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Workaround for Solaris 10 slow boot on VMware ESX 4.0

Posted on July 2, 2010 by Graham

When installing Solaris 10 as a VMware guest, the boot sequence is very slow. Here’s how to fix it. Continue reading →

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CWUPI0033E on Solaris 10 when installing WAS

Posted on May 13, 2010 by Graham

How to fix this ‘out of disk space’ error when installing WebSphere Application Server on Solaris 10. Continue reading →

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Can you tell me how to get, how to get to the Solaris boot prompt?

Posted on March 24, 2009 by Graham

Whenever I have to install Solaris (on SPARC), I never remember how to get it to boot from a cd.  Sparc machines have their own bios system, which comes up as a  this minimal, black on white serif-ey command prompt. … Continue reading →

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