Hi Jon, * Jon (israyon at yahoo.com) wrote: > Hello, > I am new to OpenSolaris and need some help. I downloaded the live cd > os200805.iso and burned it on a CD. I am trying to install OpenSolaris > on Dell sc420 which should be supported. I have two disks on the > system one with Windows and the other is unpartitioned which I want to > install OpenSolaris on it. When I insert the CD and boot the system I > see GRUB gui, I select OpenSolaris 2008.05, after few seconds it goes > to console mode and after loading some text on the screen it says: > Done mounting live image, asking to select keyboard layout and desktop > language, reading ZFS config done, asking for username and password > which I enter jack/jack then command line displays: > jack at opensolaris:~$ And I don't know how to continue... What went > wrong in the installation and what should I do to install OpenSolaris > on my system using graphical mode?
How long did you wait before logging in? The liveCD *should* start an X session for you automatically, though you will see the console login prompt before it starts. Cheers, -- Glenn
