slaris 10 disc boots to grub prompt

dasy2k1 · 05-21-2007, 05:35 PM

ive just dolwnloaeded solaris 10 to give it a try
but the CD just boots to a grub commandline with no indication of where the kernel is or what even the grub root is set as

what do i do at this stage?

bsdunix · 05-21-2007, 07:39 PM

You might have a corrupt installer disc. Did you use the Sun Download Manger to get Sol 10? It downloads, verifies, and unpacks the ISO file(s).

Your first boot screen should look similar to this one:
http://hup.hu/old/images/hup/OpenSolaris/1.png

Here's a link to a web site that has screen shots of the install screens:
http://hup.hu/modules.php?name=News&...rder=0&thold=0

dasy2k1 · 05-22-2007, 02:10 AM

hmm strange, i used the SDM to get the bits of the iso, then cated them together like the instructions said, then burnt them with k3b with veryfy data turned on...

though i think that SDM had verication turned off by default.....
mabie i will turn it back on and redownload