Gilles-san Could you try to format your SDHC using format tool on Windows XP and then retry to install OpenSolaris? sometimes my SDHCs don't work well on my Eee 701 then I try to using windows "format tool" for my SDHCs ,that is,I think it is for preparing for something fresh installation:)
cheers; -masafumi On 2008/09/15, at 4:00, eeepc-discuss-request at opensolaris.org wrote: > > 1. (Karl Dalen) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 18:50:50 +0000 > From: Karl Dalen <k_dal2 at hotmail.com> > Subject: Re: [eeepc-discuss] SNV_97 fails to boot on EeePC 900 > To: Gilles Gravier <gilles.gravier at sun.com>, > <eeepc-discuss at opensolaris.org> > Message-ID: <BAY127-W40A8432F8AC6E25BBAD845A0530 at phx.gbl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > > Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:36:59 +0200 > From: Gilles.Gravier at Sun.COM > To: eeepc-discuss at opensolaris.org > Subject: [eeepc-discuss] SNV_97 fails to boot on EeePC 900 > > > > > > > > > Hi! > > > > OK. I did the big mistake of updating my working SNV_96 on my EeePC > 900 > to 97... and now, when grub starts, it directly goes into the GRUB > prompt... and nothing works. > > > > I've tried a fresh install as well... (puting the SD card into a > Toshiba, installing OSol SNV 97 on it and then booting that on the > EeePC) to no avail. > > > > Ideas? > > ================== > > Did you install on SD card or internal SDD ? > I've noticed that the installer sometimes fails to write to USB SD > or SDHC cards. > I successfully installed 2008.05 on an 8 GB SDHC card but failed to > install 2008.11 > on a 16 GB SDHC card from the same brand. > It looks like the drivers solaris uses during install and grub/boot is > different from the drivers loaded post-install in full operation as > these > cards could be formatted and written to without problem after the > install. > I finally had to install the 2008.11 on the internal SDD. > > I even tried an external USB card reader with the 16 GB SDHC card > plugged in > and I managed to get everything written during the install but > attempting > to reboot from this 16 GB SDHC card failed and I ended up with grub > command prompt. > > Regards, > > /Karl D > > _________________________________________________________________ > Connect to the next generation of MSN Messenger? > http://imagine-msn.com/messenger/launch80/default.aspx?locale=en-us&source=wlmailtagline > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/eeepc-discuss/attachments/20080914/71ebe845/attachment-0001.html > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: 6g_top.gif > Type: image/gif > Size: 1257 bytes > Desc: not available > Url : > http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/eeepc-discuss/attachments/20080914/71ebe845/attachment-0001.gif > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > eeepc-discuss mailing list > eeepc-discuss at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/eeepc-discuss > > > End of eeepc-discuss Digest, Vol 3, Issue 8 > *******************************************
