DOCUMENT ID: 1106-02 SYNOPSIS: Unwritable Partition Table on x86 Install OS RELEASE: PRODUCT: Solaris x86 KEYWORDS: unwritable partition table install MS-DOS 5.0 DESCRIPTION: After running the Disk Preparation Utility and creating a Solaris partition on the hard disk, Solaris will not continue with the installation, and informs the user that he did not make a Solaris partition. SOLUTION: There is a pre-existing partition on the hard disk which Solaris is unable to update. Re-write the partition with MS-DOS 5.0. DATE APPROVED: 09/15/95