Re: Problems installing Solaris 10 10/08 on Sun Ultra 30

Alexandre Lagüe-Jacques wrote:
> My system is a Sun Ultra 30, 300 MHz, 1.7 GB RAM and a 16 GB hard
> disk. Trying to install Solaris 10 10/08.  The initial installation
> reboots after having copied Solaris to the hard disk and the machine
> freezes at the line "creating new dsa pair"...  I've given it a few
> hours on several occasions with no success.

It sounds like more hardware trouble. Have you booted in diagnostic mode 
(diag-switch true) and let it run through the complete set of tests ? If 
it is actually dying on the key generation it is probably a bad cpu or 
ram. I would try reseating the cpu and all memory. Also make sure all 
the dust is cleared out of there with some compressed air.  Those cpu 
are common and cheap so, if yo ucan find another to try it would help 
eliminate it at least.