> Bryan and Kim and Glenn: > > There is an issue with recognizing the CD/DVD drive > in snv_72 and it > will be fixed in snv_74. > > 6600169 - CD/DVD Drive not detected in B72 > > Bryan Allen wrote: > > On Sep 20, 2007, at 12:29 PM, Glenn Lagasse wrote: > > > >> Hi Kim, > >> > >> * Kim Culhan (sun at kim.net) wrote: > >>> Installing on a Supermicro PDSME+ motherboard > which has worked for > >>> b68 > >>> > >>> On the console: > >>> > >>> Reading ZFS config: done. > >>> ERROR: Cannot find install software, Exiting to > shell > >>> > >>> The previous installation had a zfs filesystem > on a different > >>> controller > >>> which has been removed from the system. > >>> > >>> Any help here is greatly appreciated > > > > I ran into this yesterday doing a SXCEb72 CD > install. The drive was > > either flakey or weird in some way Solaris didn't > care for. See if > > your install media is still accessible after you > get dumped to a shell? > > > > Some research also suggested that it may occur with > certain > > (unsupported-ish?) SATA controllers: > > > > * > http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=5191025 > &tstart=105
This was an install from DVD and the failure appeared just after the prompt for type of install, where the default was chosen Replaced the DVD drive with one from the junk box and its loading now thanks -kim -- This message posted from opensolaris.org
