Re: Installing Solaris 9 on Sparcstation 4

" From: Aman Bazayev <[email protected]>
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" Question: Is it possible to update Solaris 9 from core installation to full
" without changing disk layout? It looks like in my case only the core installation of
" Solaris 9 (9/05) for Sparc properly creates the boot record, all other types
" of installation do not boot up. So I'm thinking of installing core system and
" then updating it to full installation. But when I try to do that by booting from
" CD after core installation, the installation process seems to create new boot
" record causing the boot process to fail after reboot.

1. something odd must be happening in the 'full' installation.  i've
   never had any install off the cd fail to produce a bootable system.
2. not booted from the cd, but it's possible to pkgadd(1m) everything
   for the full system off the cd to a running system.  common to do
   when you find you forgot something in the initial install or
   requirements change.

   come to think of it, this -is- possible to do booted from the cd -
   just not via the 'install' process.
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