Re: Cannot boot solaris CD anymore

On Mon, 30 Jun 2003 14:49:50 +0100, GeffP wrote:

> HELP PLS
> After having linux on my ultra 10, for awhile, I decided to go back to
> solaris.
> Problem, when I type boot cdrom, I get a message saying The file just
> loaded does not appear to be an executable.
> I've tried it with sol 7,8 and 9. I get the same error message, however
> the linux distro boots fine.

Which CD are you trying to boot, the Installation CD or Software CD 1/2?

Dave Uhring wrote:

> On Mon, 30 Jun 2003 14:49:50 +0100, GeffP wrote:
>
>
>>HELP PLS
>>After having linux on my ultra 10, for awhile, I decided to go back to
>>solaris.
>>Problem, when I type boot cdrom, I get a message saying The file just
>>loaded does not appear to be an executable.
>>I've tried it with sol 7,8 and 9. I get the same error message, however
>>the linux distro boots fine.
>
>
> Which CD are you trying to boot, the Installation CD or Software CD 1/2?
>
Tried both. I've also tried from an orginal solaris 7 cd, still the same
message.

GeffP <> wrote in message news:<Si%La.380$>...
> Dave Uhring wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 30 Jun 2003 14:49:50 +0100, GeffP wrote:
> >
> >
> >>HELP PLS
> >>After having linux on my ultra 10, for awhile, I decided to go back to
> >>solaris.
> >>Problem, when I type boot cdrom, I get a message saying The file just
> >>loaded does not appear to be an executable.
> >>I've tried it with sol 7,8 and 9. I get the same error message, however
> >>the linux distro boots fine.
> >
> >
> > Which CD are you trying to boot, the Installation CD or Software CD 1/2?
> >
> Tried both. I've also tried from an orginal solaris 7 cd, still the same
> message.

This may be way off-base, but when you ran Linux on the machine did
you format the disk, removing the Sun label? I'm not smart with Sun
at all, but I was having the same problem you described. I used fdisk
to create a sun label on the disk and the OS loaded.