2006-07-04 07:10:22 · 2 answers · asked by m_weister 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
This is a filesystem corruption problem.
Which version of Solaris are you running.
2006-07-04 07:21:23 · answer #1 · answered by never_ever 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I tried to reply, but you haven't verified your email with Yahoo answers, so it rejected my response to your follow up email. Here's what I wrote:
First off, Linux is free, so no need to worry about buyng it. You can download the various distros off the web and burn .iso discs to CD for install.
I'm assuming you're getting into the boot rom? Are you sure you have a bootable CD? If it's known bootable on another machine, then I think you could assume that the CD is bad in the machine.
Here's some instructions on making your own bootable solaris CD. http://www.sun.com/blueprints/1205/819-3731.html
You said you have a Sun (ultra?) 20 with the Opteron chip in it? If so, I'd suggest you try to download and burn Fedora core 5. You can start with the first CD and see if it boots off that.
http://fedora.redhat.com/Download/
Choose the 32 or 64 bit distros.
2006-07-04 20:00:07 · answer #2 · answered by Gizmo L 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋