I'm trying to install the x86 1/06 version of Solaris 10. It boots from the CD into GRUB just fine, I pick Solaris default to boot too and it goes to a screen that says "SunOS Release 5.10 Version Generic_ etc etc"
theres a prompt but it just stops/freezes. After several hours it sometimes gets to a prompt where I chose the Solaris 1 default agian but thats it. It does absolutley nothing after that the prompt just sits there blinking and mocking me.

Try adding -v to the boot command.

You may want start the kernel under the debugger control too (-kd or boot kmdb).

See: http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/dmi...gs_panics_with

Is your H/W supported or known to the HCL ?

I'm pretty fresh with this.....so would I replace -B with -V in the end of the boot command? I typed 'e' to edit the boot command and replaced -V instead of -B but so far no luck although I may have to put the -V somewhere else in the boot command(?).
I may try installing an older version of Solaris 10 too.


As far as hardware goes I'm sort of cheating as I'm not actually using hardware, wink, wink, I'm using Virtual PC 7.0 on my PowerMac. I already have a perfect emulation of Ubuntu running as well as Fedora Core 5. I'm just trying to get Solaris to install as well.

Virtual PC 7.02 is not supporting Solaris:
http://sillydog.org/graph/temp/ss_vpc702.jpg

Although someone seems to have a workaround:
http://www.kernelthread.com/mac/vpc/misc.html#Solaris

When would I type perl -pi -e 's#GenuineIntel#ConnectixCPU#g' filename.iso (to make the system replace those two instances in the install disc 1? The workaround makes since but the person doesn't provide WHEN to try to apply it.

thanks

Just do it today

NIce, I understand what you're implying but my implication was that I'm a newb to this stuff and I have no idea at what stage of the boot/install to apply that line of code. If anyone had any advice as to how to apply this command line I would be greatful.

Okay, you missed my joke, sorry about it.

From what I understand of this page, you need to apply this command to the Solaris ISO file from the command line of a system having perl available. After that, you need to to boot the patched iso from virtual PC. There's no guarantee that it will work though, especially considering the page is about Solaris 9, not 10.

PS: you didn't read thoroughly the page, it states that on Virtual PC 7, the string to replace is no longer "ConnectixCPU" but "Virtual CPU ".