2008/11/10 Shahid Qavi <shahidqavi at gmail.com>: > Hi > I am trying to install Solaris 10 u6 for x86 on a virtual machine in Sun xVM > VirtualBox. I am getting following error > > Error 13: Invalid or unsupported executable format > > Any idea why it it hapening.
I'll try.... The error is coming from the boot loader (grub) and is likely because it is trying to boot an invalid partition/slice. Between doing the install and booting the installed system, something has got confused. Suggest you boot the OpenSolaris image and when prompted for Solaris or failsafe, press "e" when Solaris is highlighted and try changing the root location. It will be something like "(hd,0,0,a)". Try changing the second number to 0 or 1. Then press "b" and if all works, find the entry in /boot/grub/menu.lst and update it to reflect the manual change you made. Someone may be able to give more explicit directions, but if they don't just have a go. Good Luck. -- Tony Reeves Christchurch New Zealand
