Thanks Evan. My problem is that I'm not getting to the point that I can drop to single-user. Upon boot, Grub loads and then I'm delivered straight to the grub prompt without passing go or collecting $200. Based on where I'm at, Linux would require me to tell it where stage2 is, define root, setup the kernel information and all variables, and then boot... problem is I'm trying to boot off the CD to do an install and I don't know if the information that is normally used (e.g. kernel=/platform/i86pc/$ISADIR/unix -B $ZFS-BOOTFS) is used to boot from the CD too? My assumption is no because, unless I missed something, we're not booting into a ZFS volume on the CD...
Justin ----- Original Message ----- From: Evan Layton <evan.lay...@sun.com> Date: Tuesday, December 23, 2008 4:38 pm Subject: Re: [install-discuss] Installation from external USB CD-ROM To: Justin Lee Ewing <jlewing at jrleindustries.com> Cc: install-discuss at opensolaris.org > Here's some information on booting into single user mode: > http://blogs.sun.com/observatory/entry/boot_into_single_user_mode > > Justin Lee Ewing 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. ] > > > > grub> > > " > > > > and stops. I searched the defect reports and found #3860. The > workaround talks the USB device not being enumerated so the lofi > filesystems aren't mounted. The workaround talks about dumping to a > single user shell... however I have no idea how to do that when I'm > sitting in grub. > > > > Any help would be great! > > > > Thanks > > > > Justin > > _______________________________________________ > > install-discuss mailing list > > install-discuss at opensolaris.org > > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/install-discuss > >
