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Re: [Aussie-sun] Solaris 10 install asking for Documentation CD, but there isn't one!

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From: Craig Dewick
Date: Sat, 05 Nov 2005 15:45
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On Tue, 1 Nov 2005, Michael-John Turner wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 01, 2005 at 09:54:44AM +1100, Craig Dewick wrote:
>> Is there any way around this, given that I don't have a SCSI DVD-ROM drive
>> on hand? I'm going to cancel the installation and start from scratch again
>> but customise the packages and de-select anything relating to
>> documentation (are the man page packages on the documentation dvd or one
>> of the 4 main CD's?) to see if that prevents the install asking for
>> something that doesn't exist!
>
> Why not download the documentation CD ISO, write it to a CD and use that?
> May take a little while, but it may be quicker than redoing the
> installation.

Is there actually an ISO file for a CD version of the Solaris 10 
documentation disk? It looks as though only the core Solaris software and 
languages packages have been produced in seperate CD's as well as being 
incorporated into one amalgamated DVD.

Craig.

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