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Is there a non-kadb way to boot Solaris 2.5 to single user from the CD?
Some good spot to get the install procedure to kick you to a shell?

The problem is that the Sun-supplied kadb mechanism isn't working for
Solaris 2.5.  It works fine with 2.4, but under 2.5, with either the
original boot diskette or using the DU3 diskette pair, after adding
` -s' to the kadb command, the kernel/de* hits a trap before
reaching another prompt.  The trap causes the de* to loop, it looks
like before the kernel is ever loaded.

We're still running 2.4 and I can't move to 2.5 if I can't do a full
disaster-recovery restore from the CD.

Quote:>Is there a non-kadb way to boot Solaris 2.5 to single user from the CD?
>Some good spot to get the install procedure to kick you to a shell?

>The problem is that the Sun-supplied kadb mechanism isn't working for
>Solaris 2.5.  It works fine with 2.4, but under 2.5, with either the
>original boot diskette or using the DU3 diskette pair, after adding
>` -s' to the kadb command, the kernel/de* hits a trap before
>reaching another prompt.  The trap causes the de* to loop, it looks
>like before the kernel is ever loaded.

>We're still running 2.4 and I can't move to 2.5 if I can't do a full
>disaster-recovery restore from the CD.

Boot from the boot floppy and installation CDROM as though you were
going to install. When it gets to the prompt for interactive or
jumpstart, ignore what it says and type "b -s".
This is covered in the System Administrator Answerbook (not included
with Desktop systems).

Another option is to continue with the interactive installation up
to the point where you have openwindows running, and then ignore the
installation windows and open up another cmdtool from the root menu,
which you can use to do your work. This way you can have multiple
windows, but it takes longer to get there.

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