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spamcan2001
04-16-2001, 01:45 PM
I hope somebody could help me here even though this is a Linux forum. I purchased a used Sun Ultra 10. I have Solaris 7 software, and I don't know how to reformat the box. I boot the machine up and I get to the login prompt. I've placed the Solaris CD into the CD-Rom drive hoping that it would boot fromt there, but it didn't. The Solaris documentation says something about Web Start, but I don't know how to get to that. The documentation gives me instructions on how to load Solaris 7 once I can get to the "ok prompt", but I don't know how to get there. Please help me wipe the machine clean and install Solaris 7? Thanks in advance.

Calvin_1976
04-16-2001, 02:51 PM
Power the machine on. As soon as the screen comes up press stop+a. This will drop you to an ok prompt. From type boot cdrom. Depending on your cpu and ram it could be awhile so get something to drink and have a blast reinstalling :)

spamcan2001
04-16-2001, 06:06 PM
Thanks!