Solaris 10 installation failed in VMware 9.

[satyaveerarya]

Hi guys,

I am using VMware 9 on Windows 7 x64 bit.

After configuring Solris 10 installation, when it boots first time to install the OS, it throws some error:

PXE-E53: no boot filename received vmware

PXE-M0F: Exiting Intel PXE ROM.

Operating System not found.

Please help me in this issue, as I'm trying to install it for the past 1 week and unable to get through this problem so far.

Please let me know if anyone need some other information.

Regards,

Satyaveer Arya

[RDPetruska]

Is your installation media bootable?  The network boot is the fallback if the VM finds no other bootable media - hard drive, floppy, optical.

If the CD/DVD is bootable, specify the drive letter instead of using the default "auto detect".

[satyaveerarya]

I'm using ISO image downloaded from Oracle website. I didn't check whether the image is bootable or not..

[RDPetruska]

OK - are you just pointing the VM's CD-ROM drive to the iso image on your host?  That will install faster than a physical media, too.  Make sure the checkbox is enabled to "Connect at boot".

[satyaveerarya]

Let me check again and will get back to you...

[satyaveerarya]

I configured the virtual machine for Solaris 10 again and please see the image pasted below:

In Hardware window "New CD/DVD" you're talking about? And the CD/DVD Advanced Settings window I have attached in the same window.

Please verify.

[RDPetruska]

That would be correct.  Except, from the name of the ISO file you downloaded, it appears you downloaded the one for Sparc processors, not Intel x86 ones!

[satyaveerarya]

Ohhh.... Then can you please tell me which one would be the one for x86 one?

Or can you please provide me the link?

Well, I got the link and I'm downloading the x86 one.

I'll try the new image and will update here.

Thanks buddy!

[satyaveerarya]

Hi,

I tried the x86 image and it worked.

I was using wrong image, i.e., sparc one.

Well, thank you very much Petruska.

[pathakpk]

Hi RDPetruska and All,

Can you please tell what to do in the same case, if I am using sol-10-u11-ga-sparc-dvd.iso ?

what settings needs to be done, for the same. On vmware or on my host OS

My host OS is Win7 Home Premium (x64)

Thanks

pankaj

[RDPetruska]

You cannot use the sparc architecture version - you must use the Intel x86/x64 architecture one!