2009/1/13 Henry Pepper <henrypepr at gmail.com>:
> Hello
>
> I just got a Toshiba Satellite Pro A300D-152, unfortunately it wont run past
> the Kernel banner.
> Any ideas on what I can do to trouble shoot this?
>
> When booting from the snv 105 DVD, it will.
> Display the GRUB menu.
> I select Solaris Express.
> It loads the kernel ('prints the dots '.')
> Then display the kernel banner
> --
> SunOS Release 5-11 Version snv_105 64-bit
> Copyright ....
> Use is sibject to licesne terms
> --
> The DVD spins down, that is it, the Nothing else happens.
>
This system has an AMD Turion X2 processor. There are Timing issues
with that cpu.
I had the same sort of problem with my old Asaus laptop with the same
cpu. Two things worked for me...
Try bouncing a Ctrl or shift key. This triggers interupts which will
wake the kernel, this needs to happen until the NVidia or other
graphics driver loads.
I also found that around 30% of the time the kernel would get stuck at
the point you indicate and nothing would wake it. A power off and
back on would usually work.
--
Tony Reeves
Christchurch
New Zealand
