SUMMARY: Sparc 5

From: Robert L. Bailey (rlb@cruiser.engin.umb.edu)
Date: Tue Nov 19 1996 - 11:56:13 CST


And the correct answer goes to:

 "Christopher L. Barnard" <cbarnard@cs.uchicago.edu>

Thanks! I guess I spent too much time with GUI installs like Solaris.

(see end of message for answer)

>
>
> And are there any install problems between SunOS 4.1.4 and a SPARCstation
> IPX. (Don't laugh it's paid for). I have tried to install 4.1.4 on it
> but after getting the install partition to boot it drops me into single
> user mode and gives the error message: INCORRECT DATE ON FILESYSTEM
> I ran fsck on the install partitions and it came up without errors. My
> guess is that the DATE error is actually on the CDROM. However I don't
> have a spare IPX to test this on.

-----------------------ANSWER --------------------------------------------
Both should work just fine. The INCORRECT DATE ON FILESYSTEM is
standard when doing an initial SunOS install; as soon as you get into
the suninstall program you can set it. Under SunOS, you boot from CDROM
to get to the prompt that you are mistaking for a single-user mode
(it is similar to single-user, but even more restricted than that), and
then run "suninstall" to actually install the OS.



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