Stephen Ollett wrote:
> I have a similar problem with booting the live CD from my new desktop PC.
>
> It is an ASROCK N68PV-GS, GeForce 7050 AM2+ Mobo, 4 GB RAM, LG SATA II DL DVD
> RW, 320GB WD SATA II HDD, AMD Athlon 64 x2 5200+ 2.7GHz
>
> Initially it would boot the Live CD and recently it has stopped working. It
> will boot to GRUB screen and then the dots start to appear and the machine
> hangs when it displays the blurb about 'SUN OS' etc.
>
> I tried to change the BIOS settings to no avail and then I realised the only
> thing to change in my setup is that I have recently added an internally
> fitted generic multiformat card reader which connects to one of the USB
> headers on the mobo. Unplugging the connecting cable allows the Live CD to
> boot without problems.
>
>
Hi Stephen,
It appears that the multi-format card reader is not yet supported by
OpenSolaris, and having it there hung
one of the device driver modules. It would be very helpful to us if you
can do the following test, and provide
us with the information.
n x86, in the GRUB item, type "e" (for edit) and
then another "e" and then add "-kdv" to the end of the kernel line
or before the -B options. Finally, press return to boot this entry.
This will cause the kernel debugger to load
Loading kmdb...
Welcome to kmdb
kmdb: unable to determine terminal type: assuming `vt100'
Loaded modules: [ unix krtld genunix ]
[0]>
At the prompt, enter "moddebug/W 0x80000000", <return> and then ":c",
<return> which will then print out each module as it's being loaded.
This will help us to identify which module is hanging during boot time.
Thanks,
--Karen
> Strange that this should happen as Ubuntu and Debian both boot from GRUB
> without problems and Fedora 11 hangs on boot like Opensolaris - Maybe they
> both share the same sort of setup on the Live CD?
>
