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by **Joshua Ston** » Sat, 05 Jan 2002 16:57:33

I want to install Solaris 8 on my Ultra 1s, but I do not have CDROM drives
for them. I also do not have another Solaris 8 machine on my network...
These are the first machines I've acquired that will satisfactorily run
Solaris 8, and I'd like to install it. Is there a way to install Solaris 8
with a boot floppy? Or is there some way to build a jumstart server that
is not a Solaris machine?

-Josh O-

by **Peter Bunclar** » Sat, 05 Jan 2002 18:21:55

> I want to install Solaris 8 on my Ultra 1s, but I do not have CDROM drives
> for them. I also do not have another Solaris 8 machine on my network...
> These are the first machines I've acquired that will satisfactorily run
> Solaris 8, and I'd like to install it. Is there a way to install Solaris 8
> with a boot floppy? Or is there some way to build a jumstart server that
> is not a Solaris machine?

> -Josh O-

When you say ``do not have another Solaris 8'', do you
imply you have earlier Solaris systems? They can act
as an install server.
You could set up a non-Solaris OS as an install server
in theory, if it can serve rarp, tftp and NFS; but you'd
have to manually reproduce the simple Solaris setup
utilities, requiring a good knowledge of how it all hangs
together.

Pete.

by **John D Groenve** » Sun, 06 Jan 2002 03:03:22

Quote:>Jumpstart on a Linux box (not easy! Search google for the
>instructions), you'll have to wait for your Solaris system.

If he has a PC, then perhaps it would be easier to install
Solaris x86 on that system and configure Jumpstart on it.
John

by **Joshua Ston** » Sun, 06 Jan 2002 07:42:54

>> I want to install Solaris 8 on my Ultra 1s, but I do not have CDROM
>> drives
>> for them. I also do not have another Solaris 8 machine on my network...
>> These are the first machines I've acquired that will satisfactorily run
>> Solaris 8, and I'd like to install it. Is there a way to install Solaris
>> 8
>> with a boot floppy? Or is there some way to build a jumstart server that
>> is not a Solaris machine?

>> -Josh O-

> When you say ``do not have another Solaris 8'', do you
> imply you have earlier Solaris systems? They can act
> as an install server.
> You could set up a non-Solaris OS as an install server
> in theory, if it can serve rarp, tftp and NFS; but you'd
> have to manually reproduce the simple Solaris setup
> utilities, requiring a good knowledge of how it all hangs
> together.

> Pete.

Thanks for the help guys... In reference to the suggestion to use Solaris
x86 as a jumpstart server -- that sounds like a great idea. I will be
installing it on one of my machines anyway at some point... thanks for the
heads up.

Meanwhile, I asked a colleague if I could borrow an external SCSI CD-ROM
drive, and I'll be playing with that in the next few days... if it doesn't
work out... I'll probably try the x86 method...

Thanks!

-Josh O-

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Floppy installation of Solaris 8?

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Floppy installation of Solaris 8?

Floppy installation of Solaris 8?

Floppy installation of Solaris 8?