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#1 (**permalink**) 01-16-2008, 10:04 AM

I've got a SpoarcStation 10 with Solaris 7 installed. I would like to
reinstall from scratch the OS. My attempt to boot from the start CD
using an external SCSI CDROM (tried several different ones) set to SCSI
ID 6 issuing 'boot cdrom' from the firmware prompt failed like this:

Rebooting with command: cdrom
Boot device: /iommu/sbus/espdma@f,400000/esp@f,800000/sd@6,0:d File
and args:
Can't read disk label.
Can't open disk label package
Can't open boot device
Type help for more information
ok

On a Mac I can easily mount and read the boot CD (burned by the previous
owner). Now I would like to test whether it is also readable on the
SparcStation. Unfortunately I cannot mount it. It seems that the
necessary /dev/dsk/c0t6d0s* entries do not exist.
How can I create these entries on Solaris7?

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#2 (**permalink**) 01-16-2008, 10:04 AM

Georg Schwarz wrote:
> I've got a SpoarcStation 10 with Solaris 7 installed. I would like to
> reinstall from scratch the OS. My attempt to boot from the start CD
> using an external SCSI CDROM (tried several different ones) set to SCSI
> ID 6 issuing 'boot cdrom' from the firmware prompt failed like this:
>
> Rebooting with command: cdrom
> Boot device: /iommu/sbus/espdma@f,400000/esp@f,800000/sd@6,0:d File
> and args:
> Can't read disk label.
> Can't open disk label package
> Can't open boot device
> Type help for more information
> ok
>
>
> On a Mac I can easily mount and read the boot CD (burned by the previous
> owner). Now I would like to test whether it is also readable on the
> SparcStation. Unfortunately I cannot mount it. It seems that the
> necessary /dev/dsk/c0t6d0s* entries do not exist.
> How can I create these entries on Solaris7?
>
Can you read it on the Mac USING THE SAME DRIVE as you're using on the
Sun? My guess is you can't. Not all CD drives can read burned CDs.

You don't need the /dev entries on your hard disk to do an install.
They're already on the installation disk.

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#3 (**permalink**) 01-16-2008, 10:04 AM

CJT <abujlehc@prodigy.net> writes:

>Can you read it on the Mac USING THE SAME DRIVE as you're using on the
>Sun? My guess is you can't. Not all CD drives can read burned CDs.

My Mac does not have a SCSI adapter, so I cannot test this. I tried four
different SCSI CDROM drives on the SUN though.

>You don't need the /dev entries on your hard disk to do an install.
>They're already on the installation disk.

I would guess so, but if I try to mount the CD using the currently installed
Solaris OS I do need it. That's why I am wondering how to create these
entries.

#4 (**permalink**) 01-16-2008, 10:04 AM

Georg Schwarz wrote:

> CJT <abujlehc@prodigy.net> writes:
>
>
>>Can you read it on the Mac USING THE SAME DRIVE as you're using on the
>>Sun? My guess is you can't. Not all CD drives can read burned CDs.
>
>
> My Mac does not have a SCSI adapter, so I cannot test this. I tried four
> different SCSI CDROM drives on the SUN though.
>
>
>>You don't need the /dev entries on your hard disk to do an install.
>>They're already on the installation disk.
>
>
> I would guess so, but if I try to mount the CD using the currently installed
> Solaris OS I do need it. That's why I am wondering how to create these
> entries.

touch /reconfigure
reboot

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