Bugs You Need to Know About Before Installing Solaris 9 9/02 Software From DVD or CD

Systems Might Hang on First Reboot After Installing With Solaris Web Start Program on Solaris 9 9/02 Installation CD (4717581)

If you use the Solaris^TM Web Start program on the Solaris 9 9/02 Installation CD to install the Solaris 9 9/02 operating environment, the system might hang on the first reboot after the installation.

Workaround: To avoid this problem, choose one of the following workarounds.

• Use the Solaris 9 9/02 Software 1 of 2 CD to install the Solaris 9 9/02 operating environment.

• If you use the Solaris 9 9/02 Installation CD to install the Solaris 9 9/02 operating environment, follow these steps.

  1. Insert the Solaris 9 9/02 Installation CD in your CD-ROM drive and begin to install the Solaris 9 9/02 operating environment.

  2. Write down the name of the disk slice when the following message is displayed.

     Disk slice disk-slice-name will be used to accommodate a temporary copy of the Solaris installation software. After the files are copied, the system will reboot and the installation will continue. Please Wait...

  3. Interrupt the installation by pressing Stop-A or by power cycling the system.

     The system displays the ok prompt.

  4. Boot the system from the Solaris 9 9/02 Installation CD in standalone mode.

     ok boot cdrom -s

  5. In a terminal window, type the following ls command to determine the physical name of the disk slice you wrote down in step 2.

     # ls -l /dev/dsk/disk-slice-name

     This command returns output similar to the following text.

     lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 2 Aug 14 16:56 /dev/dsk/disk-slice-name -> ../../devices/physical-name

  6. Write down the physical name of the disk slice. Omit the leading text ../../devices from the physical name

  7. Halt the system to return to the ok prompt.

     # halt

  8. Boot the system from the physical device by typing the following command.

     ok boot /physical-name

Solaris 9 9/02 Software Does Not Automatically Install Netscape Version 6.2.3 Localization Packages From DVD or CD (4709348)

Netscape^TM version 6.2.3 base and localization packages are now available in the Solaris_9/ExtraValue/CoBundled/Netscape_6 directory of the Solaris 9 9/02 Software DVD and the Solaris 9 9/02 Software 2 of 2 CD. However, the NS62installer script in the Solaris_9/ExtraValue/CoBundled/Netscape_6 directory installs only the base packages on the system.

Workaround: Use the pkgadd(1M) command to install the Netscape version 6.2.3 localization packages on your system. Follow these steps.

1. Become superuser.

2. Insert the Solaris 9 9/02 Software DVD or the Solaris 9 9/02 Software 2 of 2 CD.

3. Change to the directory where the localization packages are located.

   # cd /cdrom/Solaris_9/ExtraValue/CoBundled/Netscape_6/Packages

4. Use the pkgadd command. Specify the name of the package you want to install.

   # pkgadd -d . name-of-localization-package

The following localization packages are in the Packages directory.

• SUNWcns6 - Simplified Chinese localization

• SUNWdens6 - German localization

• SUNWesns6 - Spanish localization

• SUNWfrns6 - French localization

• SUNWhns6 - Traditional Chinese localization

• SUNWitns6 - Italian localization

• SUNWjans6 - Japanese localization

• SUNWkons6 - Korean localization

• SUNWplns6 - Polish localization

• SUNWptns6 - Brazilian Portuguese localization

• SUNWruns6 - Russian localization

• SUNWsvns6 - Swedish localization

Boot From Solaris DVD Fails on Systems With Toshiba SD-M1401 DVD-ROM (4467424)

If your system has a Toshiba SD-M1401 DVD-ROM drive with firmware revision 1007, the system cannot boot from the Solaris 9 9/02 DVD.

Workaround: Apply patch 111649-03, or a later version, to update the Toshiba SD-M1401 DVD-ROM drive's firmware. Patch 111649-03 is included on the Solaris 9 9/02 Supplement CD in the following directory.

DVD_Firmware/Patches

See the README file in this directory for instructions on how to install the patch. Be sure to read and follow all the cautions and warnings in this README file before you install the patch.

Cannot Access Data on Solaris 9 9/02 DVD in Solaris 2.6 and Solaris 7 Operating Environments (4511090)

If your system is running the Solaris 2.6 or Solaris 7 operating environment, Volume Management incorrectly mounts the Solaris 9 9/02 DVD. The Solaris 9 9/02 DVD can be mounted, but the data is inaccessible. As a result, you cannot set up an install server, perform a Live Upgrade, or access any data on the media.

Workaround: Choose one of the following workarounds.

• Apply the patches that are appropriate for your system.

  Table 1-1 DVD patches for the Solaris 2.6 and Solaris 7 Operating Environments

  Release	Patch ID
  Solaris 2.6 operating environment	107618-03
  Solaris 7 operating environment	107259-03

• Do not use Volume Management to mount the Solaris 9 9/02 DVD. Manually mount the Solaris 9 9/02 DVD. Follow these steps.

  1. Become superuser.

  2. Stop Volume Management.

     # /etc/init.d/volmgt stop

  3. Manually mount the DVD.

     # mkdir /mnt1 # mount -F hsfs -o ro /dev/dsk/c0t6d0s0 /mnt1

  4. Verify that the DVD is mounted and the data is accessible.

     # cd /mnt1 # ls

     The system returns the following information if the DVD is correctly mounted.

     Copyright Solaris_9