On 02/10/2007, Tom Haynes <thomas.haynes at sun.com> wrote: > I have a system I want to upgrade to snv 73. I am using a DVD I just used to > upgrade another machine, so it is good media. > > When I select: > > 1) Solaris Interactive (default) > > It does: > > Reading ZFS config: done > ERROR: 'Solaris Express Developer Edition' can only be installed from DVD > media. Either use DVD media or install by choosing the '$ SOLARIS_EXPRESS' > option from the GRUB menu.... option. > > I basically get the same error when trying SOLARIS_EXPRESS. > > The machine is made from components and has happily installed earlier > versions of Nevada. > > Hints on how to hack around this? > > Hints on what info to gather to help debug?
This sounds like one of two possible issues: 1) the PATA bug that has been posted about on the list that is from some CDROM/ATAPI detection code being changed 2) A bizarre thing I've seen where I unless I completely power my system off and then power it back on, I get the same error you do (a "warm" boot doesn't seem to satisfy it) 3) A bizarre thing I've seen where selecting the DVD drive at boot time via my BIOS boot menu causes this (I have to explicitly set it in the BIOS as the first boot device and do a cold boot) -- Shawn Walker, Software and Systems Analyst binarycrusader at gmail.com - http://binarycrusader.blogspot.com/ "Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it. " --Donald Knuth
