Solaris 11 Stops Installing After 100% Spinner

slackwarenewbee · 11-19-2014, 06:54 PM

Solaris Forum

using Solaris 11 Live Media download burned to DVD

why is it stopping?

system is AMD DIY mid tower, nothing unusual.

thanks

jlliagre · 11-20-2014, 02:14 AM

What precise version: 11, 11.1 or 11.2 ?

At what stage is the installation stopped ?

slackwarenewbee · 11-20-2014, 02:14 PM

jilliagre

after cd load where it shows percentage with a spinner

when that's done it goes to

black screen with a cursor and a copyright at the top

thanks

jlliagre · 11-20-2014, 04:48 PM

Try to boot a VirtualBox VM on that DVD to make sure it isn't corrupted.

Is this Solaris 11.2 ?

slackwarenewbee · 11-20-2014, 09:06 PM

jiliagre

it's Oracle Solaris 11.2 from Oracle downloads

it's being installed on it's own hard drive

how do I download and install VirtualBox VM?

thanks

jlliagre · 11-21-2014, 01:31 AM

You can download VirtualBox there : https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

slackwarenewbee · 11-21-2014, 04:47 PM

jilliagre

Going to stick it out getting the DVD to boot.

This is a 5 year old system.

It has bios @2010 version not UEFI.

Put Verbose and -r switch in GRUB file for text install option.

When it booted, it got through about 20 lines and hung

after PCI blank, did not right down the exact line.

I am going to test Openindiana Live Media install and see what the results are.

Thank you

Slackwarenewbee

slackwarenewbee · 11-23-2014, 02:09 PM

Jlliagre

same thing happens with Openindiana

starts to boot up and stops at black screen w/copyright notice

PCBSD 8 installs just fine and it's same vintage as computer,

so I think latest releases of Solaris and Openindiana just

don't support older systems

when system is upgraded I'll go at it again.

thanks

Slackwarenewbee

jlliagre · 11-23-2014, 02:51 PM

What AMD CPU model is it ?

You might try booting in forced text mode and under the kernel debugger control by adding at the end of the GRUB $multiboot line:

Code:

-kv -B console=force-text

Others things that might help can be experimenting with the BIOS options (ACPI, virtualization extensions, ...).

slackwarenewbee · 11-23-2014, 05:48 PM

Jllagre

If I remember right, the ACPI setting in BIOS was Auto.

Should it be Enabled or Disabled instead?

I think there was a Virtual item in BIOS,

I don't think it it included Extension in the title.

thanks

Slacwarenewbee