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Solaris 10 install unformatted disk

807557Jan 11 2007 — edited Jun 1 2007

I installed a Linux distro on a solaris box, now I want to go back to solaris (the I/O benchmarks on linux were very disappointing, but I guess something to be expected after reading around).

Hardware: Sunfire v240
Installing OS: Solaris 10
Interface: ALOM/console

I end up getting through the installer and I see an error message: A hard drive was detected, however there was a hardware error or the disk was unformatted. then after hitting F2, it spits me in a shell. I run 'format' which shows one disk available (which is weird, I have two stuck in, and I'm pretty sure they're not raided, but we'll leave that for another question. One step at a time). I selected the disk, ran 'format' and let that run for hours and then tried to install with the same error.

Is there something I'm doing wrong?

Thanks,
James

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