How do you create a Device Configuration Assistant (DCA) Diskette in DOS/Windows?

How do you create a Device Configuration Assistant (DCA) Diskette in DOS/Windows?

The DCA diskette is used for booting, in lieu of booting from CDROM or
hard disk.
The DCA diskette comes with the Solaris media, but you need to "roll your
own" if you downloaded Solaris or if your DCA diskette becomes corrupted.
To create the diskette, follow these steps:



  1. Download DOS program dd.exe, which is used to write the DCA
    image, from

    http://SolDC.Sun.COM/support/drivers/tools/
    or

    ftp://ftp.uu.net/vendor/sun/solaris/x86/dd.exe

  2. Download the DCA diskette image for the Solaris x86 version that
    you want to install
    (for example, S8_0101.3) from

    http://SolDC.Sun.COM/support/drivers/dca_diskettes/

  3. Run dd.exe to copy the image to the floppy diskette:
    dd.exe <filename> a:



You have now created a (bootable) Solaris DCA diskette.


[Thanks to Sean G.W. Graham]





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