>> > Joseph J VLcek wrote: >> >> Omer Faruk Sen wrote: >> >>> Hi, >> >>> >> >>> I am plannig to write a detailed installation guide of Solaris 10 >> for >> >>> sparc platform but how can I take screenshots of the installation >> on >> >>> Sparc architecture? >> >>> >> >>> Normally it is easy with x86. I can use Vmware for that but I have >> write >> >>> it for sparc arch.. >> >>> >> >>> Can someone advise me a solution for that? >> >>> >> >>> Thanks in advance.. >> >>> >> >> Try this: >> >> "Start Botton" / "All Applications" / "Graphics" / "Save Screenshot" >> > >> > I'm sorry... of course my suggestion will not work for you since the >> > "Start Button" is not available during an install. >> > >> > I will continue to research it. >> >> I can not recall how I did this for Sparc .. but I did. >> Its real real tricky. Just a heads up. >> >> http://www.blastwave.org/dclarke/1_sysidtool.png > > Well, you could utilize xwd(1) & xwud(1). > > It would require that you install/mount the xwd binaries first...
I seem to recall using binaries from another Solaris 9 machine at the same GA patch level. I then stuck them into some area on my PATH and brought over all the libs too. It was "no fun" but ultimately allowed me to take every screen shot. Just for the heck of it .. I may just do this again for the sake of rounding out my docs at http://www.blastwave.org/docs/s10u3_howto.html Dennis
