Sparc and x86 are different and incompatible architectures. It is worth mentioning that, in the x86 version of solaris 10 910 and solaris studio 12. I did this acollect some data like id sysid,disks,ip,etcon solaris10 ok bcreate this g with this command on solaris 10 zonep2vchk c migrationg ok ccreate the archive flash on solaris10 1 reply. The post discusses about how to install zfs boot block on a system running a zfs root filesystem. I see in solaris 10 sparc there is the bootadm updatearchive r a to recreate the boot archive. These properties should be setup by the solaris installupgrade process in bootsolarisbootenv. In this article we will be using the solaris version 10 but you can follow the same instruction for the latest version of solaris 11 that has been just released. The t3 booted off of my iso slowly and eventually promped for the installation language.
How to install solaris 11 on sparc enterprise t5240 from. Installation of solaris 11step by step guide june 11, 20 by lingeswaran r 3 comments many of the solaris beginners will be wondering that how to install solaris 11. Packages for solaris 10 and 11 are available for sparc and i386 platforms. I have ran the sun blade 150 workstation with ultrasparc iie 500mhz with the cloned drives there were two drives on the. If the user just wants to build a jumpstart and can afford the bandwidth to do so, download the solaris dvd and use that instead. Since i already had the solaris 11 x86 machine, i only had to do 3 steps of pre install configuration, to install on sparc over the network.
For solaris 10 zfs sparc hosts, you do not need to install the boot block manually. I have sparc processor as well and solaris 10, so my configuration is very similar to yours. Installing solaris 8 bootblock without solaris install cd unix and. I discovered some issues with fonts, and then decided to check the install log.
Mount the install cd or dvd with the package you wish to install. Fortunately, they still support the older svr4 pkgadd format which allows a careful build on an older solaris to also be suitable for newer solarii. For each command you will need to reboot in order to check or verify that is correctly installed. Where to download sun solaris 10 sparc 64bit installation. Top 10 free linux distributions for desktop and servers. Hey duke, after downloading sol 10 u9ga sparc dvdiso. If you cannot boot the system, you need to copy bootblk on root, not madia. Migration to an oracle solaris zone on an oracle solaris 10 host. The contents can be printed or downloaded for personal use only.
How to install top package in solaris 10 tecdistro. The common syntax of boot command is solaris sparc system is. Once you have activated the new be, it should automatically populate the new be information on menu. Migration to an oracle solaris zone on an oracle solaris 11 host. What you havent pointed out is which release of solaris 10 you need to install. Usually after a partition recovery, i use it to install a servers or workstations boot block. The content is drawn from transitioning from oracle solaris 10 to oracle solaris 11 and other sources in the oracle solaris documentation. Although the sparc does not allow booting from sunos solaris, you can install from a. The user does not need to do any of this with the dvd iso. Quick fix trouble to boot from san lun in solaris 10 on sparc.
The a option will ask for configuration information such as where to find the system. In oracle solaris 10, after adding the mirror disk, you need to write the boot block to the mirror disk. Sep 06, 2008 restart the install i used suninstall. Installing solaris from a usb disk oracle the good, the. Ultra 510 ultra 2545 ultra 306080 sparcengineultra ax sparcengineultra. When we put the dvd into the drive and do a boot cdrom it chugs along for a while and then just freezes. This article provides a pictorial guide for performing a default installation of solaris 10 x8632. The compatibility was improved to linux in solaris 9, standard libraries for.
At first the download of solarisx86 was bounded with a small fee and since december 2003 without charge. Nowadays i need to work on a solaris 10 system on sparc processor. Solaris delivers builtin investment protection and new technologies that are even better suited to data intensive environments where price. Fujitsu m10 is sold as sparc m10 systems by fujitsu in japan. Due to organizational security policy, the system is connected to company intranet, but not with internet. Installation of solaris 11 on sun fire t stack overflow. Then i ended up with one teeny problem my x server would not start. So i connected to server using cutecom app an alternative for ubuntu to windows hyperterminal. You need to install the bootblock on the mirror once otherwise your data will be. Solaris 10 boot archive question hi, im new to solaris 10 and im trying to learn compiling and installing software.
The second level program is either a fileystemspecific boot block when booting from a disk, or inetboot or wanboot when booting across the network. Watch the automatic downloadinstallsetup of the base system. This chapter describes the procedure for installing solaris 11 solarislarge. Although produced by oracle previously sun, these packages are not officially supported by them. I insert the solaris 11 boot media and cutecom generated this log during this process. Purchase another sparc machine and install solaris 10 sparc or 2. From solaris 10 1008 update6 bootblk was changed, corresponding zfs boot.
After mounting the data set, install the boot block using installboot or installgrub sparc. The solaris 9 and later cd iso images are laid out differently than previous versions of the iso images for solaris. How to install a boot block on a system disk oracle docs. By joining our community you will have the ability to post topics, receive our newsletter, use the advanced search, subscribe to threads and access many other special features. The manuals will most probably have instructions for installing an os any os.
Software os unix solaris 11 how to install boot block on solaris 11 sparcx86. Installation of solaris 11step by step guide unixarena. Md5 the md5 software is not needed for systems running the solaris 10 os, because the digest1m command now includes md5 functionality. In our previous article we setup a new virtual machine for solaris on vmware workstation 12 and now we are going to show you a complete demonstration on the installation of solaris 1011. Solaris sparc boot sequence the following represents a summary of the boot process for a solaris 2. In order to install a new zfs boot block, you need to first boot from dvd, network or the failsafe image on the system. Sun has released solaris 10 cds for free usage download. Each floppy image is a bootable install floppy which can be used both to install. Solaris installation on a sparc t3 from a remote cdrom iso. Zfs root pool disk and boot administration transitioning from. Oracle solaris 10 811 oracle solaris 11 oracle solaris 11 benefits.
The following tables summarize differences between oracle solaris 10 and 11 with emphasis on the benefits of oracle solaris 11. Sep 04, 20 quick fix trouble to boot from san lun in solaris 10 on sparc by ramdev published september 4, 20 updated july 2, 2015 it is common for server environments to configure boot disks on external disks so that they can be easily migratedmoved for different reasons. Its the most current version as downloaded from oracle sol10u11gasparcdvd. Has anyone tried and more importantly, succeeded building qemu or any other virtualization software on oracle solaris 10. How to install a boot block on a system disk oracle. Get the box to the ok prompt, put your solaris dvd into the drive, and type boot. It might be missing or corrupted and needs to be rebuild. In this lab, you will learn how to install the oracle solaris 11. Documentation home system administration guide, volume 1 chapter 30 sparc. The download of the sparc variant was possible at first, the x86 variant followed later. Install a boot block on a system disk using the installboot1m command.
Its the most current version as downloaded from oracle sol 10 u11ga sparc dvd. Solaris 10 bootarchive question hi, im new to solaris 10 and im trying to learn compiling and installing software. If in manual configuration mode use new ipadm and dladm commands. The boot block is installed during the boot environment activation process. Qlogic driver download fibre channel adapters solaris. When the system boots from disk, you will then go through the system configuration as above, after which you have a working solaris 11 system with its package repo configured. How to install a boot block on a system disk system. For more information, see installboot1m verify that the boot blocks are installed by rebooting the system to run level 3. I am trying to start up my solaris server using the newly downloaded iso written on a cd. Solaris 10 and 11 use the image packaging system ips as their native packaging format, but for small simple selfcontained packages that is massive overkill. Apr, 2007 here is a convenient procedure to know for solaris 8 and below. Packages on solaris allow easy installation and extraction of software.
Jun 11, 20 installation of solaris 11step by step guide june 11, 20 by lingeswaran r 3 comments many of the solaris beginners will be wondering that how to install solaris 11. Is that the same thing as in rhel mkinitrd and kudzu that allows you to refind hardware and recreate the kernel for bootup. The installation is reasonably straight forward, but it is not as simple and takes significantly longer than most modern linux installations. Here is a convenient procedure to know for solaris 8 and below. This lab is the first is a series of labs for oracle solaris 11. Solaris 10 update 807 has been released and available for download. Install a package from solaris 10 cd oracle community. In solaris 10, i was able to see that the remote iso was mounted df h shutdown solaris 10 taking me back to the ok prompt. I am trying to refind hardware and recreate the kernel on bootup so that the solaris 10 sparc will boot up. If your os is update5 before, it may be failed for boot to copy bootblk of install mediaupdate6 later.
Download the x86 image from my oracle support see doc id 1277964. Sep 12, 2007 solaris 10 update 807 has been released and available for download. When the system boots from disk, you will then go through the system configuration as above, after which you have a working solaris 11 system with its. Weve verified that the dvd works on another sparc system, so weve ruled that out.
From solaris 10 10 08 update6 bootblk was changed, corresponding zfs boot. Dec 15, 2012 qemu on solaris 10 posted in boot virtual machines. I would like to know how to install, uninstall, verify sparc packages on sun solaris. Boot the system in single user mode with cdrom and reinstall boot block. For newer os revisions, use the inbox driver provided by the os vendor. We received one sparc t5240 server and this is the first time experience with sparc servers. The solaris host utilities the solaris host utilities are a collection of components that enable you to connect solaris hosts to netapp storage systems running data ontap. Please note that not all the packages in the right hand side list are available.
How to install boot block in solaris 10 and solaris 11 after mounting the data set, install the boot block using installboot or installgrub. Installing solaris 8 in virtualbox retrocomputing with. The latest update of the solaris os helps customers alleviate common enterprise problems such as virtualization, resource management, and system performance. Solaris delivers builtin investment protection and new technologies that are even better suited to data intensive environments. The following example installs the boot block on a sparcstation 10. Thread moved from the solaris 11 discussion space, to the solaris 10 discussion space, for proper topic alignment. If you chose to create a bootable array on a sparc system as part of your installation see creating a bootable array on a sparc system, you can install the solaris 10 08 s10u6 operating system os, at minimum, on that bootable array. No way to install a flar archive of solaris 10 to solaris 11. Sunwgcc note the period following d is not a typo it indicates that pkgadd should look in the current directory for the package sunwgcc.
Lets see how to fix such a issues on oracle solaris 10 x86 and sparc environment. I had to do it because activestate stopped providing free tcl distribution for solaris. Solaris 10 and opensolaris do not support 32 bit sparc platforms, so they can never be booted under qemusystemsparc. Ultra 3 mobile workstation ultra 510 ultra 2545 ultra 306080 sparcengineultra. How to install a zfs boot block in solaris the geek diary. How to install solaris 1011 on vmware workstation 12. If replacing a root pool disk with zpool replace, apply boot blocks. Some day they maybe will be booted under qemusystemsparc64 though. Solaris packages are installed by unpacking the compressed tar files directly into the install directory. Where to download sun solaris 10 sparc 64bit installation cd. Oct, 20 an x86 fdisk partition for the solaris software begins with a onecylinder boot slice, which contains grub stage1 in the first sector, the standard solaris disk label and volume table of contents vtoc in the second and third sectors, and grub stage2 in the fiftieth and subsequent sectors. The adapter software installer is a onestep program that allows you to install all adapter software and outofbox drivers, including both ethernet and storage drivers.
For most people, the second argument is a little difficult to remember. Solaris fingerprint database companion and solaris fingerprint database sidekick. Installing solaris 8 bootblock without solaris install cd. If in automatic configuration mode, use netcfg network virtualization adds many new capabilities and continuing to overload ifconfig is the wrong management approach limited virtualization. The boot command without any arguments will boot the system into multiuser mode by default. Since i already had the solaris 11 x86 machine, i only had to do 3 steps of preinstall configuration, to install on sparc over the network. Jun 02, 2011 in solaris 10, i was able to see that the remote iso was mounted df h shutdown solaris 10 taking me back to the ok prompt. The solaris boot command when used with various optional parameters will change the booting behavior. Openssh installing openssh is not needed on solaris 9 or 10. Install boot required in svm unix and linux forums. Oracle solaris 11 implementation and operations guide fujitsu.
Use pkgrm to remove a sparc package as explained below. How to install boot block in solaris 10 and solaris 11. All of the labs in the series have these prerequisites in common. Image packaging system ips a state of the art, network repositorybased.
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