NEEDUSB=auto
I cannot run loaddisk, as it does not find the usb cdrom, so I cannot load the addon utilities (thus I cannot modprobe usb-storage).
I can run /arch/setup but when it gets to package selection, I am unable to select the CDROM source. This machine is not on the net, so I cannot do a ftp install.
Has anyone else installed ARCH using an external USB cdrom drive ?
Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thank you Xentac for you help. I looked up the bug report and understand the problem. Now how do I proceed from here?
Any suggestions on a work around? Should I rebuild the 0.7 beta disk with additions to the initrd? Eventually, I will need to install Arch on about twenty standalone systems. They do not have cdrom's in them, and are not on a network. Sounds like I may have to open up the units and plug a cdrom in for the install
I was thinking of cloning the disk (i.e. open up unit, take hard drive out, put in another system and clone), but it has been pointed out that doing a basic install is a good way of testing the hardware. It doesn't take very long and we have to do testing of our software anyways.
I open to suggestions!

Installation error Solaris 10-u6-ga1

I must be missing something really obvious on the installation of Solaris 10 U6. I've come up against the error message upon manually partitioning, and using UFS. After the install the error is:
Solaris 10 10 software installation partially failed
Solaris 10 packages partially installed
SUNWlur
Then at reboot it loops and loops
If I install using ZFS no problem. Unfortunately I have to use UFS for this install.
I pulled down the sol-10-u6-x86-ga1 dvd and installed on an Vmware to see what I'd get. If I manually setup the drive, it fails to with the same error.
Here is my drive layout both sparc server and vmware(x86)
/ = 10 Gb
swap = 10 Gb
/etc = 10 Gb
/usr = 10 Gb
/var = 10 Gb
/export=remaining drive space.
I'm I missing something obvious?
thanks
bill

There should be more information in the install log about why the one package failed. If you search for the package name in the log you should be able find it. Then that might help determine whether the package can be installed on its own, possibly fixing your reboot issue.
-- Alan

How to Add a Physical Interface After Installation in Solaris 10

How to Add a Physical Interface After Installation in Solaris 10
Hi Java Specialist,
I am trying to setup a network interface with the following steps on a new fresh Solaris 10 installation using the instruction titled How to Add a Physical Interface After Installation in Solaris 10 3/05 ONLY from http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19253-01/816-4554/esxhb/index.html:
1. # ifconfig lo0 plumb up
2. # ifconfig lo0 10.56.8.101 netmask 255.255.240.0. This was the working Windows DHCP environment prior to installing Solaris
10 on top of it.
3. # Added saturn to /etc/hostname.lo0.
4. # Added 10.56.8.101 to /etc/inet/hosts
5. # Added 10.56.0.0 255.255.240.0 to /etc/inet/netmasks
6.# reboot
However, the following errors kept recurring:
svcs –xv …. unable to qualify my own domain name,
failed with exit status 69.
Any idea on what other steps have I missed? I was hoping to only do step 3 – 6 for the change to apply permanently.
Many thanks,
Jack

Hi Java Specialist,... in a Solaris forum?
1. # ifconfig lo0 plumb upThe loopback connection (your lo0)is NOT a physical interface. There are no hardware components for it. Nor can I think of any reason why it should ever be anything other than the default 127.0.0.1
Use your favorite Internet search site (such as Google, Bing, Yahoo) to learn more about it.
2. # ifconfig lo0 10.56.8.101 netmask 255.255.240.0. This was the working Windows DHCP environment ...I have no idea how a nonexistent software construct gets a DHCP address in a MS Operating System, unless you are confusing this with the "Microsoft Loopback Adapter" which is an utterly different concept. Again, go see what Google tells you.
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<br>
<br>
... completely unrelated to configuring an IP...
unable to qualify my own domain nameAgain, search the Internet or even search these forums with that string of words.
Go back through your two most recent posts and read the responses again.
They seem to both be on the same topic as this new one -- configuring an IP on something.
How to initialize new IP address on secondary interface permanently
How to change IP address permanently on Solaris 10
When you've done all that, then come back and tell us what you are actually trying to do.

Installation of Solaris 9 Intel Version in Windows XP PC

I am very much interested in installation of Solaris 9 intel version in my PC which is windows XP version.
My PC Processor : AMD Athlon
I am not able to install solaris 9 in my PC.
Sun boot version is Sun OS secondary boot version 3.0.
During installation,i am going untill selection of type of installation. After selecting the Interactive type,the system is rebooting again without installing.
Select the type of installation you want to perform
(1) Solaris Interactive
(2) Custom Jumpstart
After selecting from above,the system is rebooting again without installing.
Please help me with the installation.

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I am very much interested in installation of Solaris 9 intel version in my PC which is windows XP version.
My PC Processor : AMD Athlon
I am not able to install solaris 9 in my PC.
Sun boot version is Sun OS secondary boot version 3.0.
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Select the type of installation you want to perform
(1) Solaris Interactive
(2) Custom Jumpstart
After selecting from above,the system is rebooting again without installing.
Please help me with the installation.

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You'll need to create a partition on which to install Solaris, - search for Solaris Windows Dual Boot on docs.sun.com for more information.

Need Agent Installer for Solaris (SPARC)

Hi All,
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When I tried to extract the zip file, I am getting the following error message.
"Can not open file. It does not appear to be a valid archive. If you downloaded this file, try downloading the file again."
Even I tried using http://sac.us.oracle.com/download/index.html also but getting the same error.
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The differences show up a lot at the hardware level. HBAs aren't usually the same, many drivers (and their quirks) are different between the architectures. If you're debugging connectivity to a tape library, those differences may be critical.
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Hi
I have installed the Access manager 7.0, Sun java system app server 8.1, Sun sirectory server 5.2 through JES installer on solaris 10 zone AM55-zone. Installer summarry is below, which shows installtion complete without error, but I am not able to launch the amserver login page.
Any suggestion, what I did wrong? any thoughts?
Sid
Installation Complete
Software installation has completed successfully. You can view the installation
summary and log by using the choices below. Summary and log files are available
in /var/sadm/install/logs/.
Your next step is to perform the postinstallation configuration and
verification tasks documented in the Postinstallation Configuration and Startup
Chapter of the Sun Java(TM) Enterprise System Installation Guide. See: http:
//docs.sun.com/doc/819-2328.
Enter 1 to view installation summary and Enter 2 to view installation logs
[1] {"!" exits} 1
Installation Summary Report
Install Summary
Java Enterprise System : Installed
Sun Java(TM) System Message Queue 3 2005Q4 Enterprise Edition : Installed
Sun Java(TM) System Application Server Enterprise Edition 8.1 2005Q4 : Installed
Sun Java(TM) System Directory Preparation Tool : Installed
Sun Java(TM) System Directory Server 5 2005Q4 : Installed
Sun Java(TM) System Access Manager 7 2005Q4 : Installed
Configuration Data
Sun Java(TM) System Application Server Enterprise Edition 8.1 2005Q4 :
Domains and Instance Configuration Directory : /var/opt/SUNWappserver
Application Server Installation Directory : /opt/SUNWappserver
Sun Java(TM) System Directory Preparation Tool :
Directory Preparation Tool Installation Directory : /opt/SUNWcomds
Sun Java(TM) System Directory Server 5 2005Q4 :
Directory Server Admin User : admin
Directory Server Manager : cn=Directory Manager
Directory Server Identifier : AM55-zone
Directory Server Port : 389
Directory Server Root Suffix : dc=ipsolutionshowcase,dc=com
<--[33%]--[ENTER To Continue]--[n To Finish]--> {"!" exits}
Directory Server Administration Domain : ipsolutionshowcase.com
System User : root
System Group : root
Existing Configuration Directory : 0
Configuration Directory Host : AM55-zone.ipsolutionshowcase.com
Configuration Directory Port : 389
Configuration Directory Admin User : admin
Existing User Directory : 0
User Directory Host : AM55-zone.ipsolutionshowcase.com
User Directory Port : 389
User Directory Admin User : admin
User Directory Suffix : dc=ipsolutionshowcase,dc=com
Disable Schema Checking : 0
Add Sample Entries : 0
Populate Database : 1
Sun Java(TM) System Access Manager 7 2005Q4 :
Access Manager Installation Directory : /opt
Access Manager Protocol : http
Access Manager Port : 8080
LDAP User ID : amldapuser
<--[66%]--[ENTER To Continue]--[n To Finish]--> {"!" exits}
Administrator User ID : amAdmin
Web Container : AppServer
Access Manager Application Server Installation Directory :
/opt/SUNWappserver/appserver
Document Root : /var/opt/SUNWappserver/domains/domain1/docroot
Access Manager Console Host (for Existing console) : AM55-zone.
ipsolutionshowcase.com
Access Manager Console Deploy URI : amconsole
Access Manager Password Deploy URI : ampassword
Access Manager Host : AM55-zone.ipsolutionshowcase.com
Access Manager Services Deploy URI : amserver
Access Manager Cookie Domain List : .ipsolutionshowcase.com
Access Manager Common Domain Deploy URI : amcommon
Access Manager Directory Server Host Name : AM55-zone
Access Manager Directory Server Host : AM55-zone.ipsolutionshowcase.com
Access Manager Directory Server Port : 389
Access Manager Directory Root Suffix : dc=ipsolutionshowcase,dc=com
Access Manager Directory Manager DN : cn=Directory Manager
Organization Marker Object Class : sunISManagedOrganization
User Marker Object Class : inetorgperson
Organization Naming Attribute : o
User Naming Attribute : uid
<--[100%]--[ENTER To Continue]--[n To Finish]--> {"!" exits}
Enter 1 to view installation summary and Enter 2 to view installation logs
[1] {"!" exits} !
You have new mail in /var/mail/root
bash-3.00#
bash-3.00# cd /var/opt/mps/serverroot/slapd-AM55-zone
bash-3.00# ./start-slapd

Thanks samk,
After the installation, I have started the Directory server,admin,and console with following commands:
bash-3.00# directoryserver start
bash-3.00# directoryserver start-admin
SunONE-WebServer-Enterprise/6.0SP3 B05/19/2004 02:48
warning: daemon is running as super-user
[LS ls1] http://AM55-zone.ipsolutionshowcase.com <http://AM55-zone.ipsolutionshowcase.com> , port 390 ready to accept requests
startup: server started successfully
bash-3.00# directoryserver startconsole
Recieved the Login console window,logged in and got the ipsolutionshowcase tree.
What are the next steps I need to folow in order to launch the Access Manager page?
Ant thoughts?
Thanks for ye help
Sid

Unable to enter Agent name and port details while doing ODI (11.1.1.6) installation on Solaris

Unable to enter Agent name and port details while doing installation on Solaris, Installation wizard is moving slowly and at 'Specify Agent Details' page it is not allowing me to enter the details and now I am not able to continue installation.
Please let me know if I am missing anything and there is any solution.

just in case cross verify the certiication matrix for 11.1.1.6
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/data-integrator/odi-11gr1certmatrix-163773.xls
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11gR2 installation on Solaris failed with prereuisite 124861-15

The 11gR2 installation on Solaris 10 sparc failed with prereuisite 124861-15.
When I tried to install the patch 124861-20, it failed with the following(see below):
I have Sun Studio 12-2 installed on the system.
It was complaining that some packages (SPROmrcom, SPROlangx, SPROlang,SPROsunms ) are not installed.
Where can I get these packages? Should not it be included in the Sun Studio 12-2 installation?
Thanks.
Zhigang
# patchadd 124861-20
Validating patches...
Loading patches installed on the system...
Cannot find package name, arch or version in pkginfo file /var/sadm/pkg/IR/pkginfo.
Done!
Loading patches requested to install.
Done!
The following requested patches have packages not installed on the system
Package SPROmrcom from directory SPROmrcom in patch 124861-20 is not installed on the system. Changes for package SPROmrcom will not be applied to the system.
Package SPROlangx from directory SPROlangx in patch 124861-20 is not installed on the system. Changes for package SPROlangx will not be applied to the system.
Package SPROlang from directory SPROlang in patch 124861-20 is not installed on the system. Changes for package SPROlang will not be applied to the system.
Package SPROsunms from directory SPROsunms in patch 124861-20 is not installed on the system. Changes for package SPROsunms will not be applied to the system.
Checking patches that you specified for installation.
Done!
The following requested patches will not be installed because
the packages they patch are not installed on this system.
0 No Packages from patch 124861-20 are installed on the system.

Hi,
The 11gR2 installation on Solaris 10 sparc failed with prereuisite 124861-15.
When I tried to install the patch 124861-20, it failed with the following(see below):
I have Sun Studio 12-2 installed on the system.
It was complaining that some packages (SPROmrcom, SPROlangx, SPROlang,SPROsunms ) are not installed.
Where can I get these packages? Should not it be included in the Sun Studio 12-2 installation?
Thanks.
Zhigang
# patchadd 124861-20
Validating patches...
Loading patches installed on the system...
Cannot find package name, arch or version in pkginfo file /var/sadm/pkg/IR/pkginfo.
Done!
Loading patches requested to install.
Done!
The following requested patches have packages not installed on the system
Package SPROmrcom from directory SPROmrcom in patch 124861-20 is not installed on the system. Changes for package SPROmrcom will not be applied to the system.
Package SPROlangx from directory SPROlangx in patch 124861-20 is not installed on the system. Changes for package SPROlangx will not be applied to the system.
Package SPROlang from directory SPROlang in patch 124861-20 is not installed on the system. Changes for package SPROlang will not be applied to the system.
Package SPROsunms from directory SPROsunms in patch 124861-20 is not installed on the system. Changes for package SPROsunms will not be applied to the system.
Checking patches that you specified for installation.
Done!
The following requested patches will not be installed because
the packages they patch are not installed on this system.
0 No Packages from patch 124861-20 are installed on the system.
Refer my post *11gR2 Installation Error with patch 124861-15 as pre Req*
http://appsdbaworkshop.blogspot.com/2010/11/11gr2-installation-error-with-patch.html
thanks,
X A H E E R

Wu-ftpd installable for solaris 10 and solaris 9

Hi,
I could see only "proftpd" is available http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/freeware
But I am looking for the "wu-ftpd" server which is compatable with Solaris 9 and Solaris 10.
Any one help me from where I can get the "wu-ftpd" installable for solaris 9 and solaris 10 sparc server.
thanks,
Amudha

Hi Robert,
Thanks for your reply.
I too saw that the ftp version used in solaris 10 by default is wu-ftpd, but I am not sure about it, because when I tried to ftp to my solaris box the version it is started is not "FTP server (Version wu-2.6.2(5)".
I have got the wu-ftpd installable. But I could not get the proper document for configuring the same.
Question1: How to stop existing ftp service and start newly instlaled wu-ftpd in Solaris 9 and Solaris 10 servers?
Earlier solaris 8 version I change the ftpd version in /etc/inetd.conf file and give HUP signal to inetd then this new wu-ftpd version will be used.
Question 2: It always starts the system inbuilt ftp server and also I am getting ftp log in failure for any user which I add newly or even existing users.
could any one help to resolve these issues? Thanks in advance for your help.
Amdudha

Booting XP from USB CDrom

Hi, please please help me, my Thinkpad X32 has recently crashed terminally and Ive been trying to re- install WinXP from a new USB CDrom that I purchased especially off Ebay as it said it was compatible but Im having no luck, it begins to boot and gets so far but then I get the same error saying that it cant copy a file across and I cant go any further. Unfortunately I have since read on these forums about some recovery partition but as I completeley deleted all partitions to start again this is now useless. Is there any way to get it to install straight from the USB CD or will I need this Recovery CD and how do I use this ?
any info is very much appreciated.
thanks
Leigh

does the cd rom drive have an external power supply or are you just trying to power it through the usb port. some drives need more power than the usb port gives. mine needs an external power supply or a usb 2 into 1 y cable. its more reliable with an external power supply though.
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