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Can't boot Solaris 11.1 from burned DVD in a Mac

efierroJul 23 2014 — edited Jul 25 2014

Hello,

The goal is to install Solaris 11.1 in a Sun Sparc T5120.

Downloaded the Solaris for Sparc 11.1 Text install iso image and then burned it to a DVD-R in a Mac using the Disk Utility. The DVD mounts OK in the Mac but when trying to boot from it I in the Sparc system I get this:

{0} ok show-disks

a) /pci@0/pci@0/pci@2/scsi@0/disk

b) /pci@0/pci@0/pci@1/pci@0/pci@1/pci@0/usb@0,2/storage@2/disk

q) NO SELECTION

Enter Selection, q to quit: q

{0} ok devalias

ttya                     /ebus@c0/serial@0,ca0000

nvram                    /virtual-devices/nvram@3

net3                     /pci@0/pci@0/pci@1/pci@0/pci@3/network@0,1

net2                     /pci@0/pci@0/pci@1/pci@0/pci@3/network@0

net1                     /pci@0/pci@0/pci@1/pci@0/pci@2/network@0,1

net0                     /pci@0/pci@0/pci@1/pci@0/pci@2/network@0

net                      /pci@0/pci@0/pci@1/pci@0/pci@2/network@0

cdrom                    /pci@0/pci@0/pci@1/pci@0/pci@1/pci@0/usb@0,2/storage@2/disk@0:f

disk3                    /pci@0/pci@0/pci@2/scsi@0/disk@3

disk2                    /pci@0/pci@0/pci@2/scsi@0/disk@2

disk1                    /pci@0/pci@0/pci@2/scsi@0/disk@1

disk0                    /pci@0/pci@0/pci@2/scsi@0/disk@0

disk                     /pci@0/pci@0/pci@2/scsi@0/disk@0

scsi                     /pci@0/pci@0/pci@2/scsi@0

virtual-console          /virtual-devices/console@1

name                     aliases

{0} ok boot cdrom

Boot device: /pci@0/pci@0/pci@1/pci@0/pci@1/pci@0/usb@0,2/storage@2/disk@0:f  File and args:

ERROR: boot-read fail

Can't open boot device


Any ideas? Should I try burning the DVD again in a different system?

This post has been answered by Eze-Oracle on Jul 25 2014
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