Hi thanks for your reply ! here is what's happen when i boot from cdrom using -kv option
[u][...] pseudo-device: winlock0 winlock0 is /pseudo/winlock at 0 pseudo-device: pm0 pm0 is /pseudo/pm at 0 pseudo-device: nsmb0 nsmb0 is /pseudo/nsmb at 0 pseudo-device: pool0 pool0 is /pseudo/pool at 0 pseudo-device: lx_systrace0 Mounting cdroms Reading ZFS config: done. opensolaris console login: Jun 3 09:56:26 opensolaris pseudo: pseudo-device: devinfo0 Jun 3 09:56:26 opensolaris genunix: devinfo0 is /pseudo/devinfo at 0 APIC Error interrupt on CPU1. Status 0 = 0, status 1 = 80 Jun 3 09:56:26 opensolaris rootnex: xsvc0 at root: space 0 offset 0 Jun 3 09:56:26 opensolaris genunix: xsvc0 is /xsvc at 0,0 Jun 3 09:56:26 opensolaris pseudo: pseudo-device: srn0 Jun 3 09:56:26 opensolaris genunix: srn0 is /pseudo/srn at 0 APIC Error interrupt on CPU1. Status 0 = 0, status 1 = 80 APIC Error interrupt on CPU1. Status 0 = 0, status 1 = 80 opensolaris console login:_[/u] note that the error message APIC Error interrupt , refer either to CPU0 or CPU1 , 'randomly' , sometimes one , sometimes the otherone , sometimes both the same ... and gnome interface is not mounting in any cases. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org