Anyone happen to know if it is possible to install Solaris 8 from scratch on a Sun Blade 1000 without a working CD/DVD-ROM? I have a Blade 1000 that I'm trying to install Solaris 8 and another software on where the dvd-rom isn't working. It justs sends the tray in and out several times and then says Can't open boot device. I found a SCSI cd-rom which I tried and I still get Can't open boot device. The cd-rom didn't go in and out, in fact I had to force it open to install and remove the cd... I also tried using the external SCSI-interface without any more luck.

I tried some Googling and it looks like I can install it over the network, but it looked like I had to set up some kind of image on a webserver to do it.

Stig