Well, Chaps, thanks for the replies, however, the Virtual Beer goes to Gary
Franczyk for understanding my inane scribblings. Problem is now solved!
Once again
Thanks Guys!
Here is the summary:
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> I have a Sun ultra-5 that keeps rebooting, I'm trying to install Solaris
> > 7,
> > but it doesn't seem to boot from the CD. Is there any way I can access
> > the
> > CD from bootup without having an OS.
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> > Are you typing this?:
> > boot cdrom
> >
> > What error message are you getting when you try to boot from CD?
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Hmmm, it doesn't give an error message or rather it's too quick, I think
> that someone has used the rm * command or removed the /boot which is
> stopping it loading the HD. therefore, I am unable to access the command
> prompt...at all...
> No... Hit STOP-A when the machine comes on....
> That will bring you to the boot PROM.
> It is much like the Bios in a PC...
> From there, you have a prompt where you can type things like
> "boot cdrom" or "boot -s cdrom"
>
> If you type "boot cdrom" it will boot to cdrom and try a re-install
> if you type "boot -s cdrom" you will boot to cdrom as if it were a system
> disk... then you would be able to try to mount your main system disk to
> see
> what is left and if someone really did screw something up.
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