Hi Ben.
> Hello, > > I am wondering if anybody has had an success getting EITHER OpenSolaris or > Solaris 10 to work on an old(er) server system? One not on SUN's HCL list (I > know that's redundant), which means anything remotely old-ish. > > I am a Linux admin, and I am wanting to teach myself Solaris as well. I > decided to put Solaris 10 on my old server, which is a U1 Gateway 935 series, > which has 2x Intel P3 1GHz, 1GB Memory, SCSI, I believe 20GB drive, SCSI > CD-ROM, etc. > > I first tried Solaris 10, as that is what I wish to learn. If I were to ever > work on Solaris in the context of my career, that is what it would involve. > We booted to the Copyright messages on all three of the boot options, and no > further. I'm guessing that basically means initrd with through and that's > about it. Instant crash... lockup. > This is a bug with the pentium 3 and Solaris 10. googling this finds this solution: > Here is the solutions (hope someone with same problem with me could > find it useful) : > 1. After the GRUB menu appears, edit the kernel line then append *-kd* > at the end (to enter kmdb upon boot), then boot > 2. Then type this command when kmdb prompt shows, [0]> > |[0]> cmi_no_init/W1 > [0]> :c > | > > 3. It should boot and run without problem, then follow the > installation menu and option > 4. After reboot, again follow step 1 & 2 when GRUB menu shows. I > promise this is the last time :) > 5. To make it permanent, add this following instruction to > */etc/system* once the system up > |set cmi_no_init=1 > | > Then I tried OpenSolaris, thinking... well, maybe it's similar enough. It > probably is. I was elated that it moved past the Copyright message, on to > the hostname setting, and then over to loading the CD contents to, I'd guess, > some sort of temporary filesystem or into memory. I let that run a few > minutes before I gave up. It locked up there, again with sudden zero > keyboard response. > OpenSolaris is based on Solaris Express Community Edition so it is similar but not the same as S10. One way we can debug this is to have you add -kv at the end of the kernel like when grub comes up. This will help us see what is loading along the way, and then you can break in to kmdb to see what is hanging. To break in you type 'F1 a'. A stack trace would be helpful, so type $c at the kmdb prompt and send that data to this alias. thanks, sarah *** > I thought - well, it's been a LONG time since I put anything new on this > server. Let's try something else to make sure it isn't a problem with the > machine itself. I popped in a Gentoo Linux 2006 LiveCD. Instantly booted > all the way into the GUI of the LiveCD. > > I'm quite depressed... I'm sure a newer system it would have a lot less > problems with, but that's not an option. Just to check, Solaris 10 CD booted > on my desktop OK. > > I'm open to trying anything (on my old server) to see if I can get either my > Solaris 10 CD's (preferably) or OpenSolaris 2008.05 CD to boot properly... if > there are any ideas out there. > > > Thanks for your time, > > Ben > > > This message posted from opensolaris.org > _______________________________________________ > install-discuss mailing list > install-discuss at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/install-discuss > >
