We ordered a DVD for solaris 10 upgrade . However I realized that we have cd rom only and DVD is unreadable . Can i use this DVD , to upgrade the release from local disks. If yes , is there any specific procedure.
Hi Hitesh Shah,
May I suggest you order a non dvd upgrade kit for your Solaris 10, or if you have a cd - dvd burner, down load the Solaris 10 iso images & burn them to cdrom disc.
I hope this is of help.
Jnike
the easiest thing would be an "install server" to load your media. just have a look for "jumstart" and maybe the tool "jet" which is a tool to manage jumstart servers.
all you need is at:
Sun Microsystems Documentation
Sun Microsystems - BigAdmin System Administration Portal
good luck!
Yes, I ran the docs about install server , install client and upgrade from LAN. However when i Install the dvd in a server with DVD rom (E250 ) with Solaris 8 , it is not detected . cat /var/adm/vold.log has entries for for rmdisk and floppy but no cdrom .
I tried everything killing vold / mounting readonly mode etc but of no use . Can any expert guide me on this .
Additional info
$ cat /etc/vold.conf
# @(#)vold.conf 1.25 99/11/11 SMI
#
# Volume Daemon Configuration file
#
# Database to use (must be first)
db db_mem.so
# Labels supported
label cdrom label_cdrom.so cdrom
label dos label_dos.so floppy rmdisk pcmem
label sun label_sun.so floppy rmdisk pcmem
# Devices to use
use cdrom drive /dev/rdsk/cs2 dev_cdrom.so cdrom%d
use floppy drive /dev/rdiskette[0-9] dev_floppy.so floppy%d
use pcmem drive /dev/rdsk/cs2 dev_pcmem.so pcmem%d forceload=true
use rmdisk drive /dev/rdsk/c*s2 dev_rmdisk.so rmdisk%d
# Actions
eject dev/diskette[0-9]/* user=root /usr/sbin/rmmount
eject dev/dsk/* user=root /usr/sbin/rmmount
insert dev/diskette[0-9]/* user=root /usr/sbin/rmmount
insert dev/dsk/* user=root /usr/sbin/rmmount
notify rdsk/* group=tty user=root /usr/lib/vold/volmissing -p
remount dev/diskette[0-9]/* user=root /usr/sbin/rmmount
remount dev/dsk/* user=root /usr/sbin/rmmount
# List of file system types unsafe to eject
unsafe ufs hsfs pcfs udfs
$ ls -l /usr/lib/rmmount
total 88
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root bin 13844 Sep 9 2003 action_dvdvideo.so.1
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root bin 15660 Sep 9 2003 action_filemgr.so.1
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root bin 13956 Sep 9 2003 action_workman.so.1
When I c the DVD properties in Windows machine , FS is cdfs and not hsfs i found in lot other internet posts ..
I can read a normal CD with the DVD rom which has come from Sun only . But it is not able to read DVD . Do i need to install ant dvd driver for this or any configuration option .
As an alternative to this , I plan to burn an ISO image of the DVD and create a block device in solaris 8 . Does anybody have any experience with this . Any useful suggestion / tips will be very much welcome and appreciated .
Thanks in advance.