Hi Gang,
Recently acquired an old Sun SPARCstation-1.
It boots! - but I don't know the root password - Guy who gave it do me
did so because he was moving, and I can't locate him now.
Got Solaris 2.6 CD/docs with it, so I figured I'd just reinstall a
fresh system.
Can't get it to boot from CD.
When I power on the system, hit STOP-A to get to the boot prompt,
then do:
boot sd(0,6,2)
It thinks a while, then I see one access to the CD, and I get the message:
(From memory so not exact quote but pretty close):
"The magic character in the label is incorrect. The file loaded, but it
does not appear to be executable".
Tried everything I can think of, but this is the only response I am able
to get which involves any CD activity at all.
Same procedure works perfectly on a Sparc-2 - boots right up off the CD.
I'm assuming that this CD works on the Sparc-1, because A) it came from the
same source at the same time (not a guarantee), and B) It's GOT Solaris 2.6
already booting on it (I just can't login) - I'm guessing that it was
installed from this CD.
Also tried a Solaris 2.7 CD that I have onhand - exactly the same result.
Anyone have any insight to offer?
Regards,
Dave Dunfield
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Received on Fri May 14 2004 - 20:08:58 BST