The BIOS is at the latest revision. Fedora, Windows, SuSe... they all work. It's specifically the limited CDROM support built into the Solaris boot loader (Thanks to Tony Reeves). Once the CDROM was put on the first IDE channel internally it worked.
J?rgen Keil wrote: >> I've having an issue with installation from an >> external USB CD-ROM (actually DVD-ROM). I have an >> external Plextor PX-716UF connected via USB and when >> I pop in the 2008.11 CD I burned (originally from >> http://dlc.sun.com/osol/opensolaris/2008/11/osol-0811.iso) >> it comes up with: >> >> " >> GNU GRUB version 0.95 (638 lower / 2096064K upper memory) >> [ Minimal BASH-like line editing is supported. For the first word, TAB >> lists possible command completions. Anywhere else TAB lists the possible >> completions of a device/filename. ] >> > > > This could bit a mainboard bios bug. > > Who's the manufacturer f the mainboard? A bios upgrade might help. > > > I got this problem on an ASUS M2N-SLI deluxe (and a BIOS upgrade > fixed the problem): > > Bug ID: 6513165 > Synopsis: "Error 25: Disk read error", when booting from usb dvd device > http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6513165 >
