Nico Huysamen wrote: > I have a Lenovo Ideapad Y710, and one of the most irritating problems > I have run into when trying to install any operating system that uses > GRUB as a bootloader, is that it makes my DVD-RW drive disappear. > This is not specific to my model of laptop, since I have read > numerous threads on people with the same problem. > > This was not that big a problem, as I could always use LILO to > overcome the problem. > > The problem with solaris is that is uses GRUB to actually load the > image you need for installation. This causes a problem, since as soon > as the image is loaded (which it does???) the DVD drive is gone and > it cannot perform the rest of the installation. It just bums out at > the system maintenance screen. >
This doesn't sound like a boot loader problem, rather an OS driver problem, since the OS actually gets started. Filing a bug on defect.opensolaris.org and attaching the output of prtconf -v would be a better way to report this. > Now my question is this. Are there any alternative ways to install > OpenSolaris? If so, what are my options. Also, can I use a different > bootloader (such as LILO) to boot my the system, otheriwse I will be > unable to use my DVD drive. > Have you tried the USB images? That may work around the DVD problem, though right now there are only utilities for burning the USB stick from either OpenSolaris or Windows. There's also the automated installer for installing over the network, but at present you first need an OpenSolaris server to serve it up. Dave
