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#1 (**permalink**) 01-16-2008, 08:56 AM

Hi everyone,

What is the best way to upgrade from Solaris 9 to 10? Use the installation CD
or the 1-of-x CD? Actually this Ultra 60 has a DVD-ROM drive so I could just
use the DVD instead if the standard drivers will handle it.

Anyway, I would like to upgrade this machine from 9 to 10 to 'clean' it's
install as I've got tonnes of extra software on the machine and there are a lot
of library clashes due to Gnome adding many libs which I'd already built from
source in the past pre-Gnome when I first put Solaris 9 on the machine.

Regards,

Craig.

#2 (**permalink**) 01-16-2008, 08:56 AM

Craig Dewick wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> What is the best way to upgrade from Solaris 9 to 10? Use the
> installation CD or the 1-of-x CD? Actually this Ultra 60 has a DVD-ROM
> drive so I could just use the DVD instead if the standard drivers will
> handle it.
>
> Anyway, I would like to upgrade this machine from 9 to 10 to 'clean'
> it's install as I've got tonnes of extra software on the machine and
> there are a lot of library clashes due to Gnome adding many libs which
> I'd already built from source in the past pre-Gnome when I first put
> Solaris 9 on the machine.
>
> Regards,
>
> Craig.
I believe the install DVD is much 'easier' to use as I can config and
start the install before going to bed and wake up to Solaris 10.
Further, it keeps me from having to swap in four CDs some time
apart...especially on older hardware like and Ultra 60.

#3 (**permalink**) 01-16-2008, 08:56 AM

On Sun, 30 Oct 2005, Craig Dewick wrote:

> What is the best way to upgrade from Solaris 9 to 10? Use the installation CD
> or the 1-of-x CD? Actually this Ultra 60 has a DVD-ROM drive so I could just

In Solaris 10 there is no separate "Installation CD", so you can boot
from it or the DVD.

> use the DVD instead if the standard drivers will handle it.

Sure, it's just a SCSI device; no special driver needed.

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#4 (**permalink**) 01-16-2008, 08:56 AM

KJ <here@there.net> writes:

>I believe the install DVD is much 'easier' to use as I can config and
>start the install before going to bed and wake up to Solaris 10.
>Further, it keeps me from having to swap in four CDs some time
>apart...especially on older hardware like and Ultra 60.

But that requires having a DVD-ROM drive and only the Sunblades came with
those as an option. I've got one in another machine but it's in production
use so can't be shut down to remove a piece of hardware just for an install
of Solaris. None of my normal CD-ROM drives read DVD-ROM's - I guess the
data format is different.

At least Sun had the good sense to include CD's and not including CD's would
have forced many users to abandon the older hardware (but that's probably
what Sun wants anyway).

Craig.
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#5 (**permalink**) 01-16-2008, 08:56 AM

Craig Dewick wrote on 2005-11-01 00:13:

> At least Sun had the good sense to include CD's and not including CD's would
> have forced many users to abandon the older hardware (but that's probably
> what Sun wants anyway).

Quouting from the label on the CD box I found inside my Solaris 10 5/03
shrink wrap: "The software included in this package is identical to that
on the Solaris 10 DVD (which Sun recommends for use). The CDs are
supplied for your convenience and will no longer be included in the future."

So we better buy DVD-ROMs to keep up with Sun here...

--
- Erlend Leganger

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