[ale] Semi-ReSolved: OT: x86 Solaris-10 installed but not bootable

[Asher Vilensky]

Mills,

May I ask what is the hardware you're trying to install on?

 I installed Solaris 10 x86 several times back in 2008.  If the HW was Sun,
no problems.  If it was HP (Proliant) there were some problems (which HP
provided guidance for).  Can't remember Dell and IBMs (Xseries), but I can
ask my friends.
-- Asher


On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 12:35 PM, John Mills <johnmills at speakeasy.net>wrote:

> Mike, ALErs -
>
> Thanks for the note. So far my experiment played out like yours.
>
> After continuing headaches getting Solaris-10 to format one of the SCSI
> disks correctly and persistent failures of the installer to create a
> usable boot, I tried Ubuntu-8.04(LTS) Server. Dropped in "like grass
> through a goose." (No steeenkiing GUI on _this_ box! 8-)
>
> My objectives were:
>  1. Bring old 1U server (and its two 9.1 GBy SCSI drives) back from the
> trash bin: accomplished at $35 expense for 2 GB RAM and some "magic words"
> (&*^%$#%#@!!!).
>  2. Install and learn to run Solaris-10 a bit: failed, but I may revisit
> this.
>  3. Think of some services for the box to offer to justify (1) and (2):
> Pending, but on ubuntu-server instead of Solaris-10.
>
> My problems could have come from several sources: bad hardware; bad
> discovery and/or handling of hardware by Solaris; unfortunate system
> configuration; and (most certainly!) cockpit errors, ignorance, and
> confusion.
>
> Cheers and thanks again.
>
>  - Mills
>
> On Fri, 18 Sep 2009, Mike Harrison wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 18 Sep 2009, John Mills wrote:
>
> >> I'm going through the 'Newbie' steps with x86 Solaris-10 (Sun's 05/08
> >> release), with the usual number of bruises. Not strictly Linux, so
> please
>
> > I gave up, The darn thing wouldn't see my intel ethernet card on an intel
> > motherboard.. as I started to look into adding the things I needed,
> > it looked more and more like a Debian/Ubuntu box without the well oiled
> > and polished integration I have gotten used to.
>
> > Something about having to run "Java Desktop"
> > on a server install creeps me out.
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