> Hmm...does it have anything to do with the fact that
> I have a SATA dvd-rom and a SATA hard drive?  Have
> they proven to work?

The sata dvd-rom could be a problem, because some of
the (Open)Solaris sata host adapter drivers do not have
atapi (= dvd-rom, optical device, ...) support at this time:

  http://bugs.opensolaris.org/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6595488

So, on nVidia chipset sata (nv_sata) it could be a problem,
but should work with Intel chipset sata controllers (ahci).


Anyway: In case of a kernel panic it should have stopped in kmdb,
when you boot the kernel with option "-k".  Retry with the
"-d" flag, too:

    kernel /boot/platform/i86pc/kernel/unix -B install_media=cdrom,soldevx=true 
-kd


Does that stop at the kmdb "[0]>" prompt, after clearing the screen
and displaying a series of dots "...." while the kernel and boot archive
are loaded from the optical media?

(If it does start at the [0]> prompt, start the kernel with the
"::cont" command)
 
 
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