abc@Matrix.COM (Alan Clegg) (11/04/90)
I have recently had the pleasure 8-| of attempting a tapeless install of SunOS 4.1 onto a Quantum 105 meg drive. After following the instructions in the appendix about installing the mini-root onto the drive, I found that running 'suninstall' causes a media error (device off-line). It is my assumption that this is due to an attempt to position a local tape. Has ANYONE successfully gotten this to work? I called Sun Tech Support and they assured me that I had somehow messed up since 'you are the first of THOUSANDS of people doing this to have a problem'. **ARGH** (NOTE: The instructions for FORMATTING a disk on a tapeless system are NOWHERE to be found in Sun's manual) Alan B. Clegg uucp: ...!mcnc!matrx!abc Matrix Corporation inet: abc@matrix.com Raleigh, NC abc@gateway.gateway.com