Problem was during an Install (not Upgrade) of Solaris 2.6 on an Ultra1
using the interactive installation program, the install would exit with:
Exiting (caught signal 8)
after specifying what level of installation (eg. Developer) I wanted.
(Now THAT'S what I call a useful error message!!)
I later tried using the WebStart installation, and it died also, but at least
gave a useful error message about SCSI target 4 not being labelled
properly. Trouble is, SCSI target 4 is an optical drive!
I just disconnected the optical drive and the installation worked!
Someone else had this same problem, and in their case one of their
fixed disks was not labelled properly; they used format to label
the disk.
Thanks for the replies:
MaC <kgmcdonald@earthlink.net>
Gleb Kukhta <gleb@ot.ru>
"Keller, Dennis" <DKeller@ddc.dla.mil>
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ORIGINAL POST:
System: Sun Ultra1 170E with Solaris 2.5, Recommended Patches Installed
Problem:
When trying to do a fresh Install of Solaris 2.6 5/98 using the interactive
installation program, I get to the point where it asks me what "level" of
installation I want (End-User, Developer, Entire...), and when I
select one and press Next I get the incredibly useful message:
Exiting (caught signal 8)
Can someone please give me a hint? I've gone through SunSolve, the
FAQ, and all of the Solaris 2.6 Installation documentation, and
haven't found anything.
FWIW, it doesn't matter which level of installation (eg. Developer)
that I select, it always crashes.
Thanks, and of course I will summarize. I imagine other people will need
this eventually as well.
David Foster
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David S. Foster Univ. of California, San Diego
Programmer/Analyst Brain Image Analysis Laboratory
foster@bial1.ucsd.edu Department of Psychiatry
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