If somebody knows where I can download solaris 8 for intel. I download it from ftp://ftp.neic.nsk.su/pub/Solaris_x86/ but at the beginning of the installation right after I select "Interactive Setup" my computer goes to reboot. I do not know if it is problem with this source of mine. Please, help.

http://wwws.sun.com/software/solaris/binaries/get.html you must register to download the CD images, but it does not cost anything but your time.

Goto: http://ftp.cfu.net/pub/soffice/ They have the complete set of Solaris 8 binaries for Intel available for download(unzip the files, then burn the iso images to cd.) You'll need: sol-8-u5-ia-v1.zip sol-8-u5-ia-v2.zip sol-8-u5-install-ia.zip Get them quickly, Sun has discontinued support for the Intel platform...

i have the same problem. whats your computer configuration? what typ is it and who old?

Thank you very much for the hint! I downloaded, burned, installed. All was going well. One thing only. There are three CDs there. 1. sol-8-u5-ia-v1 2. sol-8-u5-ia-v2 3. sol-8-u5-install-ia It seems that first and third are almost the same. But when I was installing from the first, I had two choices: Interactive Setup and WebStart. Whatever I selected all went well. I got X, installation wizard then at the end of setup I got "broken pipe ..." then reboot. I tried installation from the third CD. It started WebStart by default then asked to repartition my HD, then all were well and Solaris was installed. I cannot understands what is difference between those two installation modes. My machine is Compaq deskpro PII 400Mz. Thank you very much again for help!

does anyone know a faster mirror site to download solaris 8 ? i have tried the ones in the links and get about 5k david