How to install Solaris 10?

phantom12 · March 17, 2015, 6:15am

Hi!

I downloaded Solaris 10 SPARC to install it on a test computer. I've burned the .iso-file on a DVD and I think its bootable (look @ screen). But when I boot my computer it only starts my windows and not the setup of Solaris. Is there any I have to consider burning the iso file on a DVD?

Thanks a lot!

hicksd8 · March 17, 2015, 6:35am

There are two possibilities here:

There is something wrong with the DVD you burned and the machine is looking at it but it's not bootable, or
The BIOS of the machine is configured to boot from the hard drive so doesn't even look at the DVD.

Also, if you have another OS on the hard drive do you have unallocated space to put Solaris? Otherwise you could overwrite your existing OS.

DukeNuke2 · March 17, 2015, 6:40am

Solaris SPARC won't run on a x86 machine. You have to download the x86 version of solaris!

hicksd8 · March 17, 2015, 6:42am

@DukeNuke2......I completely missed seeing the SPARC in the OP post! So glad somebody is awake! Thanks.

DukeNuke2 · March 17, 2015, 6:49am

Always better if you had coffee before reading the stuff... I just had an amazing one in the sun

phantom12 · March 17, 2015, 9:05am

Okay thanks!

That means I have no chance to install the SPARC Solaris on a x86 or x64 computer?

orange47 · March 17, 2015, 9:09am

you can install sparc solaris in qemu.

jlliagre · March 17, 2015, 12:51pm

Did you succeed doing it or is it just a guess?

I'm afraid most if not all attempts to run SPARC Solaris 10 or newer releases (which are all 64 bit only) on top of qemu failed at some stage.

achenle · March 17, 2015, 6:16pm

So no, not really.

So download a Solaris x86 ISO.

orange47 · March 18, 2015, 4:41am

no, I only installed 32bit Solaris9 sparc in qemu, using Artyom blog.

I'd thought he managed to make 64bit work by now.