On Thu, 2006-02-02 at 00:15 +0100, Ferenc Veres wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Ferenc Veres wrote:
> > Good(?) news: Solaris Express can boot without any problems. I stopped
> > it after X started up, the language selection...
> > 
> > sol-nv-b30-x86-v1.iso

And just to double check. Did you try SchiliX too?

> I tried the QEmu related "-B ata-dma-enabled=0" hint too, did not help.
> 
> I tried booting this ISO file in VMWare, that works on this PC. While
> the real booting fails. Will that mean that my CPU is fine? Should I try
> another CDROM drive maybe?
> 
> Oh, new idea: I tried booting VMWare from the physical CDROM drive (not
> iso file). That works as well.
> 
> I met a guy on #gnusol IRC channel who successfully installed alpha2 on
> an Athlon XP 2400+ (I have 1700+). (With the same SiS motherboard
> chipset or very similar one.)
> 
> Hmm...  I don't know what to do. :-/

One solution would be to wait till we will fix it... It is clearly a bug
on our side and a major one. We might come up with Alpha 3 (yes,
unplanned) very soon. (i.e. once b33 is out)

-- 
Erast

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